droopycom <droopycom_gcc_help@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
[snip]
> I recompiled binutils 2.14 and gcc 3.3.3 for arm-elf.
> Gcc works fine but the link fail with a segfault.
> I traced the segfault and it happens in malloc inside
> glibc. When i compile C only programs theres no
> problem.
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> Here is the gdb backtrace of the crash:
> $ gdb arm-elf-ld
>
> (gdb) run -o main.elf main.o
> Starting program: /users/fg/galahad/usr/bin/arm-elf-ld
> -o main.elf main.o
>
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0xb75177fd in _int_malloc () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> (gdb) bt
> #0 0xb75177fd in _int_malloc () from
> /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> #1 0xb7516b0d in malloc () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> #2 0x0809490c in _objalloc_alloc (o=0xb75db720,
> len=3076370008) at
> /users/fg/srcs/binutils-2.14/libiberty/objalloc.c:140
> #3 0x08061536 in bfd_alloc (abfd=0x1, size=3612) at
> /users/fg/srcs/binutils-2.14/bfd/opncls.c:676
> #4 0x08072677 in _bfd_elf32_link_read_relocs
> (abfd=0x80d4c68, o=0x80e10cc, external_relocs=0x0,
> internal_relocs=0x0, keep_memory=1) at elflink.h:2857
> #5 0x08070b59 in elf_link_add_object_symbols
> (abfd=0x80d4c68, info=0x80c3ca0) at elflink.h:2478
> #6 0x0804fc3d in load_symbols (entry=0x80c481c,
> place=0x0) at
> /users/fg/srcs/binutils-2.14/ld/ldlang.c:1646
> #7 0x08050522 in open_input_bfds (s=0x80c481c,
> force=0) at
> /users/fg/srcs/binutils-2.14/ld/ldlang.c:2050
> #8 0x08052c45 in lang_process () at
> /users/fg/srcs/binutils-2.14/ld/ldlang.c:4291
> #9 0x08055319 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfffce74) at
> /users/fg/srcs/binutils-2.14/ld/ldmain.c:469
> (gdb)
Please report a bug to bug-binutils at gnu.org mailing list. See
http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-binutils
It could be (as you say) that gcc is generating bad input for ld, but
in that case ld should not crash, but should generate an error
message.
