dl_iterate_phdr missing in libc

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday 11 January 2008, Carmelo AMOROSO wrote:
> I'm facing a problem when statically linking an app with
> sh4-linux-uclibc-g++
> caused by the missing symbol dl_iterate_phdr as below:
>
> sh4-linux-uclibc-g++ -static main.c
> /opt/STM/STLinux-2.3/devkit/sh4_uclibc/lib/gcc/sh4-linux-uclibc/4.2.1/libgc
>c_eh.a(unwind-dw2-fde-glibc.o): In function `_Unwind_Find_FDE':
> /home/macaroni/users/products/stm2.3/build/packages/stm-cross-gcc-sh4_uclib
>c/BUILD/gcc-4.2.1/objdir/gcc/../../gcc/unwind-dw2-fde-glibc.c:430: undefined
> reference to `dl_iterate_phdr'

static is the devil ;)

> Indeed the symbols is defined into the ld.so (not used when statically
> linked) and into libdl.a

yep

> but, being libgcc_eh.a requiring this symbol, it will not find it even
> if -ldl is passed.

what a pain huh

> I've checked glibc and found that dl_iterate_phdr in into libc instead
> od ld.so and libdl.a
> A comment in uclibc dl-elf.c says explicitly:
>
> "we want this in ld.so and libdl.a but nowhere else"
>
> Could someone explain this to me ?

it's a symbol only used by symbol related stuff which is why we put it there.  
the comment is to cover the fact we *dont* want it in say libdl.so.

> I need to fix immediately into uclibc-nptl sh4

isnt it always ?

> adding the symbol into the libc too, as it is required by an our
> customer on production, but I'd like to have a common fix also for the
> trunk. 

looks like we'll need to relocate it to libc.a from libdl.a
-mike
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