golang/go

cmd/link: static linking creates binaries that segfault when built with `-msan`

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#70,080 opened on Oct 28, 2024

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Description

Discovered during #70054. Don't know what's happening, but I'm adding skips in dist for now.

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Research direction
Investigate the segfault when building with msan by examining the skip added in dist for issue 70054 and trace the relevant code in cmd/link.
Tech stack
go
Domain
build system
Issue type
Bug
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Gocmd/linkmsan
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30