> Package: libc > Version: 2.3.1-16 > > Seen on sparc64 SMP only. sparc64 UP does not exhibit. > > grep triggers a bug in ld-linux.so that seems to be caused by a compiler > error. This inhibits proper booting, and this was a new install > (bootstrapped 3.0 then dist-upgrade from Sarge CDs) on a box without > network connectivity, but here are the salient facts: > > In the function _dl_debug_state_internal, at offset 7000cfbc (this is > the relocated offset), SIGILL is generated on a "nop" instruction that > follows a "restore". I'm not an expert on SPARC assembly so I don't > know why it is only triggered when running under SMP, but it doesn't > happen otherwise. Repeatable with Debian-packaged > kernel-image-2.4.19-sparc64-smp and -2.4.21-. Does not occur with the > corresponding UP kernels. > > I did not do anything like an exhaustive test but the only program I > noticed that was so affected was grep. > > Upgrading libc6, libc6-sparc64, et al. to 2.3.1 fixed the problem.
You reported libc 2.3.1-16 was the bug affected version, but you also said 2.3.1 fixed this bug. Which version did you have problem? Nowadays we have the newer version 2.3.2.ds1-13. Please check this problem with the latest glibc. We don't see this kind of bugs, so I guess this bug is fixed in the latest version. Could I close this bug? If you still have problem, please report us. We need to check it because it's cautionary bug. Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
