How to build a Shared Library but use static glibc on Linux? - c

I'm trying to create a shared library on centos using gcc 4.8.2
shared library code:
//reload.c
int func(int num){
return num++;
}
link command:
gcc -fPIC -shared reload.c -o reload.so
use ldd command:
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffe6aa93000)
libc.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f27feb97000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f27ff169000)
Now, Want to statically link glibc, how to write it?
like it:
ldd xxx.so
not a dynamic executable
I tried the build options, but the error.
gcc -fPIC -shared reload.c -o reload.so -Wl,-Bstatic -lc
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
thank you very much

You do not have dependencies to glibc at all for your code above, so the easiest way is to compile with the flag -nostdlib:
$ gcc -fPIC -shared reload.c -o reload.so -nostdlib
$ ldd reload.so
statically linked

Related

gcc, how to force the final executable link a unused shared library?

I have an executable shared_main , a shared library libbar.so and a dynamic load shared library libfoo.so (load in shared_main via dlopen).
shared_main doesn't use any symbols from libbar.so but libfoo.so does.
So gcc -g -Wall -o shared_main shared_main.c libbar.so -ldl doesn't link libbar.so to shared_main.
Checked via ldd shared_main.
How to let gcc force shared_main link libbar.so?
P.S. I know I can link libfoo.so with libbar.so. But I want to try if I can force shared_main to link libbar.so here.
shared_main.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <dlfcn.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(){
void* libHandle = dlopen("./libfoo.so", RTLD_LAZY);
if(libHandle == NULL){
printf("dlopen:%s", dlerror());
exit(1);
}
int(*xyz)(int);
xyz = (int(*)(int)) dlsym(libHandle, "xyz");
if(xyz == NULL){
printf("dlsym:%s", dlerror());
exit(1);
}
int b = xyz(3);
printf("xyz(3): %d\n", b);
}
foo.c (libfoo.so)
void func_in_bar();
int xyz(int b){
func_in_bar();
return b + 10;
}
bar.c (libbar.so)
//mimic python share library runtime
#include <stdio.h>
void func_in_bar(){
printf("I am a Function in bar\n");
}
void another_func_in_bar(){
printf("I am another function in bar\n");
}
makefile
shared_main:
gcc -g -Wall -o shared_main shared_main.c libbar.so -ldl
shared:
gcc -g -Wall -fPIC -shared -o libfoo.so foo.c
gcc -g -Wall -fPIC -shared -o libbar.so bar.c
You have an XY-problem, where X is: libfoo has unresolved symbols, but the linker doesn't warn about it
So use the -z defs option linkage-time, and when you get the linker error about the unresolved symbol add -lfoo to the linkage command.
That's still not enough, you will have to use a -L and a -Wl,-rpath option too. Here is a complete Makefile:
# Makefile
# LIBDIR should be the final place of the shared libraries
# such as /usr/local/lib or ~/libexec/myproject
LIBDIR := ${PWD}
TARGETS := shared_main libbar.so libfoo.so
all: ${TARGETS}
clean:
rm -f ${TARGETS} 2>/dev/null || true
shared_main: shared_main.c
gcc -g -Wall -o shared_main shared_main.c -ldl
libbar.so: bar.c
gcc -g -Wall -fPIC -shared -o libbar.so bar.c
libfoo.so: foo.c libbar.so
gcc -g -Wall -fPIC -shared -z defs -o libfoo.so foo.c \
-L${LIBDIR} -Wl,-rpath,${LIBDIR} -lbar
Edit: nonetheless, here is a hackish solution for the original question: use option -Wl,--no-as-needed
shared_main:
gcc -g -Wall -o shared_main shared_main.c \
-Wl,--no-as-needed -Wl,-rpath,${PWD} libbar.so -ldl
Everything works just fine for me, with unmodified files from OP.
$ make shared
gcc -g -Wall -fPIC -shared -o libfoo.so foo.c
gcc -g -Wall -fPIC -shared -o libbar.so bar.c
$ make shared_main
gcc -g -Wall -o shared_main shared_main.c libbar.so -ldl
$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ldd shared_main
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffccb5f2000)
libbar.so => ./libbar.so (0x00007f78f6ce0000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f78f6cd1000)
libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f78f6b06000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f78f6ce7000)
$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./shared_main
I am a Function in bar
xyz(3): 13
I only needed to help the library loader out a bit using LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 11.3.1 20220421 (Red Hat 11.3.1-2)
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
$ ld --version
GNU ld version 2.37-17.fc35
Copyright (C) 2021 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.
The answer is -Wl,--no-as-needed.
For my example, the full command is:
gcc -g -Wall -o shared_main shared_main.c -Wl,--no-as-needed libbar.so -ldl
From https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/ld.1.html :
--as-needed
--no-as-needed
This option affects ELF DT_NEEDED tags for dynamic libraries
mentioned on the command line after the --as-needed option.
Normally the linker will add a DT_NEEDED tag for each dynamic
library mentioned on the command line, regardless of whether
the library is actually needed or not. --as-needed causes a
DT_NEEDED tag to only be emitted for a library that at that
point in the link satisfies a non-weak undefined symbol
reference from a regular object file or, if the library is
not found in the DT_NEEDED lists of other needed libraries, a
non-weak undefined symbol reference from another needed
dynamic library. Object files or libraries appearing on the
command line after the library in question do not affect
whether the library is seen as needed. This is similar to
the rules for extraction of object files from archives.
--no-as-needed restores the default behaviour.

