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[Bug c++/31774] New: inconsitency between gcc and g++ when linking with --as-needed
- From: "pva at gentoo dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 1 May 2007 18:41:51 -0000
- Subject: [Bug c++/31774] New: inconsitency between gcc and g++ when linking with --as-needed
- Reply-to: gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org
I have problems linking executable with C++ library with --as-needed ld flag
while linking with gcc succeeds. During investigation I found inconsistency in
gcc and g++ calls concerning --as-needed. First I will show you what I do next
I'll summarize what is this bug about:
* What I do:
First I compile/link objects which will be included in library:
libtool --mode=compile i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -c -g -O2 -pthread sync.cpp
i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -c -g -O2 -pthread sync.cpp -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/sync.o
i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -c -g -O2 -pthread sync.cpp -o sync.o >/dev/null 2>&1
All objects I linked in the same way. Next library is linked itself
(I've edited output to simplify reading so there could be some typos):
libtool --mode=link i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -o libgigabase_r.la class.lo
compiler.lo database.lo replicator.lo hashtab.lo file.lo symtab.lo
btree.lo rtree.lo cursor.lo query.lo pagepool.lo wwwapi.lo unisock.lo
blob.lo container.lo exception.lo localcli.lo sync.lo -pthread
-rpath /usr/lib -version-info 2
i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -shared
-nostdlib /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../crti.o
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtbeginS.o
.libs/class.o .libs/compiler.o .libs/database.o .libs/replicator.o
.libs/hashtab.o .libs/file.o .libs/symtab.o .libs/btree.o
.libs/rtree.o .libs/cursor.o .libs/query.o .libs/pagepool.o
.libs/wwwapi.o .libs/unisock.o .libs/blob.o .libs/container.o
.libs/exception.o .libs/localcli.o .libs/sync.o
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../.. -lstdc++ -lm -lc
-lgcc_s /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtendS.o
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../crtn.o -pthread
-Wl,-soname -Wl,libgigabase_r.so.2 -o .libs/libgigabase_r.so.2.0.0
(cd .libs && rm -f libgigabase_r.so.2 && ln -s libgigabase_r.so.2.0.0
libgigabase_r.so.2)
(cd .libs && rm -f libgigabase_r.so && ln -s libgigabase_r.so.2.0.0
libgigabase_r.so)
i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar cru .libs/libgigabase_r.a class.o compiler.o
database.o replicator.o hashtab.o file.o symtab.o btree.o rtree.o
cursor.o query.o pagepool.o wwwapi.o unisock.o blob.o container.o
exception.o localcli.o sync.o
i686-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib .libs/libgigabase_r.a
creating libgigabase_r.la
(cd .libs && rm -f libgigabase_r.la && ln -s ../libgigabase_r.la
libgigabase_r.la)
Now I link two programs (subsql and guess) against libgigabase_r.so.
While subsql builds successfully:
i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -c -g -O2 -pthread subsql.cpp
i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -c -g -O2 -pthread server.cpp
libtool --mode=link i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -Wl,--as-needed -pthread -o
subsql subsql.o server.o libgigabase_r.la
i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -Wl,--as-needed -pthread -o .libs/subsql
subsql.o server.o ./.libs/libgigabase_r.so
creating subsql
guess programm do not:
i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -c -g -O2 -pthread guess.cpp
libtool --mode=link i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -Wl,--as-needed -pthread -o
guess guess.o libgigabase_r.la
i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -Wl,--as-needed -pthread -o .libs/guess
guess.o ./.libs/libgigabase_r.so
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_key_create'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_getspecific'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_create'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_key_delete'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_detach'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_setspecific'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_join'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [guess] Error 1
* What is this bug about:
As you noticed libtool links library with -nostdlib and this dependency on
libpthread is missed in .libs/libgigabase_r.so. On pthreads mailing list I was
assured that it's Ok to avoid this dependency and even sometimes this is
useful.
Why the first linkage succeeds while second not. I've looked at object files
which are used to build final executables and found the differences between
them. The object sever.o (which is used to build subsql) has pthread_*
functions in elf Symbol table (part of output of readelf -W -a):
00002899 00006602 R_386_PC32 00000000 pthread_create
and in .symtab:
102: 00000000 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT UND pthread_create
while the only object file guess.o (which is used to build guess) do not have
any references to pthread_*().
Why I think this bug is in g++. I found that substitution of g++ to gcc during
last linkage fixes compilation problem. While it seems to be wrong to link C++
program with gcc I've compared verbose output of gcc calls and found that
difference in the output. g++ as well as gcc call collect2 but with a bit
different options. g++ call of collect2 misses this part completely (which
follows after other objects):
--no-as-needed -lpthread -lc -lgcc --as-needed
Just for record both calls here:
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[pva in ~/gigabase/gigabase]
$=> i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -Wl,--as-needed -pthread -o .libs/guess guess.o
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/gcc-4.1.2/configure
--prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.2
--includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include
--datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2
--mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/man
--infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/info
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/g++-v4
--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --disable-altivec
--enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib --disable-checking
--disable-werror --enable-secureplt --disable-libunwind-exceptions
--disable-multilib --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libgcj
--enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2)
/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/collect2 --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_i386
-dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o .libs/guess
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../crt1.o
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../crti.o
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtbegin.o
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../.. --as-needed guess.o
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lgcc -lpthread -lc -lgcc_s -lgcc
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtend.o
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../crtn.o
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_key_create'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_getspecific'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_create'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_key_delete'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_detach'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_setspecific'
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so: undefined reference to `pthread_join'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
[pva in ~/gigabase/gigabase]
$=> i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wl,--as-needed -pthread -o .libs/guess guess.o
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.2/work/gcc-4.1.2/configure
--prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.2
--includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include
--datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2
--mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/man
--infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/info
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/include/g++-v4
--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --disable-altivec
--enable-nls --without-included-gettext --with-system-zlib --disable-checking
--disable-werror --enable-secureplt --disable-libunwind-exceptions
--disable-multilib --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libgcj
--enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2)
/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/collect2 --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_i386
-dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o .libs/guess
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../crt1.o
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../crti.o
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtbegin.o
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../.. --as-needed guess.o
./.libs/libgigabase_r.so -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed -lpthread -lc
-lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtend.o
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../crtn.o
[pva in ~/gigabase/gigabase]
$=>
============================================================
That is the inconsistency between gcc and g++.
[1]
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/browse_thread/thread/5243754283a02465/5d73e8a1425663fe#5d73e8a1425663fe
Thank you very much for your time,
Peter.
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Summary: inconsitency between gcc and g++ when linking with --as-
needed
Product: gcc
Version: unknown
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: c++
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: pva at gentoo dot org
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31774