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+// Copyright 2021 The Bazel Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0(the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http:  // www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(_GNU_SOURCE)
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+// Checks that pthread symbols are loadable.
+//
+// This test verifies that dynamically linked libraries which
+// rely on pthread symbols can still access them.
+// Incorrect order of linking dependencies may remove unused
+// symbols and break shared libraries that are linked later.
+int main() {
+   // Find symbol
+   void* symbol = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "pthread_getspecific");
+   // Check that there is no error
+   assert(dlerror() == nullptr && symbol != nullptr);
+
+}
+
+#else//defined(__linux__) && defined(_GNU_SOURCE)
+
+int main() {
+}
+
+#endif//defined(__linux__) && defined(_GNU_SOURCE)