[PATCH, v3] Potential solution to librt issue.

[Chris Fairles]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> wrote:
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>> If I'm reading this right, libstdc++ now requires librt to link.
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> I'm afraid you are.
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>> First of all, I think this will g++ -static.  The compiler knows about
>> the previous libm dependency, but not the new librt dependency.
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> Ok, this is a minor problem.
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>> Second of all, linking in librt on Linux also requires libpthread;
>> this is going to make all C++ programs link in libpthread, which
>> activates locking in glibc (a major overhead for single-threaded
>> programs).
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> But this is not.  It might even be a no-no for using clock_gettime AFAICT.
>  Where is the pointer to the "librt issue"?  I didn't find it in the
> libstdc++ archives.

Starts about third post in:
http://www.nabble.com/Arithmetic-type-emulator-helper-class-for-testcases.-td18403099.html

The only issue I see with removing clock_gettime is that I'm not sure
if posix systems have other options for a monotoic clock.

Chris

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> Paolo
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