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[Bug libc/11724] New: ld.so - Initialization and Termination Functions incorrectly ordered
- From: "werkt0 at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 18 Jun 2010 18:33:24 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/11724] New: ld.so - Initialization and Termination Functions incorrectly ordered
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
The order of initialization and termination functions called when loading or
exiting via the loader is being sorted incorrectly in particular cases
(described below) according to the TIS ELF 1.2 standard:
"Before the initialization code for any object A is called, the initialization
code for any other objects that object A depends on are called."
The partial sorting algorithm used in elf/dl-deps.c and elf/dl-fini.c is
incorrect when the sorting section is reached with a particular (order
dependent) dependency hierarchy. I have not been able to boil down to a
canonical example, but have anonymized it, and will attach following submission.
Additionally, the partial sort is not input-order independent, as multiple runs
of the existing sort on the failure set, repeating if dependencies are found out
of order, is convergent.
The partial sort is not sufficient to perform the dependency analysis on all
inputs given the requirements of the standards doc, and I have drafted a patch
which uses the tsort implementation from coreutils. This new sorting has been
tested on all cases where the current ld.so initializes things in the incorrect
order, and on a number of other programs. The inability to reliably initialize
objects in the correct order is a major issue for me, particularly when working
with C++ and globally initialized variables dependent on linked objects'
initializations.
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Summary: ld.so - Initialization and Termination Functions
incorrectly ordered
Product: glibc
Version: 2.11
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: libc
AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
ReportedBy: werkt0 at gmail dot com
CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
GCC build triplet: i686-linux-gnu
GCC host triplet: i686-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i686-linux-gnu
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11724
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