http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60731
Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jason at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #2 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- We hit void _dl_close (void *_map) { struct link_map *map = _map; /* First see whether we can remove the object at all. */ if (__builtin_expect (map->l_flags_1 & DF_1_NODELETE, 0)) { assert (map->l_init_called); /* Nope. Do nothing. */ return; the DF_1_NODELETE flag is set already after the first dlopen call which sets it via do_lookup_x for the STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbol _ZGVZ16make_static_stayvE3smp if (map->l_type == lt_loaded) /* Make sure we don't unload this object by setting the appropriate flag. */ ((struct link_map *) map)->l_flags_1 |= DF_1_NODELETE; so this either points to a "bad" design on the guard code for initializing 'smp' or to a weakness in the dynamic loader which doesn't handle unloading of objects which define any(?) STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbol. Note the above is guarded with if ((type_class & ELF_RTYPE_CLASS_COPY) != 0) enter (entries, size, new_hash, strtab + sym->st_name, ref, undef_map); else { enter (entries, size, new_hash, strtab + sym->st_name, sym, map); if (map->l_type == lt_loaded) /* Make sure we don't unload this object by setting the appropriate flag. */ ((struct link_map *) map)->l_flags_1 |= DF_1_NODELETE; } thus if this were referenced via a copy relocation it would work. Jason?