boinc package uses avx instructions unconditionally

Bug #1988863 reported by Jan Vesely
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boinc (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

$ gdb boinc
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Reading symbols from boinc...
(No debugging symbols found in boinc)
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/bin/boinc
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".

Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.
0x00005555555676a8 in ?? ()
(gdb) x/i 0x00005555555676a8
=> 0x5555555676a8: vmovq 0xdbb38(%rip),%xmm4 # 0x5555556431e8

lscpu:
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
  Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in boinc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Pseudonym (404emailnotfound) wrote :

Also broken here

$ gdb boinccmd
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Reading symbols from boinccmd...
(No debugging symbols found in boinccmd)
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/boinccmd
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".

Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.
0x00007ffff7f41b0a in RPC_CLIENT::RPC_CLIENT() () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboinc.so.7
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff7f41b0a in RPC_CLIENT::RPC_CLIENT() ()
   from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboinc.so.7
#1 0x0000555555557e1e in ?? ()
#2 0x00007ffff7aa5d90 in __libc_start_call_main (
    main=main@entry=0x555555557db0, argc=argc@entry=1,
    argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffe598)
    at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
#3 0x00007ffff7aa5e40 in __libc_start_main_impl (main=0x555555557db0, argc=1,
    argv=0x7fffffffe598, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>,
    rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffffffe588)
    at ../csu/libc-start.c:392
#4 0x000055555555a415 in ?? ()
(gdb) x/i 0x00007ffff7f41b0a
=> 0x7ffff7f41b0a <_ZN10RPC_CLIENTC2Ev+30>: vxorpd %xmm0,%xmm0,%xmm0

Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
  Model name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Gold G6400 CPU @ 4.00GHz

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