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-rw-r--r--trace/simple.c9
-rw-r--r--util/osdep.c18
-rw-r--r--vl.c8
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/trace/simple.c b/trace/simple.c
index 57572c4905..aaa010ee2b 100644
--- a/trace/simple.c
+++ b/trace/simple.c
@@ -414,15 +414,6 @@ bool trace_backend_init(const char *events, const char *file)
{
GThread *thread;
- if (!g_thread_supported()) {
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
- g_thread_init(NULL);
-#else
- fprintf(stderr, "glib threading failed to initialize.\n");
- exit(1);
-#endif
- }
-
#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
trace_available_cond = g_cond_new();
trace_empty_cond = g_cond_new();
diff --git a/util/osdep.c b/util/osdep.c
index bd4f530ad1..a9029f8894 100644
--- a/util/osdep.c
+++ b/util/osdep.c
@@ -436,6 +436,24 @@ int socket_init(void)
return 0;
}
+/* Ensure that glib is running in multi-threaded mode */
+static void __attribute__((constructor)) thread_init(void)
+{
+ if (!g_thread_supported()) {
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
+ /* Old versions of glib require explicit initialization. Failure to do
+ * this results in the single-threaded code paths being taken inside
+ * glib. For example, the g_slice allocator will not be thread-safe
+ * and cause crashes.
+ */
+ g_thread_init(NULL);
+#else
+ fprintf(stderr, "glib threading failed to initialize.\n");
+ exit(1);
+#endif
+ }
+}
+
#ifndef CONFIG_IOVEC
/* helper function for iov_send_recv() */
static ssize_t
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index acd97a841c..2355227bcb 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2970,14 +2970,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
qemu_init_exec_dir(argv[0]);
g_mem_set_vtable(&mem_trace);
- if (!g_thread_supported()) {
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
- g_thread_init(NULL);
-#else
- fprintf(stderr, "glib threading failed to initialize.\n");
- exit(1);
-#endif
- }
module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);