Re: [PATCH] elf: Release dl_load_lock before running dlopen constructors (BZ 15686)

Florian Weimer <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:37:48 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha
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* Alexander Pevzner:

> Florian,
>
>> I think if you arrange for suitable sleeps or barriers, you can get a
>> second dlopen for the same object on another thread to return while the
>> constructor is still executing on a first thread.  This was not possible
>> before.

> You mean the situation, when two threads dlopen-s the same DSO
> simultaneously, correct?

Yes, or for different DSOs if they happen to have a shared dependency.

Thanks,
Florian