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[Bug libc/1319] dlsym/RTLD_NEXT is broken when more than 1 lib has the symbol.
- From: "carlos at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:28:09 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/1319] dlsym/RTLD_NEXT is broken when more than 1 lib has the symbol.
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- References: <bug-1319-131 at http dot sourceware dot org/bugzilla/>
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1319
--- Comment #14 from Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Florian Weimer from comment #13)
> I'm still worried that if we change the search results now, we break
> applications.
>
> This is less of a concern if after the bug fix, we only find *additional*
> symbols, but if we return *different* symbols, that seems quite risky.
Agreed, we'll need regression test cases for every minute change we make here.
It's certainly a project that will need lots more testing. I'm considering
automation to create complete DAG's for all DSO deps and recording ordering and
then using that to drive some comparison while I change the sort algorithms.
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