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gdb/1971: doing a 'next' from start of __libc_main causes segfault
- From: gnu at greglaw dot net
- To: gdb-gnats at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 16 Jul 2005 12:17:13 -0000
- Subject: gdb/1971: doing a 'next' from start of __libc_main causes segfault
- Reply-to: gnu at greglaw dot net
>Number: 1971
>Category: gdb
>Synopsis: doing a 'next' from start of __libc_main causes segfault
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: unassigned
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Jul 16 12:18:00 UTC 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: gnu@greglaw.net
>Release: 6.3
>Organization:
>Environment:
Seen on Debian (Woody) and gentoo Linux
>Description:
Load any C program into the debugger. Set a breakpoint at __libc_start_main. Start the pogram. When the breakpoint is hit, type 'next'. This results in a segfault.
>How-To-Repeat:
I've attached a complete copy/paste of a shell session that shows in entirity how to reproduce this (on my system, at least!)
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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bash-2.05b$ echo -e "#include <stdio.h>\nint main (void) {printf (\"Hello
world\"); return 0;}" > test.c
bash-2.05b$ gcc -g test.c
bash-2.05b$ gdb a.out
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library
"/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) break __libc_start_main
Function "__libc_start_main" not defined.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y
Breakpoint 1 (__libc_start_main) pending.
(gdb) start
Breakpoint 2 at 0x8048394: file test.c, line 2.
Starting program: /home/gel/tests/a.out
Breakpoint 3 at 0xb7ed90c6
Pending breakpoint "__libc_start_main" resolved
Breakpoint 3, 0xb7ed90c6 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
(gdb) next
Single stepping until exit from function __libc_start_main,
which has no line number information.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
bash-2.05b$