Re: GNU ld: Uninitialized variables with "-Wl, --exclude-libs, ALL" global

[Johan Bolmsjö]

Sorry, it seems I found the wrong mailing list for reporting GNU ld bugs
(obsolete information obtained using google).

I will send the mail to the binutils bug mailing list.



On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Johan Bolmsjö <address@hidden>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm building a shared library using a bunch of static libraries. The
> shared library is linked using the option "-Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL".
> According to the documentation this option should prevent all symbols in
> the static libraries from being exported. I have found this to be true for
> functions and initialized variables. Uninitialized variables however, e.g.
> a global variable "int foo;" are still global in the resulting shared
> library. The gold linker behaves according to the documentation and
> uninitialized variables are local in the resulting shared library. I.e.
> there is a difference in behaviour between GNU ld and GNU gold linker.
> *--exclude-libs* *lib**,**lib**,...* Specifies a list of archive
> libraries from which symbols should not be automatically exported.gcc
> -Wl,--version
> collect2 version 4.9.2
> /usr/bin/ld -plugin /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/liblto_plugin.so
> -plugin-opt=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/lto-wrapper
> -plugin-opt=-fresolution=/tmp/ccannlod.res -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc
> -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc_s -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lc
> -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc_s
> --sysroot=/ --build-id --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_x86_64 --hash-style=gnu
> -dynamic-linker /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/crtbegin.o
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../../lib -L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
> -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/../lib
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/../../.. --version -lgcc --as-needed
> -lgcc_s --no-as-needed -lc -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/crtend.o
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o
> GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.25
> Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
> the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) a later
> version.
> This program has absolutely no warranty.
>
> I'm using Debian 8 and this is the Debian gcc package. They may have
> applied patches for binutils, but probably nothing that should explain this
> behaviour.
>
> The following script illustrates the issue.
> It's simple enough to be an instruction about what commands to run.
> The script does not need to be executed if there are concerns about its
> safety.
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> set -ve
>
> TMP_C="tmp.$$.c"
> TMP_O="tmp.$$.o"
> TMP_A="libtmp.$$.a"
> TMP_GNU_SO="libtmp.$$.gnu.so"
> TMP_GOLD_SO="libtmp.$$.gold.so"
>
> cleanup() {
>     rm -f $TMP_C $TMP_O $TMP_A $TMP_GNU_SO $TMP_GOLD_SO
> }
> trap cleanup EXIT
>
> cat > $TMP_C <<EOF
> int foo;
> int bar = 42;
> EOF
>
> # Create static library with two global symbols.
> gcc -g3 -Wall -c $TMP_C -o $TMP_O
> rm -f $TMP_A
> ar rcs $TMP_A $TMP_O
>
> # Create a sharerd library with "-Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL" and the GNU ld
> linker.
> gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libtmp.so.1 -o $TMP_GNU_SO -Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL
> -L. -Wl,--whole-archive -ltmp.$$ -Wl,--no-whole-archive
>
> # Create a sharerd library with "-Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL" and the GNU gold
> linker.
> gcc -fuse-ld=gold -shared -Wl,-soname,libtmp.so.1 -o $TMP_GOLD_SO
> -Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL -L. -Wl,--whole-archive -ltmp.$$
> -Wl,--no-whole-archive
>
> # Show the result.
>
> echo "### GNU ld global symbols"
> nm -D $TMP_GNU_SO
>
> echo "### GNU gold global symbols"
> nm -D $TMP_GOLD_SO
>
>
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> end
>
>
>
> Script output:
>
> ### GNU ld global symbols
> 000000000020088c B __bss_start
>                  w __cxa_finalize
> 000000000020088c D _edata
> 0000000000200898 B _end
> 0000000000000630 T _fini
> *0000000000200890 B foo*
>                  w __gmon_start__
> 00000000000004d8 T _init
>                  w _ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable
>                  w _ITM_registerTMCloneTable
>                  w _Jv_RegisterClasses
>
> ### GNU gold global symbols
> 0000000000001968 A __bss_start
>                  w __cxa_finalize
> 0000000000001968 A _edata
> 0000000000001970 A _end
> 0000000000000680 T _fini
>                  w __gmon_start__
> 0000000000000528 T _init
>                  w _ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable
>                  w _ITM_registerTMCloneTable
>                  w _Jv_RegisterClasses
>
>