Re: ld-linux-x86-64 core file SIGSEGV
Hello
Just wondering if any ideas why libc6-amd64-dbgsym doesn't seem to contain any debug symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 ?
I wanted to debug a crash
Kind regards
Jonny
On 22/08/2022 07:41, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Jonny Grant:
>
>> Hello
>> I have a core file from a crash in glibc's ld.so
>>
>> Couldn't reproduce it. Was just wondering if there was any useful info
>> I could extract to identify which function it crashed in?
>
>> I can see the backtrace using 'bt' command.
>> I can see the assembly using 'layout asm'
>>
>>
>> Core was generated by `/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-modconfig.so/libvmwar'.
>> Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>> #0 0x00007fac33ccb540 in ?? ()
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0 0x00007fac33ccb540 in ()
>> #1 0x00007fac33ccea00 in ()
>> #2 0x00007fac33ccdfa0 in ()
>> #3 0x00007fac33c496b0 in ()
>> #4 0x00007fac33c49bf0 in ()
>> #5 0x00007fac33c4a130 in ()
>> #6 0x00007fac33ccd000 in ()
>> #7 0x00007fac33c4a670 in ()
>> #8 0x00007fac31cdf310 in () at /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwarebase.so/libvmwarebase.so
>>
>>
>> installing libc6-amd64-dbgsym doesn't show any more
>
> Sometimes it's possible to get better backtraces by loading the symbol
> table for the name program using “file”, running ld.so and the program
> under the debugger, or both. I've got a request open with our GDB
> developers to improve debugging with an explicit ld.so invocation, but
> so far, it's a known issue.
>
> Thanks,
> Florian
>
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