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thread panic handling broken on x32

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A-LLVM A-runtime C-bug O-x32
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Description

I tried this code:

use std::thread;
fn main() {
    let thread = thread::spawn(move || -> () {
        panic!();
    });
    println!("{:?}",thread.join());
}

When building the above program for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu and running it I get

thread '<unnamed>' panicked at src/main.rs:4:9:
explicit panic
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
Err(Any { .. })

However when building for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnux32 and running it I get.

thread '<unnamed>' panicked at src/main.rs:4:9:
explicit panic
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
fatal runtime error: Rust cannot catch foreign exceptions
Aborted
Meta

I have tested building natively with the compiler from Debian and cross building with a nightly compiler from rustup (since rust upstream don't provide a native compiler on x32).

rustc --version --verbose: (debian compiler)

rustc 1.70.0
binary: rustc
commit-hash: unknown
commit-date: unknown
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnux32
release: 1.70.0
LLVM version: 16.0.6

rustc --version --verbose: (rustup compiler)

rustc 1.76.0-nightly (2c1b65ee1 2023-11-11)
binary: rustc
commit-hash: 2c1b65ee1431f8d3fe2142e821eb13c623bbf8a0
commit-date: 2023-11-11
host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
release: 1.76.0-nightly
LLVM version: 17.0.4

Note that when building with the rustup compiler I had to manually specify the linker. using the following in .cargo/config.toml

[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnux32]
linker = "x86_64-linux-gnux32-gcc

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the minimal thread::spawn and join example for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnux32, comparing it with x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu and checking the target linker configuration in .cargo/config.toml. Trace the Rust thread panic-handling entry points involved in the differing behavior; done means the x32 program returns the joined panic as Err instead of aborting.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
compilers, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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