Re: Gnat Version 4.5.4 v protected objects v tasking

[stvcook53@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:03:12 PM UTC-5, Simon Wright wrote:
> stvcook53@gmail.com writes:
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> > Symptoms out of 4.5.4 relate to the tasking portion of the Ada
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> > run-time system, and relate to protected objects when located outside
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> > the main program.  Symptoms manifest as a silent hang when a program
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> > is run that includes the tasking portion of the runtime system.  The
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> > gdb debugger exhibits a SIGSEGV while in the run-time package
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> > System.Secondary_Stack.  Symptom occurs at the end of elaboration
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> > before control enters main program.  Please comment on sample code or
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> > planned, related Gnat updates.
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> No problems here on Mac OS X - x86_64 - with GNAT GPL 2011/2 or with FSF
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> 4.8.0.
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> I don't see anything wrong with your code.
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> The symptoms sound as though the tasking part of the RTS isn't getting
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> initialised (or not properly, anyway).
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> I had related symptoms when I had a library that involved tasking and a
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> main program that didn't; you don't have a separate library, but could
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> you perhaps try linking with the static RTS vs linking with the dynamic
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> RTS? If you're using gnatmake, add "-bargs -static" or "-bargs -shared",
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> or if you're running gnatbind by hand it's "gnatbind -static" or
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> "gnatbind -shared".


Thanks Simon.  My coworker will be happy that you work with Mac.  We'll check it out.

Steve