Java programs segfault on exit

[Andrew Haley]

Bryce McKinlay writes:
 > On Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at 07:49  AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
 > 
 > > At the present time, gcj (x86 Linux) on the trunk is not working.
 > > Every Java programs crashes at exit.  This is because the routine
 > > gnu.gcj.runtime.FileDeleter.deleteOnExitNow() is being miscompiled at
 > > -O2.
 > >
 > > This will cause gcj tests to fail or hang.
 > 
 > It has been doing this (on the trunk, not the branch) for some time. 
 > IIRC the existing hypothesis was that it had to do with exit() and 
 > pthreads and the order in which things were being linked by libtool. 

I don't think so.

 > However, if its a miscompilation then that might better explain why it 
 > occurs on the trunk but not the branch (but not why it doesn't occur 
 > with static linking, unless its a PIC thing).

Only PIC code is being miscompiled.

Andrew.