[libvirt] [PATCH 06/15] Generate libvirt.def from libvirt.syms

Matthias Bolte matthias.bolte at googlemail.com
Thu Apr 8 18:17:36 UTC 2010


2010/4/7 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 02:25:36AM +0100, Matthias Bolte wrote:
>> The MinGW linker needs the libvirt.def file.
>> ---
>>  configure.ac    |    5 +++++
>>  src/.gitignore  |    1 +
>>  src/Makefile.am |   15 +++++++++++----
>>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
>> index bcf1d5a..6e568ee 100644
>> --- a/configure.ac
>> +++ b/configure.ac
>> @@ -1733,6 +1733,7 @@ CYGWIN_EXTRA_LIBADD=
>>  CYGWIN_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD=
>>  MINGW_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=
>>  WIN32_EXTRA_CFLAGS=
>> +LIBVIRT_SYMBOL_FILE=libvirt.syms
>>  case "$host" in
>>    *-*-cygwin*)
>>      CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
>> @@ -1752,6 +1753,9 @@ case "$host" in
>>      if test "x$enable_shared" = "xno"; then
>>        WIN32_EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DLIBVIRT_STATIC"
>>      fi
>> +    # Also set the symbol file to .def, so src/Makefile generates libvirt.def
>> +    # from libvirt.syms and passes libvirt.def instead of libvirt.syms to the linker
>> +    LIBVIRT_SYMBOL_FILE=libvirt.def
>>      ;;
>>  esac
>>  AC_SUBST([CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
>> @@ -1759,6 +1763,7 @@ AC_SUBST([CYGWIN_EXTRA_LIBADD])
>>  AC_SUBST([CYGWIN_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD])
>>  AC_SUBST([MINGW_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
>>  AC_SUBST([WIN32_EXTRA_CFLAGS])
>> +AC_SUBST([LIBVIRT_SYMBOL_FILE])
>>
>>  dnl Look for windres to build a Windows icon resource.
>>  AC_CHECK_TOOL([WINDRES], [windres], [no])
>> diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
>> index 26b8689..a5c27a5 100644
>> --- a/src/.gitignore
>> +++ b/src/.gitignore
>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Makefile.in
>>  *.cov
>>  libvirt_parthelper
>>  libvirt_lxc
>> +libvirt.def
>>  libvirt.syms
>>  *.i
>>  *.s
>> diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
>> index 0aa3443..fea1bd3 100644
>> --- a/src/Makefile.am
>> +++ b/src/Makefile.am
>> @@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
>>    libvirt_macvtap.syms               \
>>    libvirt_daemon.syms
>>
>> -BUILT_SOURCES = libvirt.syms
>> +BUILT_SOURCES = libvirt.syms libvirt.def
>>
>>  libvirt.syms: libvirt_public.syms $(USED_SYM_FILES)
>>       rm -f $@-tmp $@
>> @@ -844,18 +844,25 @@ libvirt.syms: libvirt_public.syms $(USED_SYM_FILES)
>>       chmod a-w $@-tmp
>>       mv $@-tmp libvirt.syms
>>
>> +libvirt.def: libvirt.syms
>> +     rm -f -- $@-tmp $@
>> +     printf 'EXPORTS\n' > $@-tmp
>> +     sed -e '/^$$/d; /#/d; /:/d; /\}/d; /\*/d; /LIBVIRT_/d; s/\(.*\)\;/\1/g' $^ >> $@-tmp
>> +     chmod a-w $@-tmp
>> +     mv $@-tmp libvirt.def
>> +
>>  # Empty source list - it merely links a bunch of convenience libs together
>>  libvirt_la_SOURCES =
>>  libvirt_la_LIBADD += \
>>                   $(CYGWIN_EXTRA_LIBADD) ../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
>> -libvirt_la_LDFLAGS = $(VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAGS)libvirt.syms \
>> +libvirt_la_LDFLAGS = $(VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAGS)$(LIBVIRT_SYMBOL_FILE) \
>>                       -version-info $(LIBVIRT_VERSION_INFO) \
>>                      $(COVERAGE_CFLAGS:-f%=-Wc,-f%) \
>>                      $(LIBXML_LIBS) \
>>                   $(DRIVER_MODULE_LIBS) \
>>                   $(CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(MINGW_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
>>  libvirt_la_CFLAGS = $(COVERAGE_CFLAGS) -DIN_LIBVIRT
>> -libvirt_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(libvirt_la_LIBADD) libvirt.syms
>> +libvirt_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(libvirt_la_LIBADD) $(LIBVIRT_SYMBOL_FILE)
>>
>>  # Create an automake "convenience library" version of libvirt_la,
>>  # just for testing, since the test harness requires access to internal
>> @@ -865,7 +872,7 @@ noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libvirt_test.la
>>  # Remove version script from convenience library
>>  test_LDFLAGS =                                               \
>>    $$(echo '$(libvirt_la_LDFLAGS)'                    \
>> -     |sed 's!$(VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAGS)libvirt.syms!!'  \
>> +     |sed 's!$(VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAGS)$(LIBVIRT_SYMBOL_FILE)!!'        \
>>       |sed 's!-version-info $(LIBVIRT_VERSION_INFO)!!')
>>
>>  # Just like the above, but with a slightly different set of public symbols.
>
> I've re-examined this now to discover why we had this regression.
>
> Originally, say in 0.7.5, everything was linking fine on Mingw32 without
> this .defs file.  I figured out that this is because Mingw32 was ignoring
> our .syms file, and using its default logic of exporting *everything* :-)
>
> Then, in
>
> commit 190aaa2627a8c6e455088f1e7801708fb5f123b1
> Author: Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
> Date:   Tue Mar 16 23:54:22 2010 +0100
>
>    Fix export of virConnectAuthPtrDefault for MinGW builds
>
>    Use the __declspec(dllexport/dllimport) stuff to export the symbol,
>    otherwise accessing virConnectAuthPtrDefault triggers a segfault.
>
>
> We used declspec() on the virConnectAuthPtrDefault. This turned off the
> Mingw32 logic that exported everything & thus caused virsh link failures.
>
> Adding this .defs file as per your patch re-exports everything.
>
> It sucks that we export everything, but it is no worse than the old
> situation we had on mingw.
>
> ACK to this patch
>
> Daniel
>

Okay, I rebased and pushed it.

Matthias




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