bin/127225: bug in lib/libthr/thread/thr_init.c

[Kris Kennaway]

The following reply was made to PR threads/127225; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org>
To: comperr <comperr.extra at gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/127225: bug in lib/libthr/thread/thr_init.c
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:28:21 +0930

 comperr wrote:
 
 > FreeBSD starfx 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #2: Sun Sep  7 21:15:11 EDT 2008     variable at starfx:/extra/backups/obj/src/sys/KERNKOOL  i386
 >> Description:
 > Firefox3, xchat, and others fail with:
 > Fatal error 'Cannot allocate red zone for initial thread' at line 384 in file /extra/src/lib/libthr/thread/thr_init.c (errno = 12)
 > .. (same error) ... 
 > Fatal error 'Cannot allocate red zone for initial thread' at line 384 in file /extra/src/lib/libthr/thread/thr_init.c (errno = 12)
 > Bus error (core dumped)
 > 
 >> How-To-Repeat:
 > run firefox3
 >> Fix:
 > none at this time
 
 Usually means you're using an application that was linked to two 
 versions of the same thread library (google the error message for 
 extensive discussion).  Usual cause is from an upgrade from an older 
 version of FreeBSD that was not completed correctly.
 
 Kris