-findirect-dispatch: broken on Linux, working on Mingw?

Fri Mar 9 13:27:00 GMT 2007

Andrew Haley wrote:
> Marco Trudel writes:
> > Andrew Haley wrote:
> > > Marco Trudel writes:
>> > > > Is there a better way to solve this problem?
> > > 
> > > Yes, but you know already. Indirect dispatch and shared libraries is
> > > the right answer to this problem.
>> > 
> > > > Maybe it was intentionally but broken in the mean time?
> > > > Or maybe the linker changed? I think I updated binutils for 4.3...
> > > > 
> > > > > However, if you really do want to do this weird thing, this link line
> > > > > in install/lib/libgcj.spec might work after a fashion:
> > > > > 
> > > > > *lib: %{static-libgcj:-non_shared -lgcj -call_shared;:%{s-bc-abi:-lgcj_bc;:-lgcj}} -lm -lpthread -lrt -ldl %(libgcc) %(liborig)

BTW, the original lines are:
win: *lib: %{s-bc-abi:-lgcj_bc;:-lgcj} -lm -lpthread -lrt -ldl 
%(libgcc) %(liborig)
lin: *lib: %{static-libgcj:-non_shared} %{s-bc-abi:-lgcj_bc;:-lgcj} 
%{static-libgcj:-call_shared} -lm -lpthread -lrt -ldl %(libgcc) 
%(liborig)
> > > > No, that doesn't fix it.
> > > 
> > > I tried it, and it works for me on GNU/Linux. We need the output
> > > using "gcj -v" to know why it failed in your case.
> > 
> > Attached:
> > newLib.txt: Compilation output with your *lib: ... line.
> > oldLib.txt: Compilation output with the original *lib: ... line.
> > 
> > I should mention that I work on 32bit Windows with a static GCJ rev 
> > 122233. The libgcj.spec is used, I removed the *lib line and got another 
> > error.
>> Here's your newLib.txt link line:
>> c:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.0/collect2.exe -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 c:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../sys-root/usr/lib/crt1.o c:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../sys-root/usr/lib/crti.o c:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.0/crtbegin.o -Lc:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.0 -Lc:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../lib/gcc -Lc:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.0/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib -Lc:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../sys-root/lib -Lc:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../sys-root/usr/lib C:\DOKUME~1\Marco\LOKALE~1\Temp/cckldaaa.o C:\DOKUME~1\Marco\LOKALE~1\Temp/ccKKbaaa.o -lgcc -lgcj_bc -lm -lpthrea
d -lrt -ldl -lgcc -lc -lgcc c:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.3.0/crtend.o c:/programme/javanativecompiler-1.1.1/gcc-122233-lin/bin/../sys-root/usr/lib/crtn.o
>> Notice this fragment:
>> -lgcc -lgcj_bc -lm
>> shouldn't be there. -lgcj_bc should only be linked when linking
> dynamically. It should be 
>> -lgcc -lgcj -lm

Well then, lets take your suggested line:
*lib: %{static-libgcj:-non_shared -lgcj 
-call_shared;:%{s-bc-abi:-lgcj_bc;:-lgcj}} -lm -lpthread -lrt -ldl 
%(libgcc) %(liborig)
and change it to:
*lib: %{static-libgcj:-non_shared -lgcj 
-call_shared;:%{s-bc-abi:-lgcj;:-lgcj}} -lm -lpthread -lrt -ldl 
%(libgcc) %(liborig)
That makes compiling the sample with indirect dispatch work (it also 
runs correct). But I really have no idea what I'm doing... Maybe you 
know more?
> I guess my fix doesn't work on Windows becasue you don't use the
> static-libgcj command, so it assumes dynamic linking. I suppose for a
> staticonly build you really need
>> *lib: -lgcj -lm -lpthread -lrt -ldl %(libgcc) %(liborig)

You mean the original line, right?
Well, your original fix doesn't work on Linux either. But with the 
changed one, it works too...
Marco