[Bug 1673956] [NEW] Ubuntu 16.04 appears to be missing static TLS glibc fix

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The following static TLS glibc fix appears to be missing from Ubuntu
16.04 :

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17620

Any idea when the fix to utilize a variable length static TLS list will
be incorporated?

Current versions of MATLAB (2016a, 2016b, 2017a) will fail to load
hardware graphics library dependencies (glX for example) during MATLAB
initialization.  The issue continues to occur with recent NVIDIA drivers
(36x, 37x).  The problem appears to be due to the static TLS slots being
filled up prior to the initialization of the MATLAB graphics system.  No
slots are available by the time the graphics initialization occurs.  As
a result, the MATLAB graphics initialization fails.

Workarounds of forcing graphics initialization earlier are possible, but
ideally the glibc fix should be incorporated (if it hasn't already) to
eliminate the use of a fixed number of static TLS slots.

Thanks!

** Affects: glibc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


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Ubuntu 16.04 appears to be missing static TLS glibc fix
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1673956
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