nptl_db not working

[Bernhard Reutner-Fischer]

"Timo Teräs" <timo.teras at iki.fi> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I was trying to debug a multithreaded program in uclibc, but ntpl_db
>was
>not working at all.
>
>I hunted down the problem the fact that we are doing "strip -x" to the
>libpthread: it removes all non-global symbols.
>
>However, nptl_db inspects the local system, and uses them to verify
>libpthread (looks for static/local "nptl_version" symbol) and also to
>hook into libpthread (it uses certain local symbols to find libpthread
>event structures and modifies them). Thus gdb + uclibc nptl is broke.
>
>I'm not sure how to modify makefiles so that we do *not* do "strip -x"
>on libpthread, but this should be fixed. I removed the "-x" on global
>STRIP_FLAGS from Rules.mak, recompiled and then gdb was much more
>happier with ntpl_db.
>
>Cheers,
>  Timo
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Hi,

I will take care of this proper. Thanks!