[Bug 1266492] Re: ld:i386 crashes with -static -fPIE -pie

[Steve Beattie]

So it turns out that ld hanging on the backtrace is actually glibc bug
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16159 getting tickled.
Setting the MALLOC_CHECK_ environment variable causes it not to hang, by
not trying to emit the back trace and deadlocking on reacquiring the
malloc lock:

  $ MALLOC_CHECK_=2 gcc -o /tmp/conftest  -fPIE  -pie  -static conftest.c
  collect2: error: ld terminated with signal 6 [Aborted], core dumped
  /usr/bin/ld: BFD (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.24 assertion fail ../../bfd/elflink.c:13053
  /usr/bin/ld: BFD (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.24 assertion fail ../../bfd/elflink.c:13053
  /usr/bin/ld: BFD (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.24 assertion fail ../../bfd/elflink.c:13053
  /usr/bin/ld: BFD (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.24 assertion fail ../../bfd/elflink.c:13053
  /usr/bin/ld: BFD (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.24 assertion fail ../../bfd/elflink.c:13053


  

** Also affects: eglibc (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Bug watch added: Sourceware.org Bugzilla #16159
   http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16159

** Also affects: eglibc via
   http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16159
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  ld:i386 crashes with -static -fPIE -pie

Status in Embedded GLIBC:
  Unknown
Status in “binutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “evolution-data-server” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “binutils” source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed
Status in “eglibc” source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in “evolution-data-server” source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in “xorg-server” source package in Trusty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Making a simple file conftest.c with the following contents:

  int main() { return 0; }

  And then compiling it on i386 with gcc -fPIE -pie -static conftest.c
  returns:

  *** Error in `/usr/bin/ld': corrupted double-linked list: 0x08dddb38
  ***

  This breaks compilation xorg-server on i386. I believe that -static
  -fPIE -pie is probably invalid, and it fails on amd64 too.

  $ gcc -fPIE -pie -static conftest.c 
  /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/crtbeginT.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `__TMC_END__' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/crtbeginT.o: error adding symbols: Bad value
  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

  But autoconf hangs on the corrupted double-linked list, which times
  out the xorg-server build.

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