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+
+##----------------------------------------------------------------------##
+
+# Errors to suppress by default with glibc 2.3.x
+
+# Format of this file is:
+# {
+#     name_of_suppression
+#     skin_name:supp_kind
+#     (optional extra info for some suppression types)
+#     caller0 name, or /name/of/so/file.so
+#     caller1 name, or ditto
+#     (optionally: caller2 name)
+#     (optionally: caller3 name)
+#  }
+#
+# For Memcheck, the supp_kinds are:
+#
+#     Param Value1 Value2 Value4 Value8
+#     Free Addr1 Addr2 Addr4 Addr8
+#     Cond (previously known as Value0)
+#
+# and the optional extra info is:
+#     if Param: name of system call param
+#     if Free: name of free-ing fn)
+
+#-------- For SuSE 8.2 (gcc 3.3, glibc 2.3.2)
+{
+   __GI___stpcpy/*
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:__GI___stpcpy
+   fun:*
+}
+{
+   strlen/__GI__dl_open/dlopen_doit
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:strlen
+   fun:__GI__dl_open
+   fun:dlopen_doit
+}
+{
+   strlen/_dl_signal_cerror/_dl_lookup_symbol_internal/do_dlsym
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:_dl_signal_cerror
+   fun:_dl_lookup_symbol_internal
+   fun:do_dlsym
+}
+
+
+#-------- For R H 8.0
+{
+   elf_dynamic_do_rel.7/_dl_relocate_object_internal/dl_open_worker(Cond)
+   Memcheck:Cond
+   fun:elf_dynamic_do_rel.7
+   fun:_dl_relocate_object_internal
+   fun:dl_open_worker
+}
+
+#-------- Threading bugs?
+# glibc 'knows' that destroying a locked mutex will unlock it
+{
+   pthread_error/__pthread_mutex_destroy/__closedir
+   core:PThread
+   fun:pthread_error
+   fun:__pthread_mutex_destroy
+   fun:__closedir
+}
+
+{
+   pthread_error/__pthread_mutex_destroy/_IO_default_finish
+   core:PThread
+   fun:pthread_error
+   fun:__pthread_mutex_destroy
+   fun:_IO_default_finish*
+}
+
+{
+   __pthread_mutex_unlock/_IO_funlockfile
+   core:PThread
+   fun:__pthread_mutex_unlock
+   fun:_IO_funlockfile
+}
+
+##----------------------------------------------------------------------##
+## For a leak in Valgrind's own libpthread.so :(
+{
+   my_malloc/get_or_allocate_specifics_ptr/__pthread_key_create(Leak)
+   Memcheck:Leak
+   fun:my_malloc
+   fun:get_or_allocate_specifics_ptr
+   fun:__pthread_key_create
+}
+
+