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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/linux-thread-db.c b/gdb/linux-thread-db.c
index d1e8c22..5b4e5a8 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-thread-db.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-thread-db.c
@@ -799,6 +799,24 @@ check_thread_db (struct thread_db_info *info, bool log_progress)
return test_passed;
}
+/* Predicate which tests whether objfile OBJ refers to the library
+ containing pthread related symbols. Historically, this library has
+ been named in such a way that looking for "libpthread" in the name
+ was sufficient to identify it. As of glibc-2.34, the C library
+ (libc) contains the thread library symbols. Therefore we check
+ that the name matches a possible thread library, but we also check
+ that it contains at least one of the symbols (pthread_create) that
+ we'd expect to find in the thread library. */
+
+static bool
+libpthread_objfile_p (objfile *obj)
+{
+ return (libpthread_name_p (objfile_name (obj))
+ && lookup_minimal_symbol ("pthread_create",
+ NULL,
+ obj).minsym != NULL);
+}
+
/* Attempt to initialize dlopen()ed libthread_db, described by INFO.
Return true on success.
Failure could happen if libthread_db does not have symbols we expect,
@@ -1072,7 +1090,7 @@ try_thread_db_load_from_pdir (const char *subdir)
return false;
for (objfile *obj : current_program_space->objfiles ())
- if (libpthread_name_p (objfile_name (obj)))
+ if (libpthread_objfile_p (obj))
{
if (try_thread_db_load_from_pdir_1 (obj, subdir))
return true;
@@ -1181,7 +1199,7 @@ static bool
has_libpthread (void)
{
for (objfile *obj : current_program_space->objfiles ())
- if (libpthread_name_p (objfile_name (obj)))
+ if (libpthread_objfile_p (obj))
return true;
return false;
@@ -1286,7 +1304,7 @@ thread_db_new_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
of the list of shared libraries to load, and in an app of several
thousand shared libraries, this can otherwise be painful. */
&& ((objfile->flags & OBJF_MAINLINE) != 0
- || libpthread_name_p (objfile_name (objfile))))
+ || libpthread_objfile_p (objfile)))
check_for_thread_db ();
}