patches/glibc/2.9/610-fix-nptl-init.patch
author Titus von Boxberg <titus@v9g.de>
Sat Aug 21 16:46:24 2010 +0200 (2010-08-21)
changeset 2090 e3771cd6e420
permissions -rw-r--r--
libc/glibc: repair debugging with gdb (glibc 2.9)

Without this patch, crosstool-ng-built glibc-2.9 prevents
debugging any exeutable with gdb.
gdb says:
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
find_new_threads_callback: cannot get thread info: generic error
See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487212
for a discussion of the bug and the solution.
     1 --- glibc-2_9.orig/nptl/init.c	2007-10-15 22:25:25.000000000 +0200
     2 +++ glibc-2_9/nptl/init.c	2010-08-18 10:46:06.109098646 +0200
     3 @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
     4  
     5  
     6  /* This can be set by the debugger before initialization is complete.  */
     7 -static bool __nptl_initial_report_events;
     8 +static bool __nptl_initial_report_events __attribute_used__;
     9  
    10  void
    11  __pthread_initialize_minimal_internal (void)