trylink: don't use ld --gc-sections if ld doesn't support it
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1 #!/bin/sh
2
3 debug=false
4
5 # Linker flags used:
6 #
7 # Informational:
8 # --warn-common
9 # -Map $EXE.map
10 # --verbose
11 #
12 # Optimizations:
13 # --sort-common                 reduces padding
14 # --sort-section alignment      reduces padding
15 # --gc-sections                 throws out unused sections,
16 #                               does not work for shared libs
17 # -On                           Not used, maybe useful?
18 #
19 # List of files to link:
20 # $l_list                       == --start-group -llib1 -llib2 --end-group
21 # --start-group $O_FILES $A_FILES --end-group
22 #
23 # Shared library link:
24 # -shared                       self-explanatory
25 # -fPIC                         position-independent code
26 # --enable-new-dtags            ?
27 # -z,combreloc                  ?
28 # -soname="libbusybox.so.$BB_VER"
29 # --undefined=lbb_main          Seed name to start pulling from
30 #                               (otherwise we'll need --whole-archive)
31 # -static                       Not used, but may be useful! manpage:
32 #                               "... This option can be used with -shared.
33 #                               Doing so means that a shared library
34 #                               is being created but that all of the library's
35 #                               external references must be resolved by pulling
36 #                               in entries from static libraries."
37
38
39 try() {
40     printf "%s\n" "Output of:" >$EXE.out
41     printf "%s\n" "$*" >>$EXE.out
42     printf "%s\n" "==========" >>$EXE.out
43     $debug && echo "Trying: $*"
44     $@ >>$EXE.out 2>&1
45     return $?
46 }
47
48 check_cc() {
49     local tempname="/tmp/temp.$$.$RANDOM"
50     # Can use "-o /dev/null", but older gcc tend to *unlink it* on failure! :(
51     # "-xc": C language. "/dev/null" is an empty source file.
52     if $CC $1 -shared -xc /dev/null -o "$tempname".o >/dev/null 2>&1; then
53         echo "$1";
54     else
55         echo "$2";
56     fi
57     rm "$tempname".o 2>/dev/null
58 }
59
60 check_libc_is_glibc() {
61     local tempname="/tmp/temp.$$.$RANDOM"
62     echo "\
63         #include <stdlib.h>
64         /* Apparently uclibc defines __GLIBC__ (compat trick?). Oh well. */
65         #if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__)
66         syntax error here
67         #endif
68         " >"$tempname".c
69     if $CC "$tempname".c -c -o "$tempname".o >/dev/null 2>&1; then
70         echo "$2";
71     else
72         echo "$1";
73     fi
74     rm "$tempname".c "$tempname".o 2>/dev/null
75 }
76
77 EXE="$1"
78 CC="$2"
79 CFLAGS="$3"
80 LDFLAGS="$4"
81 O_FILES="$5"
82 A_FILES="$6"
83 LDLIBS="$7"
84
85 # The --sort-section option is not supported by older versions of ld
86 SORT_SECTION=`check_cc "-Wl,--sort-section,alignment" ""`
87
88 # Static linking against glibc produces buggy executables
89 # (glibc does not cope well with ld --gc-sections).
90 # See sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3400
91 # Note that glibc is unsuitable for static linking anyway.
92 # We are removing -Wl,--gc-sections from link command line.
93 GC_SECTIONS=`(
94 . ./.config
95 if test x"$CONFIG_STATIC" = x"y"; then
96     check_libc_is_glibc "" "-Wl,--gc-sections"
97 else
98     echo "-Wl,--gc-sections"
99 fi
100 )`
101
102 # The --gc-sections option is not supported by older versions of ld
103 if test -n "$GC_SECTIONS"; then
104     GC_SECTIONS=`check_cc "$GC_SECTIONS" ""`
105 fi
106
107 # Sanitize lib list (dups, extra spaces etc)
108 LDLIBS=`echo "$LDLIBS" | xargs -n1 | sort | uniq | xargs`
109
110 # First link with all libs. If it fails, bail out
111 echo "Trying libraries: $LDLIBS"
112 # "lib1 lib2 lib3" -> "-llib1 -llib2 -llib3"
113 l_list=`echo "$LDLIBS" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/' -e 's/^-l$//'`
114 test "x$l_list" != "x" && l_list="-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group"
115 try $CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS \
116         -o $EXE \
117         -Wl,--sort-common \
118         $SORT_SECTION \
119         $GC_SECTIONS \
120         -Wl,--start-group $O_FILES $A_FILES -Wl,--end-group \
121         $l_list \
122 || {
123     echo "Failed: $l_list"
124     cat $EXE.out
125     exit 1
126 }
127
128 # Now try to remove each lib and build without it.
