[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       gdb
Subject:    Re: Disable -lmcheck when Python has threads (Re: [BUG] gdb crash when "python import gtk")
From:       Tom Tromey <tromey () redhat ! com>
Date:       2012-09-06 19:29:40
Message-ID: 87txvbj6fv.fsf () fleche ! redhat ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

>>>>> "Yit" == Khoo Yit Phang <khooyp@cs.umd.edu> writes:

Yit> Here's the corresponding bug report for glibc stating that it is by
Yit> design: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9939

I asked the local glibc hackers to see if they can fix it.
It seems to me that, while the existing malloc hooks are inherently
broken for multi-threading in the "wrapper" case, there is no deep
reason that mcheck has to use these hooks.

Tom

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]