Why does GCC ThreadSanitizer throws unexpected memory mapping error?

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Issue

Using the thread sanitizer always reports an error message:

# echo 'void main(void){}' | gcc -pie -fPIE -fsanitize=thread -xc - -ltsan && ./a.out
FATAL: ThreadSanitizer: unexpected memory mapping 0x5585a5972000-0x5585a5973000

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
  • gcc-4.8.5
  • kernel-3.10.0-693.el7

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