IZ37163: Static constructors do not execute

April 2009 XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V8.0 for AIX PTF
January 2009 Runtime for IBM XL C++ for AIX, V10.1
January 2009 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
April 2009 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
November 2008 XL C++ Runtime for AIX, V10.1
July 2009 Runtime for IBM XL C++ for AIX, V10.1
July 2009 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
November 2009 Runtime for IBM XL C++ for AIX, V10.1
April 2010 XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V8.0 for AIX PTF
November 2010 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
March 2011 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
June 2011 XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V8.0 for AIX PTF
July 2011 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
December 2011 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
March 2012 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
July 2009 XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V8.0 for AIX PTF
October 2009 XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V8.0 for AIX PTF
January 2010 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
May 2010 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
August 2010 PTF for XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition for AIX, V9.0
November 2008 XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V8.0 for AIX PTF

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• For some programs, that use runtime linking (-brtl option),
  static constructors are not run when the program starts.
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• A program affected by this problem has the following properties:
  1. the program uses -binitfini to identify an initialization
     function and that function calls loadAndInit() (or dlopen()).
  2. the internal tables that keep track of static
     initialization need to grow in size to handle the
     initialization of library being loaded by the call to
     loadAndInit() from the function in 1.
  

Problem conclusion

• The static initialization tables are now grown in this
  circumstance so that all static initializations are completed.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  LI74334 IZ39395 IZ39394

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  XL C++ RUNTIME

• Fixed component ID

  5724U8101

Applicable component levels