[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/grpc: fix build on ubuntu gcc 4.8

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/grpc: fix build on ubuntu gcc 4.8

[Michael Nosthoff]

gcc 4.8 on ubuntu 14.04 does some broken optimization at link-time
which causes grpc to create a grpc_cpp_plugin which quits because
of a failing assertion. The created plugin is itself used during
compilation which lets the build fail.
With the added -Wl,--no-as-needed flag the LTO is disabled and grpc
compiles successfully.

fixes:
- http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/b554f6f2fb66892273f7520ad6e36923557b229e
- http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/3ebb2880b9b3fd5154979016391dde897e2c039c
- http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/c2078e821e0728fe980be2c849c25d82e791a4c2

Signed-off-by: Michael Nosthoff <buildroot@heine.tech>
---
 package/grpc/grpc.mk | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package/grpc/grpc.mk b/package/grpc/grpc.mk
index 2114f98e40..4db309d4e9 100644
--- a/package/grpc/grpc.mk
+++ b/package/grpc/grpc.mk
@@ -72,5 +72,12 @@ HOST_GRPC_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DgRPC_ZLIB_PROVIDER=package \
 	-DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER=package
 
+#With gcc 4.8 (at least on ubuntu) there is a bug in LTO which breaks the linkage of
+#the grpc_cpp_plugin with libprotobuf and pthread. This additional flag fixes this.
+ifeq ($(BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9),)
+HOST_GRPC_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-as-needed"
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
 $(eval $(host-cmake-package))
-- 
2.25.1

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/grpc: fix build on ubuntu gcc 4.8

[Yann E. MORIN]

Michael, All,

On 2020-09-15 18:11 +0200, Michael Nosthoff via buildroot spake thusly:
> gcc 4.8 on ubuntu 14.04 does some broken optimization at link-time
> which causes grpc to create a grpc_cpp_plugin which quits because
> of a failing assertion. The created plugin is itself used during
> compilation which lets the build fail.
> With the added -Wl,--no-as-needed flag the LTO is disabled and grpc
> compiles successfully.
> 
> fixes:
> - http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/b554f6f2fb66892273f7520ad6e36923557b229e
> - http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/3ebb2880b9b3fd5154979016391dde897e2c039c
> - http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/c2078e821e0728fe980be2c849c25d82e791a4c2
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Nosthoff <buildroot@heine.tech>
> ---
>  package/grpc/grpc.mk | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/package/grpc/grpc.mk b/package/grpc/grpc.mk
> index 2114f98e40..4db309d4e9 100644
> --- a/package/grpc/grpc.mk
> +++ b/package/grpc/grpc.mk
> @@ -72,5 +72,12 @@ HOST_GRPC_CONF_OPTS = \
>  	-DgRPC_ZLIB_PROVIDER=package \
>  	-DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER=package
>  
> +#With gcc 4.8 (at least on ubuntu) there is a bug in LTO which breaks the linkage of
> +#the grpc_cpp_plugin with libprotobuf and pthread. This additional flag fixes this.
> +ifeq ($(BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9),)
> +HOST_GRPC_CONF_OPTS += \
> +	-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-as-needed"
> +endif

I was wondering how much harm that would do to use that unconditionally.

However, we are really only impacted by that old Ubuntu 14.04 gcc-4.8
compiler (it may in fact be a bug in ld, not gcc, so binutils 2.24).

We also have not seen that issue on any of our other autobuilders, and
no user has reported that issue (that I am aware of).

So, in the end, I believe this condition _is_ the safe bet.

Applied to master, after re-wrapping the comment. Thanks! :-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

>  $(eval $(cmake-package))
>  $(eval $(host-cmake-package))
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
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