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Re: 1.15.19 dlopen() dies with no dlerror()


Jim Kleckner wrote:
Jim Kleckner wrote:
Michael McKerns wrote:
Yes, yes... I've not given you enough information...
...
See:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/dll.html
http://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.programming.dll-relocatable
I'm seeing a similar problem with python and 1.5.19 and also tried the snapshot of 22-May.

CYGWIN_NT-5.1 kleckner2 1.5.20s(0.155/4/2) 20060522 00:51:23 i686 Cygwin

A simple test case doesn't fail in dlopen().

My code is not simple but has been working prior to the most recent update (which also updated python and other packages).
A downrev of python does not make the problem go away. If I downrev cygwin, I get complaints about missing entry points.


What do you recommend as the best way to isolate this?

I tried using "prev" with setup.exe but that didn't make the problem go away.


A simple test case with python access to a trivial function works fine (can supply if anyone wants).
The complex dll that used to work simply doesn't return from dlopen.


I downloaded the 20060522 snapshot with debug symbols to get a backtrace with GDB.
GDB says there is a seg fault and somehow this is preventing any information from reaching dlerror().
Without the dlerror() info, it is hard to figure out what needs to change with the dll.
It appears that some constructors are having trouble.


Let me know if there is some single stepping that could be helpful.

==================== Trivial program to use dlopen on a non-trivial dll

#include <stdio.h>
#include <dlfcn.h>

int main( int argc, char **argv)
{
   fprintf( stderr, "Error: %s\n", dlerror());
   void *dlp = dlopen("_pycode.dll", RTLD_NOW);
   fprintf( stderr, "Error: %s\n", dlerror());
   return 0;
}

==================== GDB Traceback

$ gdb a.exe
GNU gdb 6.3.50_2004-12-28-cvs (cygwin-special)
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-cygwin"...
(gdb) run
Starting program: .../Programs/a.exe
Error: (null)


Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x610b1ff8 in pthread_key_create () from /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll
(gdb) add-symbol-file /bin/cygwin1-20060522.dbg
add symbol table from file "/bin/cygwin1-20060522.dbg" at
(y or n) y
Reading symbols from /bin/cygwin1-20060522.dbg...warning: no loadable sections found in added symbol-file /bin/cygwin1-20060522.dbg
done.
Current language: auto; currently c++
(gdb) bt
#0 0x610b1ff8 in pthread_key_create (key=0x6622f8, destructor=0) at
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Known issue already fixed in the Cygwin snapshot and in GDB's CVS.  This
is not fatal.  Just continue until you stop seeing this complaint.


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