https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87189

--- Comment #5 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Paul Pluzhnikov from comment #4)
> (In reply to Jakub Jelinek from comment #3)
> > This is a glibc bug
> 
> I (obviously) disagree.
> 
> , coming up with a set of weakref checks for gthr.h that
> > would satisfy static linking of glibc and all possible combinations of
> > included vs. non-included objects is impossible.
> 
> If you call pthread_mutex_lock (or any other function) via weakref, then you
> should ensure that the function is actually available.
> 
> AFAICT, libgcc only calls a few pthread_* functions. Why is it hard to check
> that *all* of them are present?

Because it is very expensive.  Each of those tests requires a dynamic
relocation, GOT read every time it is checked, bloats the code size, etc.

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