debugging linuxthreads with gdb on ppc

[rsreelat]

Hello,

I am  running GDB on the SuSe 7.1 for PPC32 on a SMP and UNI processor
machine.  When I try to run the program under gdb, gdb causes a
Segmentation Violation.

Here is a small program test.c :
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>

void * sec_thrd_fn( void *arg)
{
printf("the argument passed to sec thread is %d\n",(int)arg);
return 0;
}

main()
{
int rc;
pthread_t newthr;
rc = pthread_create(&newthr,NULL,sec_thrd_fn,(void*)0);
        if(rc!=0) {(&newthr,NULL,sec_thrd_fn,(void*)0);)arg);____cessor
        printf("Error while creating the thread\n");
        exit(1);
        }
}

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I compile this program using " gcc -o test -lpthread -g test.c".
Now run this program in a gdb session, the gdb terminates with segmentation
violation.
However, when I link pthread library statically while compiling , gdb does
not give a segmentation violation fault. Also, I have found that this
happen only with libpthread.so shared library  on a Power PC machine.
Is this a known bug? Is there a patch for this bug?
A reply will be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance,

regards,
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R.Sreelatha
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