Re: TLS variables access for -static -lpthread executables

[Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:18:05 +0100, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 08:45:21 +0100, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> > The best way forward would be to ensure you can get a link map even for
> > static executables, and then use that with td_thr_tls_get_addr(). This
> > would allow gdb to avoid doing two different things for static and
> > dynamic executables. It also helps all other applications using libthread_db
> > interfaces.
> > 
> > Would you mind testing something like this in fedora rawhide?
> 
> Yes, it works for me.  Just one has to additionally used the attached patch.

Here is the patch I forgot to attach.


> The -static -pthread executable does not have ".dynamic" section so GDB
> thinks the main executable cannot be present in link_map.
> How to fix this compatibility is a topic for upstream GDB, I am not sure how
> the patch is compatible with other SVR4 OSes (like Solaris).


Jan

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