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Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 16:11:00 -0000
From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
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In-Reply-To: ankit thukral <ankit_plug@yahoo.com>
        "about  _dl_debug_state()" (Nov  5,  3:31am)
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To: ankit thukral <ankit_plug@yahoo.com>, gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: about  _dl_debug_state()
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On Nov 5,  3:31am, ankit thukral wrote:

>      this is regarding the function called
> _dl_debug_state() which is in the library ld-2.x.so.i
> can't figure out why is this function needed and why
> is a (internal) breakpoint put at this function.
> apparently , this function is just a stub.but i can't
> figure out the need for it.

The dynamic loader will call this function when a shared library
has been loaded or unloaded.  A debugger may place a breakpoint on
this function to know when it should refresh its list of loaded
shared libraries.

Kevin