Compile C on CentOS to static library

I'm able to compile and run my application in C on CentOS with the following parameters:
gcc test.c -o test -lpcap -lssl -lcrypto -L /usr/local/lib -L /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/ -lhiredis
But I need to run the application on a machine where I cannot compile, nor download ex. hiredis.
So I need to compile everything together on my own CentOS - which does match in setup.
I've read about the static flag, but when doing so I get the following errors:
gcc -static test.c -o test -lpcap -lssl -lcrypto -L /usr/local/lib -L /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/ -lhiredis
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpcap
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lssl
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcrypto
/usr/local/lib/libhiredis.a(net.o): In function `_redisContextConnectTcp':
/home/alfredballe/hiredis/net.c:399: warning: Using 'getaddrinfo' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
What am I doing wrong?

Linking partially static and partially dynamic in GCC

I'm trying to compile a very simple (as simple as hello world) C program using both dynamic and static linking with GCC. I want to know how to do this in general, so my minimal test example is simply trying to link libc as static and libm dynamically.
I've come across at least the following other questions regarding the same topic:
GCC: static linking only some libraries
Static link of shared library function in gcc
Some of the answers therein suggest things such as using -Wl,-Bstatic and -Wl,-Bdynamic to specify which libraries are respectively static and dynamic. Also suggested is among others simply specifying the full path of the static library to link against.
I've tried several of these suggestions, and variants thereof. I don't understand the error message it gives me. I know what PIE is, but I don't see how it relates to what I'm trying to do.
Here are some failed attempts:
$ gcc test.c /usr/lib64/libc.a
linux-gnu/4.7.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: dynamic STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol `strcmp' with pointer equality in `/usr/lib64/libc.a(strcmp.o)' can not be used when making an executable; recompile with -fPIE and relink with -pie
urned 1 exit status
$ gcc test.c -Wl,-Bdynamic -lm -Wl,-Bstatic -lc
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.7.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.7.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
$ gcc -Wl,-Bdynamic -lm -Wl,-Bstatic -lc test.c
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.7.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.7.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
$ gcc -Wl,-Bstatic -lc -Wl,-Bdynamic -lm test.c
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.7.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: dynamic STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol `strcmp' with pointer equality in `/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.7.3/../../../../lib64/libc.a(strcmp.o)' can not be used when making an executable; recompile with -fPIE and relink with -pie
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Compiling just with no arguments, and with -static work fine, but I need partial static compilation:
$ gcc test.c -lm
$ gcc -static test.c -lm
However, the following fails too:
$ gcc test.c /usr/lib64/libc.a /usr/lib64/libm.a
I've come across a similar error in this post:
C++ Statically linked shared library
However the answers do not seem to apply to my problem.
The program I'm trying to compile is simply (as test.c):
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int i = 0;
for(i = 0; i < 65535; i++) {
printf("%f\n", sinf(i));
printf("%f\n", cosf(i));
printf("%f\n", tanf(i));
printf("%f\n", sqrtf(i));
}
return 0;
}
EDIT: Please note that the program must be complex enough to actually require libm, otherwise linking attempts might give false positives if libm is not really needed. In my original test.c example, I used only sinf() to a constant value, which made the compiler optimize out the sinf() call completely.
I'm using:
$ gcc --version
gcc (Gentoo 4.7.3-r1 p1.4, pie-0.5.5) 4.7.3
The following worked for me
ln -s `gcc -print-file-name=libc.a`
gcc -static-libgcc -L. -lc test.c
Then ldd a.out gives:
not a dynamic executable
Edit:
The OP wants to link one library dynamically and another statically. He have the example of linking libc statically and libm dynamically. That particular case I have not been able to achieve. However, the opposite is possible i.e. linking libc dynamically and libm statically.
ln -s `gcc -print-file-name=libm.a`
gcc test.c -L. -lm
then ldd a.out gives
libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x41960000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4193d000)
Note that the link order matters.e.g gcc -L. -lm test.c does not work.
This works with other libraries as well. For example gomp
gcc -fopenmp test.c
ldd shows libgomp.so.1. We can link it statically like this
ln -s `gcc -print-file-name=libgomp.a`
gcc -L. -fopenmp test.c
Now ldd a.out does not show libgomp.so.1. But in this case pthreads is still linked dynamically. To link pthreads statically requires that libc be linked statically as well.

