Valgrind in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gives an error when reading libstdc++ debug info

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Issue

  • Why is valgrind complaining about the libstdc++ debug files?

    ==2154== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==2154== Copyright (C) 2002-2009, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==2154== Using Valgrind-3.5.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==2154== Command: /home/ladar/Lavabit/magma.check/.check/magmad.check
==2154== 

parse_type_DIE: confused by:
 <1><5206>: DW_TAG_base_type
     DW_AT_byte_size   : 2     
     DW_AT_encoding    : 16     
     DW_AT_name        : (indirect string, offset: 0x46eb): char16_t     

--2154-- WARNING: Serious error when reading debug info
--2154-- When reading debug info from /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.13:
--2154-- parse_type_DIE: confused by the above DIE

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0
  • valgrind-3.5.0

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