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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, david.marchand@redhat.com, ktraynor@redhat.com,
	bluca@debian.org, sunil.pai.g@intel.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/7] build/pkg-config: prevent overlinking
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 09:58:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200701085853.GB595@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4910125.YRS67Szt0T@thomas>

On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 09:56:13AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 30/06/2020 16:14, Bruce Richardson:
> > Add the --as-needed linker flag to the DPDK library list in the pkg-config
> > file so as to prevent overlinking. Without this flag, when linking
> > statically using flags from $(pkg-config --static --libs libdpdk), all DPDK
> > drivers and libs were statically linked in, but the binary was also
> > requiring all the shared versions be present to run.
> > 
> > The real root-cause of this issue is that the DPDK libraries need to be
> > duplicated in the linker command when doing static linking, due to the
> > behaviour of pkg-config, but since that behaviour cannot be easily changed,
> > this is a simple workaround to avoid problems.
> 
> It deserves to give a more detailed explanation here.
>
It's already explained in commit log for patch 5 and in the code comments
added in patch 5 also, so I didn't think it was necessary again. However
can add in a V4, if needed.

/Bruce

  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-01  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-29 10:08 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/7] improve DPDK static builds with meson Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/7] build: always link-whole DPDK static libraries Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:18   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-29 10:42     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:49       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-29 14:04   ` Andrzej Ostruszka [C]
2020-04-29 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/7] build: remove unnecessary variable Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:19   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-29 10:29     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/7] devtools/test-meson-builds.sh: add pkg-config static builds Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/7] build: move pkg-config creation to separate file Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/7] build/pkg-config: output driver libs first for static build Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:30   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-29 10:54     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:40   ` Luca Boccassi
2020-04-29 11:03     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 11:12       ` Luca Boccassi
2020-04-29 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/7] build/pkg-config: improve static linking flags Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:32   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-29 10:56     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:57       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-29 10:37   ` Luca Boccassi
2020-04-29 10:58     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 11:10       ` Luca Boccassi
2020-04-29 10:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] build/pkg-config: prevent overlinking Bruce Richardson
2020-04-29 10:34   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-04-29 11:00     ` Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 13:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] improve DPDK static builds with meson Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 13:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] build: always link-whole DPDK static libraries Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 13:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] build: remove unnecessary variable Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 13:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/7] devtools/test-meson-builds.sh: add pkg-config static builds Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 13:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/7] build: move pkg-config creation to separate file Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 13:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/7] build/pkg-config: output driver libs first for static build Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 13:54   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/7] build/pkg-config: improve static linking flags Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 13:54   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/7] build/pkg-config: prevent overlinking Bruce Richardson
2020-05-01 14:02   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] improve DPDK static builds with meson Luca Boccassi
2020-06-30 13:25   ` Pai G, Sunil
2020-06-30 16:37     ` Stokes, Ian
2020-07-01 17:29       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-02 10:46         ` Stokes, Ian
2020-06-30 14:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Bruce Richardson
2020-06-30 14:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/7] build: always link-whole DPDK static libraries Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01 14:19     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-30 14:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/7] build: remove unnecessary variable Bruce Richardson
2020-06-30 14:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/7] devtools/test-meson-builds.sh: add pkg-config static builds Bruce Richardson
2020-06-30 14:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/7] build: move pkg-config creation to separate file Bruce Richardson
2020-06-30 14:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/7] build/pkg-config: output driver libs first for static build Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01  7:50     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-01  8:43       ` Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01 14:42     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-01 15:16       ` Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01 15:36         ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-01 15:45           ` Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01 16:04             ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-30 14:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/7] build/pkg-config: improve static linking flags Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01 14:30     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-01 14:33       ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-01 14:36         ` Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01 14:45           ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-30 14:14   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/7] build/pkg-config: prevent overlinking Bruce Richardson
2020-07-01  7:56     ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-07-01  8:58       ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2020-07-01 17:33   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/7] improve DPDK static builds with meson Thomas Monjalon

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