Hi, I encountered this problem while trying an application that uses SDL2. It turns out that SDL2 opens, closes, and reopens some shared objects from the X11 sets. And doing that in the specific order it does, one of the eventual dlopen calls will crash. Here's a minimal test case:
$ ls -ctlah /usr/X11R6/lib/libX{cursor,randr}.so* -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 47.2K Aug 16 19:57 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.7.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 49.2K Aug 16 19:57 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXcursor.so.5.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 43.0K Jun 30 2013 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.6.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 47.6K Jun 30 2013 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXcursor.so.4.0 $ cat test.c #include <dlfcn.h> main() { void *a, *b; int flag = RTLD_NOW|RTLD_LOCAL; a = dlopen("libXcursor.so", flag); b = dlopen("libXrandr.so", flag); dlclose(a); dlclose(b); dlopen("libXcursor.so", flag); return 0; } $ cc test.c $ ./a.out Bus error (core dumped) $ gdb a.out a.out.core [ .. snip .. ] #0 _dl_cache_grpsym_list (object=0x110be2bb7400) at /usr/src/libexec/ld.so/library_subr.c:555 warning: Source file is more recent than executable. 555 _dl_link_grpsym(n->data, 0); (gdb) p n $1 = (struct dep_node *) 0xdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdf (gdb) bt #0 _dl_cache_grpsym_list (object=0x110be2bb7400) at /usr/src/libexec/ld.so/library_subr.c:555 #1 0x0000110ba94082fd in _dl_cache_grpsym_list (object=0x110c140a0c00) at /usr/src/libexec/ld.so/library_subr.c:558 #2 0x0000110ba94082fd in _dl_cache_grpsym_list (object=0x110c140a0800) at /usr/src/libexec/ld.so/library_subr.c:558 #3 0x0000110ba9403267 in _dl_load_dep_libs (object=0x110c140a0800, flags=1, booting=0) at /usr/src/libexec/ld.so/loader.c:347 #4 0x0000110ba9405f99 in dlopen (libname=0x110921800dff "libXcursor.so", flags=Variable "flags" is not available.) at /usr/src/libexec/ld.so/dlfcn.c:107 #5 0x0000110921700dda in main () from /tmp/a.out --- There are some other combinations of shared objects that will also result in the same crash. It can be worked around by changing the order in which they are opened or closed (changing both works too). Nothing in the man page suggests to me that the order should be critical, so this looks like a bug. I might dig deeper once I find the time, but perhaps someone already familiar with the code might want to take a look at it before I waste a week on it ;-) -Henri OpenBSD 5.6 (GENERIC.MP) #333: Fri Aug 8 00:20:21 MDT 2014 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 1047068672 (998MB) avail mem = 1010466816 (963MB) mpath0 at root scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @ 0xf0760 (31 entries) bios0: vendor American Megatrends Inc. version "0201" date 02/10/2010 bios0: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1001PX acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC MCFG ECDT OEMB HPET GSCI SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices P0P1(S4) P0P4(S4) P0P5(S4) P0P6(S4) P0P7(S4) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N450 @ 1.66GHz, 2333.32 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF cpu0: 512KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 166MHz cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.2.0.2, IBE cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N450 @ 1.66GHz, 1666.48 MHz cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF cpu1: 512KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu1: smt 1, core 0, package 0 ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 1, remapped to apid 2 acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 acpiec0 at acpi0 acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 4 (P0P4) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (P0P5) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P6) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 1 (P0P7) acpicpu0 at acpi0: C2, C1, PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: C2, C1, PSS acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 98 degC acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "1001PX" serial type LION oem "ASUS" acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpiasus0 at acpi0 acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_ acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB acpibtn2 at acpi0: PWRB cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2333 MHz: speeds: 1667, 1333, 1000 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Pineview DMI" rev 0x00 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel Pineview Video" rev 0x00 intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1 drm0 at inteldrm0 composite sync not supported composite sync not supported inteldrm0: 1024x600 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation) "Intel Pineview Video" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801GB HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC269 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: msi pci1 at ppb0 bus 4 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: msi pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 athn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR2427" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 17 athn0: AR9285 rev 2 (1T1R), ROM rev 13, address 00:25:d3:d5:8a:5e ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: msi pci3 at ppb2 bus 1 alc0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Attansic Technology L2C" rev 0xc0: msi, address 48:5b:39:43:61:40 atphy0 at alc0 phy 0: F1 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 11 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 23 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 19 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 18 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 16 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 23 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe2 pci4 at ppb3 bus 5 pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel NM10 LPC" rev 0x02 ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GR AHCI" rev 0x02: msi, AHCI 1.1 scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, ST9160301AS, 0001> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.5000c50020a8ce66 sd0: 152627MB, 512 bytes/sector, 312581808 sectors ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 21 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL5 SO-DIMM usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 7.2 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 umass0 at uhub0 port 5 configuration 1 interface 0 "Generic Mass Storage Device" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus2 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <Multiple, Card Reader, 1.00> SCSI0 0/direct removable serial.058f6366058F63666433 uvideo0 at uhub0 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "JMICRON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. USB2.0 UVC VGA WebCam" rev 2.00/2.04 addr 3 video0 at uvideo0 uhub5 at uhub1 port 1 "PI Engineering Kinesis Keyboard Hub" rev 1.10/3.20 addr 2 uhidev0 at uhub5 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "P.I. Engineering product 0x0007" rev 1.10/3.20 addr 3 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes, country code 33 wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1 wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0 uhidev1 at uhub5 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "P.I. Engineering product 0x0007" rev 1.10/3.20 addr 3 uhidev1: iclass 3/0, 3 report ids uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=1, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 3: input=3, output=0, feature=0 uhidev2 at uhub5 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse" rev 2.00/30.00 addr 4 uhidev2: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev2: 8 buttons, Z dir wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 uhidev3 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "SteelSeries Kana v2 Gaming Mouse" rev 1.10/1.14 addr 2 uhidev3: iclass 3/0 uhid2 at uhidev3: input=32, output=32, feature=255 uhidev4 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 "SteelSeries Kana v2 Gaming Mouse" rev 1.10/1.14 addr 2 uhidev4: iclass 3/1 ums1 at uhidev4: 5 buttons, Z dir wsmouse2 at ums1 mux 0 vscsi0 at root scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets root on sd0a (3fd2f4716a6f5a44.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b