gdb dumps a core on core analysis for this target program on ia-64, please check this log

["Kotian, Deepak" <Deepak dot Kotian at patni dot com>]

Hi,

gdb dumps a core on core analysis of this target program for ia-64, please check this log. 

After doing a "where" at the gdb prompt and later when I hit "enter" key

It gives out a core dump.

Please check the extract of the log.  Please let me know, if one has any idea.

*******log start******

ITAN>cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>
void main(){
abort();
}
ITAN>gcc -g test.c
test.c: In function `main':
test.c:2: warning: return type of `main' is not `int'
ITAN>./a.out
Aborted (core dumped)
ITAN>uname -m
ia64
ITAN>gdb ./a.out ./core
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This GDB was configured as "ia64-redhat-linux"...
Core was generated by `./a.out'.
Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6.1
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux-ia64.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux-ia64.so.2
#0  0x20000000000ba322 in kill () at soinit.c:56
56      soinit.c: No such file or directory.
        in soinit.c
(gdb) where
#0  0x20000000000ba322 in kill () at soinit.c:56
#1  0x20000000000ba1d0 in raise (sig=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
#2  0x20000000000bca50 in abort () at ../sysdeps/generic/abort.c:88
#3  0x40000000000006c0 in __do_global_ctors_aux () at test.c:3
#4  0x20000000000ba1d0 in raise (sig=-17536) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
#5  0x4000000000000520 in _start ()
#6  0x20000000000ba1d0 in raise (sig=-17528) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
#7  0x20000000000426b8 in _dl_debug_mask () from /lib/ld-linux-ia64.so.2
warning: Can't fetch instructions for slot numbers greater than 2.
Using slot 0 instead
#8  0x20000000000ba1d0 in raise (sig=Cannot access memory at address 0x60000fff7
fffffd0
) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
Cannot access memory at address 0x60000fff7fffffe8
(gdb)
#0  0x20000000000ba322 in kill () at soinit.c:56
#1  0x20000000000ba1d0 in raise (sig=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
#2  0x20000000000bca50 in abort () at ../sysdeps/generic/abort.c:88
#3  0x40000000000006c0 in __do_global_ctors_aux () at test.c:3
#4  0x20000000000ba1d0 in raise (sig=-17536) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
#5  0x4000000000000520 in _start ()
#6  0x20000000000ba1d0 in raise (sig=-17528) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
#7  0x20000000000426b8 in _dl_debug_mask () from /lib/ld-linux-ia64.so.2
#8  0x20000000000ba1d0 in raise (sig=Cannot access memory at address 0x60000fff7
fffffd0
) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
#9  0x00000000 in ?? ()
Segmentation fault (core dumped)


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Thanks and Regards

Deepak