129 # Stop when no lib can be removed.
130 while test "$LDLIBS"; do
131     $debug && echo "Trying libraries: $LDLIBS"
132     all_needed=true
133     last_needed=false
134     for one in $LDLIBS; do
135         without_one=`echo " $LDLIBS " | sed "s/ $one / /g" | xargs`
136         # "lib1 lib2 lib3" -> "-llib1 -llib2 -llib3"
137         l_list=`echo "$without_one" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/' -e 's/^-l$//'`
138         test x"$l_list" != x"" && l_list="-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group"
139         $debug && echo "Trying -l options: '$l_list'"
140         try $CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS \
141                 -o $EXE \
142                 -Wl,--sort-common \
143                 $SORT_SECTION \
144                 $GC_SECTIONS \
145                 -Wl,--start-group $O_FILES $A_FILES -Wl,--end-group \
146                 $l_list
147         if test $? = 0; then
148             echo " Library $one is not needed, excluding it"
149             LDLIBS="$without_one"
150             all_needed=false
151             last_needed=false
152         else
153             echo " Library $one is needed, can't exclude it (yet)"
154             last_needed=true
155         fi
156     done
157     # All libs were needed, can't remove any
158     $all_needed && break
159     # Optimization: was the last tried lib needed?
160     if $last_needed; then
161         # Was it the only one lib left? Don't test again then.
162         { echo "$LDLIBS" | grep -q ' '; } || break
163     fi
164 done
165
166 # Make the binary with final, minimal list of libs
167 echo "Final link with: ${LDLIBS:-<none>}"
168 l_list=`echo "$LDLIBS" | sed -e 's/ / -l/g' -e 's/^/-l/' -e 's/^-l$//'`
169 test "x$l_list" != "x" && l_list="-Wl,--start-group $l_list -Wl,--end-group"
170 # --verbose gives us gobs of info to stdout (e.g. linker script used)
171 if ! test -f busybox_ldscript; then
172     try $CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS \
173             -o $EXE \
174             -Wl,--sort-common \
175             $SORT_SECTION \
176             $GC_SECTIONS \
177             -Wl,--start-group $O_FILES $A_FILES -Wl,--end-group \
178             $l_list \
179             -Wl,--warn-common \
180             -Wl,-Map,$EXE.map \
181             -Wl,--verbose \
182     || {
183         cat $EXE.out
184         exit 1
185     }
186 else
187     echo "Custom linker script 'busybox_ldscript' found, using it"
188     # Add SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT to linker script (found in $EXE.out):
189     #  .rodata         : { *(.rodata SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.rodata.*) .gnu.linkonce.r.*) }
190     #  *(.data SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.data.*) .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
191     #  *(.bss SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.bss.*) .gnu.linkonce.b.*)
192     # This will eliminate most of the padding (~3kb).
193     # Hmm, "ld --sort-section alignment" should do it too.
