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Re: A patch for dl-profile
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: A patch for dl-profile
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 00:09:28 -0700
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <20010516212907.A13839@lucon.org> <m3ae4co4ap.fsf@otr.mynet>
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 11:52:46PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
>
> > This patch will terminate ld.so before segfault.
>
> Have you analyzed what the real reason for the problem is? You just
> avoid problems by terminating the process (which might or might not be
> the correct answer). But to decide this I have to know what the real
> reason is.
>
The reason is the profile data file is BAD for some reason. But ld.so
shouldn't segfault like that.
H.J.