sem_timedwait() called from 32 bit shared library does not wake (blocks forever) in RHEL7
Issue
- Executable and shared library(ies) linked to different versions of a symbol.
- Underlinked object linked to unversioned symbol(s).
- Properly linked object linked to the correct (versioned) symbols.
- Normally the problem happens with
libpthreadsymbols, but might also happen withlibrtsymbols. - Commonly happen with a
dlopen()'end library.
Environment
- 32 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3 or newer.
- glibc-2.17-149.el7.i686 or newer.
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