arm-linux-gnueabi-ld crashed with SIGSEGV in bfd_elf_final_link()

[Scott Sweeny]

The linker crashed while I was building a U-boot binary for the i.MX53 Quick Start board.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi 2.21.53.20110810-0ubuntu1cross1.72
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Sep 21 23:55:56 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcCmdline: arm-linux-gnueabi-ld -pie -T u-boot.lds -Bstatic -u__u_boot_cmd_clockinfo -u__u_boot_cmd_editenv -u__u_boot_cmd_end -u__u_boot_cmd_env -u__u_boot_cmd_go -u__u_boot_cmd_help -u__u_boot_cmd_loadb -u__u_boot_cmd_loads -u__u_boot_cmd_loady -u__u_boot_cmd_printenv -u__u_boot_cmd_question_mark -u__u_boot_cmd_reset -u__u_boot_cmd_run -u__u_boot_cmd_saveenv -u__u_boot_cmd_setenv -u__u_boot_cmd_start -u__u_boot_cmd_version arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.o --start-group api/libapi.o arch/arm/cpu/armv7/libarmv7.o arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/libmx5.o arch/arm/lib/libarm.o board/freescale/common/libfreescale.o common/libcommon.o disk/libdisk.o drivers/bios_emulator/libatibiosemu.o drivers/block/libblock.o drivers/dma/libdma.o drivers/fpga/libfpga.o drivers/gpio/libgpio.o drivers/hwmon/libhwmon.o drivers/i2c/libi2c.o drivers/input/libinput.o drivers/misc/libmisc.o drivers/mmc/libmmc.o drivers/mtd/libmtd.o drivers/mtd/nand/libnand.o drivers/mtd/onenand/libonenand.o drivers/mtd/spi/libspi_flash.o drivers/mtd/ubi/libubi.o drivers/net/libnet.o drivers/net/phy/libphy.o drivers/pci/libpci.o drivers/pcmcia/libpcmcia.o drivers/power/libpower.o drivers/rtc/librtc.o drivers/serial/libserial.o drivers/spi/libspi.o drivers/twserial/libtws.o drivers/usb/eth/libusb_eth.o drivers/usb/gadget/libusb_gadget.o drivers/usb/host/libusb_host.o drivers/usb/musb/libusb_musb.o drivers/usb/phy/libusb_phy.o drivers/video/libvideo.o drivers/watchdog/libwatchdog.o fs/cramfs/libcramfs.o fs/ext2/libext2fs.o fs/fat/libfat.o fs/fdos/libfdos.o fs/jffs2/libjffs2.o fs/reiserfs/libreiserfs.o fs/ubifs/libubifs.o fs/yaffs2/libyaffs2.o lib/libfdt/libfdt.o lib/libgeneric.o lib/lzma/liblzma.o lib/lzo/liblzo.o lib/zlib/libz.o net/libnet.o post/libpost.o board/freescale/mx53loco/libmx53loco.o --end-group /home/username/MX53/u-boot/arch/arm/lib/eabi_compat.o -L /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabi/4.6.1 -lgcc -Map u-boot.map -o u-boot
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x2b6dca27f2f5: mov 0x28(%rax),%rax
 PC (0x2b6dca27f2f5) ok
 source "0x28(%rax)" (0x00000028) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: armel-cross-toolchain-base
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libbfd-2.21.53.20110810.so
 bfd_elf_final_link () from /usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libbfd-2.21.53.20110810.so
 ?? () from /usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libbfd-2.21.53.20110810.so
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
Title: arm-linux-gnueabi-ld crashed with SIGSEGV in bfd_elf_final_link()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-27 (57 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /tmp/tmp1RyyaX/usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libbfd-2.21.53.20110810.so
 bfd_elf_final_link () from /tmp/tmp1RyyaX/usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libbfd-2.21.53.20110810.so
 ?? () from /tmp/tmp1RyyaX/usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libbfd-2.21.53.20110810.so
 ?? ()
 ?? ()

[Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw)]

Does it happens under precise?

[Géza Búza (medve)]

Yes, segmentation fault occurs under Ubuntu 12.04 even with the newer g++-4.6-arm-linux-gnueabi cross-compiler.

[Géza Búza (medve)]

But at least I can compile with g++-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi.

[Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw)]

Ok, please give me steps to reproduce it.

[Géza Búza (medve)]

Steps to reproduce (Compile u-boot):
git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git u-boot/
make dreamplug_config
make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- all

Environment:
OS: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Arch: x86_64
Cross compiler: gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi 4:4.6.2-7