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[Bug libc/11952] glibc may use uninitialized DTV slot, return NULL for &thread_local


------- Additional Comments From ppluzhnikov at google dot com  2010-09-16 16:30 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> this code seems to be unnecessary on sane platforms which don't 
> allow incorrect code like non-PIC objects in DSOs.

True, but the insane platform is here to stay :-(

The code is already going to a lot of trouble to support the insane platform, 
and the patch doesn't add anything to that work; it just slightly rearranges the 
order in which things are done.

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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11952

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