Re: New crash in crtstuff.c since Oct 31

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

H. J. Lu writes:
 > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 11:38:14AM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
 > > I'm running on x86 Red Hat Linux 9.
 > > 
 > > Recently all java programs have started crashing like so:
 > > 
 > > #0  0x42073771 in free () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
 > > #1  0x420ebd8e in __unregister_atfork () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
 > > #2  0x42029fb8 in __cxa_finalize () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
 > > #3  0x4038ed55 in __do_global_dtors_aux ()
 > >    from /home/tromey/gnu/Trunk/install/lib/libgcj.so.4
 > > #4  0x406563a6 in _fini () from /home/tromey/gnu/Trunk/install/lib/libgcj.so.4
 > > #5  0x4000ce44 in _dl_fini () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
 > > #6  0x42029d40 in exit () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
 > > #7  0x08048bee in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfffedf4)
 > >     at ../../../gcc/libjava/gij.cc:163
 > > 
 > > 
 > > For instance, the above came from simply invoking "gij".
 > > 
 > > If I revert the gcc/gcc directory to October 31, everything starts
 > > working again.
 > > 
 > > Jeff Sturm reports that setting LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.17 will also fix
 > > the problem.
 > > 
 > 
 > Please provide more info. I didn't see it on RH 9:
 > 
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2003-11/msg00185.html

I don't see how Tom can provide more info: he's shown the crash, and
the exact place it happens.  It happens to me too, and I can fix it by 
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.17.

Andrew.