why cant link 64bit static libgcc on ubuntu

I have problem link libgcc into a static linked .so
it only happens when linking 64bit module with -m64
Ubuntu 64bit 12.10 gcc 4.7
also failed on Ubuntu 64bit 12.04 gcc 4.6
32bit no problem
$gcc -fPIC -c -o hello.o hello.c -m32
$gcc -shared -m32 hello.o -o libhello.so -static-libgcc -Wl,-Bstatic -lc
$ ldd libhello.so
statically linked
64bit failed
$ make
gcc -fPIC -c -o hello.o hello.c
gcc -shared -m64 hello.o -o libhello.so -static-libgcc -Wl,-Bstatic -lc
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.7/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.a(iofclose.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `__gcc_personality_v0' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.7/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [libhello.so] Error 1
hello.c
#include <stdio.h>
int f(){
FILE *out = fopen("/tmp/x.log", "wb");
fclose(out);
return 1;
}
Makefile
all: libhello.so
libhello.so: hello.o
gcc -shared -m64 hello.o -o libhello.so -static-libgcc -Wl,-Bstatic -lc
hello.o: hello.c
gcc -fPIC -c -o hello.o hello.c
clean:
rm -f hello.o libhello.so
The answer is basically "you can't do that." You're trying to link non-PIC code into a shared library, which is simply impossible on the x86_64 (amd64) architecture. You would need a static but PIC version of libgcc, and I suspect that would be only the start of your problems.
One of the reasons why libgcc is normally shared is that a given running executable has to have one and only one copy of some of the key data structures that libgcc maintains. Static linking makes sense for a final executable, since that one and only one copy will be the one statically linked into the executable, but the whole point of a dynamic object is to be loaded into another executable (which in turn will have its own copy of libgcc, either shared or static).

C - Compile static file

I want to compile C code into one monolithic executable file (include every dependencies in this file) using GCC.
Usually I can compile the code with this command:
gcc -o server ex-serv-x509.c -lgnutls
But when I try to compile it with this -static argument I get this error:
[root#localhost test]# gcc -static -o server ex-serv-x509.c -lgnutls
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
[root#localhost test]#
How I can solve the problem?
Best wishes
Try using the ldd command to see what it's linking in without the -static option. Here's what I get for a silly program I have.
~$ gcc so.o -lm -o so
~$ ldd so
linux-gate.so.1 => (0x00db7000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00c7f000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x0037f000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x002da000)
~$ gcc so.o -static -lm -o so
~$ ldd so
not a dynamic executable
So without the static I automagically get the shared version of libc, which surprised me even though it should not have. I imagine you have the shared version but not the static, so you'll need to get the static library from somewhere if you have decided that 1986 is the year for you :-).
To make sure you can do: gcc -print-search-dirs and search through them and make sure that libc.a is not to be found.

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