194     try $CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS \
195             -o $EXE \
196             -Wl,--sort-common \
197             $SORT_SECTION \
198             $GC_SECTIONS \
199             -Wl,-T,busybox_ldscript \
200             -Wl,--start-group $O_FILES $A_FILES -Wl,--end-group \
201             $l_list \
202             -Wl,--warn-common \
203             -Wl,-Map,$EXE.map \
204             -Wl,--verbose \
205     || {
206         cat $EXE.out
207         exit 1
208     }
209 fi
210
211 . ./.config
212
213 sharedlib_dir="0_lib"
214
215 if test "$CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX" = y; then
216     mkdir "$sharedlib_dir" 2>/dev/null
217     test -d "$sharedlib_dir" || {
218         echo "Cannot make directory $sharedlib_dir"
219         exit 1
220     }
221     ln -s "libbusybox.so.$BB_VER" "$sharedlib_dir"/libbusybox.so 2>/dev/null
222
223     EXE="$sharedlib_dir/libbusybox.so.${BB_VER}_unstripped"
224     try $CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS \
225             -o $EXE \
226             -shared -fPIC \
227             -Wl,--enable-new-dtags \
228             -Wl,-z,combreloc \
229             -Wl,-soname="libbusybox.so.$BB_VER" \
230             -Wl,--undefined=lbb_main \
231             -Wl,--sort-common \
232             $SORT_SECTION \
233             -Wl,--start-group $A_FILES -Wl,--end-group \
234             $l_list \
235             -Wl,--warn-common \
236             -Wl,-Map,$EXE.map \
237             -Wl,--verbose \
238     || {
239         echo "Linking $EXE failed"
240         cat $EXE.out
241         exit 1
242     }
243     $STRIP -s --remove-section=.note --remove-section=.comment $EXE -o "$sharedlib_dir/libbusybox.so.$BB_VER"
244     chmod a+x "$sharedlib_dir/libbusybox.so.$BB_VER"
245     echo "libbusybox: $sharedlib_dir/libbusybox.so.$BB_VER"
246 fi
247
248 if test "$CONFIG_FEATURE_SHARED_BUSYBOX" = y; then
249     EXE="$sharedlib_dir/busybox_unstripped"
250     try $CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS \
251             -o $EXE \
252             -Wl,--sort-common \
253             $SORT_SECTION \
254             $GC_SECTIONS \
255             -Wl,--start-group $O_FILES -Wl,--end-group \
256             -L"$sharedlib_dir" -lbusybox \
257             -Wl,--warn-common \
258             -Wl,-Map,$EXE.map \
259             -Wl,--verbose \
260     || {
261         echo "Linking $EXE failed"
262         cat $EXE.out
263         exit 1
264     }
265     $STRIP -s --remove-section=.note --remove-section=.comment $EXE -o "$sharedlib_dir/busybox"
266     echo "busybox linked against libbusybox: $sharedlib_dir/busybox"
267 fi
268
269 if test "$CONFIG_FEATURE_INDIVIDUAL" = y; then
270     echo "Linking individual applets against libbusybox (see $sharedlib_dir/*)"
271     gcc -DNAME_MAIN_CNAME -E -include include/autoconf.h include/applets.h \
272     | grep -v "^#" \
273     | grep -v "^$" \
274     > applet_lst.tmp
275     while read name main junk; do
276
277         echo "\
278 void lbb_prepare(const char *applet, char **argv);
279 int $main(int argc, char **argv);
280
281 int main(int argc, char **argv)
282 {
283         lbb_prepare(\"$name\", argv);
284         return $main(argc, argv);
285 }
286 " >"$sharedlib_dir/applet.c"
287
288         EXE="$sharedlib_dir/$name"
289         try $CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS "$sharedlib_dir/applet.c" \
290                 -o $EXE \
291                 -Wl,--sort-common \
292                 $SORT_SECTION \
293                 $GC_SECTIONS \
294                 -L"$sharedlib_dir" -lbusybox \
295                 -Wl,--warn-common \
296         || {
297             echo "Linking $EXE failed"
298             cat $EXE.out
299             exit 1
300         }
301         rm -- "$sharedlib_dir/applet.c" $EXE.out
302         $STRIP -s --remove-section=.note --remove-section=.comment $EXE
303
304     done <applet_lst.tmp
305 fi
306
307 # libbusybox.so is needed only for -lbusybox at link time,
308 # it is not needed at runtime. Deleting to reduce confusion.
309 rm "$sharedlib_dir"/libbusybox.so 2>/dev/null
310 exit 0 # or else we may confuse make