From 0778fcfda1239476f175c872f6fd1d085e8c3b09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:16:54 +0200 Subject: Add faq about __pthread_threads assertion issue --- faq/libpthread_plugin.mdwn | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 faq/libpthread_plugin.mdwn (limited to 'faq') diff --git a/faq/libpthread_plugin.mdwn b/faq/libpthread_plugin.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bcbe9571 --- /dev/null +++ b/faq/libpthread_plugin.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/open_issues]] + +[[!meta title="Getting Assertion `__pthread_threads' failed."]] + +Some applications don't link against libpthread, but load plugins which do link against libpthread. This means unexpectedly switch from mono-thread to multi-thread. This is not supported yet, thus the following error: + + ./pthread/../sysdeps/generic/pt-mutex-timedlock.c:70: __pthread_mutex_timedlock_internal: Assertion `__pthread_threads' failed. + +This can be worked around by using + +export LD_PRELOAD=/lib/i386-gnu/libpthread.so.0.3 -- cgit v1.2.3