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Author	neologix
Recipients	ionelmc, neologix, pitrou, vstinner
Date	2013-08-16.15:47:44
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Message-id	<CAH_1eM2FCDpRfuKWMFiE2W-hgvSK4h=Z8sCX1bR4-jy+N9nqEQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-reply-to	<1376657603.64.0.751497245252.issue18748@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> Perhaps the only thing we could do would be try to "preload" libgcc by > calling one of those APIs at startup? Yeah, I was thinking about doing this in PyThread_init_thread() but... > But I'm not sure it's a good idea to > add such a platform-specific hack (for what is arguably an obscure and rare > issue). then thought the exact same thing. Also, this exact problem can possibly show up anywhere dlopen() is used (a grep through glibc code shows at least an occurrence in nsswitch-related code).

> Perhaps the only thing we could do would be try to "preload" libgcc by
> calling one of those APIs at startup?

Yeah, I was thinking about doing this in PyThread_init_thread() but...

> But I'm not sure it's a good idea to
> add such a platform-specific hack (for what is arguably an obscure and rare
> issue).

then thought the exact same thing.

Also, this exact problem can possibly show up anywhere dlopen() is
used (a grep through glibc code shows at least an occurrence in
nsswitch-related code).

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Date	User	Action	Args
2013-08-16 15:47:44	neologix	set	recipients: + neologix, pitrou, vstinner, ionelmc
2013-08-16 15:47:44	neologix	link	issue18748 messages
2013-08-16 15:47:44	neologix	create