Re: Processed: Re: Bug#624354: ./xpcshell: error while loading shared libraries: ./libxul.so: R_PPC_REL24 relocation at 0x0f9f0148 for symbol `_restgpr_29_x' out of range
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:40:48AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:32:16AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > > And none of the offsets match the end of the relocation address ld.so is
> > > talking about.
> > >
> > > Now, for something interesting, LD_DEBUG=all says this:
> > > binding file ./libxul.so [0] to /usr/lib/libstartup-notification-1.so.0 [0]: normal symbol `_restgpr_29_x'
> > >
> > > just before failing, and it (obviously) fails on the first of these
> > > relocations.
> >
> > Actually, it doesn't fail on the first one.
> > libxul.so is loaded at 0x0f007000. The failure is at 0x0f9f0148, which
> > makes the relocation for offset 0x009e9148, which makes it the 3963th.
>
> (easier to find the relocation when you have the base of the library in
> memory, really odd alignment, by the way)
>
> All in all, it looks to me like it used to work by mere luck, but
> somehow now fails because the lib containing the _restgpr_29_x symbol
> is too far, which libgcc_s.so would likely be as well. So using a
> R_PPC_REL24 relocation for these undefined symbols looks like a big
> stretch.
FWIW, taking a look at where these relocations take place show that the
corresponding symbols (from the -dbg package) are in functions coming
from objects that *are* built -fPIC.
It also happens that, in libnss3-1d, the libcrmf.a file contains the
same kind of relocations, and all the files built in that lib *are*
built -fPIC. That would help having a smaller testcase than iceweasel.
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