Getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308)

Getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308)

[buysell08]

I'm getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308).

I couldn't find anything in the www.spinics.net/lists/fio mailing list archives about it.  Has anybody else seen a problem like this?

> make
DEP .depend
CC gettime.o
: Assembler messages:
:354: Error: symbol `fstatat64' is already defined
:388: Error: symbol `fstat64' is already defined
:418: Error: symbol `lstat64' is already defined
:448: Error: symbol `stat64' is already defined
:1704: Error: symbol `pread64' is already defined
make: *** [gettime.o] Error 1


Here's backgound version info from gcc:

> gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib64/gcc-4.4.2/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.4.2/specs
Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Configured with: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc/4.4.2 --enable-threads --enable-shared --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-multilib --with-mpfr=/usr/local/gcc/4.4.2
--libdir=/usr/lib64/gcc-4.4.2 --with-include=/usr/local/gcc/4.4.2/include --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/local/gcc/4.4.2/include/g++-v3
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.4.2 (GCC)

> uname -r
2.6.18-308.8.1.el5

Thanks in advance
Ben

Re: Getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308)

[Jens Axboe]

On 2012-11-30 19:50, buysell08 wrote:
> I'm getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308).
> 
> I couldn't find anything in the www.spinics.net/lists/fio mailing list archives about it.  Has anybody else seen a problem like this?
> 
>> make
> DEP .depend
> CC gettime.o
> : Assembler messages:
> :354: Error: symbol `fstatat64' is already defined
> :388: Error: symbol `fstat64' is already defined
> :418: Error: symbol `lstat64' is already defined
> :448: Error: symbol `stat64' is already defined
> :1704: Error: symbol `pread64' is already defined
> make: *** [gettime.o] Error 1

Never seen that before. From what I can tell on similar problems on
google, it's an issue with your glibc causing double definitions when
programs are compiled with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS= such as fio is.

If you can give me access to your system, I can probably add a
work-around for you.

-- 
Jens Axboe

Re: Getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308)

[Jens Axboe]

On 2012-11-30 20:17, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 2012-11-30 19:50, buysell08 wrote:
>> I'm getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308).
>>
>> I couldn't find anything in the www.spinics.net/lists/fio mailing list archives about it.  Has anybody else seen a problem like this?
>>
>>> make
>> DEP .depend
>> CC gettime.o
>> : Assembler messages:
>> :354: Error: symbol `fstatat64' is already defined
>> :388: Error: symbol `fstat64' is already defined
>> :418: Error: symbol `lstat64' is already defined
>> :448: Error: symbol `stat64' is already defined
>> :1704: Error: symbol `pread64' is already defined
>> make: *** [gettime.o] Error 1
> 
> Never seen that before. From what I can tell on similar problems on
> google, it's an issue with your glibc causing double definitions when
> programs are compiled with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS= such as fio is.
> 
> If you can give me access to your system, I can probably add a
> work-around for you.

Wait, you write centos 6.3, but it's running kernel 2.6.18. That can't
be right, that'd be series 5. Did you mean centos 5.3?

-- 
Jens Axboe

Re: Getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308)

[buysell08]

Re: you write centos 6.3, but it's running kernel 2.6.18. That can't be right

Indeed, it is not right.  I meant to say Centos 6.3, kernel version 2.6.32.   Apologies.

Re: Try adding a <sys/stat.h> include to fio.h

No joy.  Same compilation error

But.....    I found the web pages:

   http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/x264-devel/2011-June/008563.html

   http://lifecs.likai.org/2009/06/multiple-definition-of-extern-inline.html

which says to add the compiler flag "-fgnu89-inline" (because of an issue where old glibc libraries aren't compatible with "the c99 standard").   I added the compilation flag
(adding it just after the "-std=gnu99" option) and the compilation errors went away.

All done here.  Thanks the help.

Ben Slade
Kensington MD


Jens Axboe wrote, On 12/2/2012 2:20 PM:
> On 2012-11-30 20:17, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 2012-11-30 19:50, buysell08 wrote:
>>> I'm getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308).
>>>
>>> I couldn't find anything in the www.spinics.net/lists/fio mailing list archives about it.  Has anybody else seen a problem like this?
>>>
>>>> make
>>> DEP .depend
>>> CC gettime.o
>>> : Assembler messages:
>>> :354: Error: symbol `fstatat64' is already defined
>>> :388: Error: symbol `fstat64' is already defined
>>> :418: Error: symbol `lstat64' is already defined
>>> :448: Error: symbol `stat64' is already defined
>>> :1704: Error: symbol `pread64' is already defined
>>> make: *** [gettime.o] Error 1
>> Never seen that before. From what I can tell on similar problems on
>> google, it's an issue with your glibc causing double definitions when
>> programs are compiled with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS= such as fio is.
>>
>> If you can give me access to your system, I can probably add a
>> work-around for you.
> Wait, you write centos 6.3, but it's running kernel 2.6.18. That can't
> be right, that'd be series 5. Did you mean centos 5.3?
>

Re: Getting 'stat64 already defined' type errors when trying to "make" fio on RedHat/Centos 6.3 (linux kernel 2.6.18-308)

[Jens Axboe]

On 2012-12-03 17:49, buysell08 wrote:
> Re: you write centos 6.3, but it's running kernel 2.6.18. That can't be right
> 
> Indeed, it is not right.  I meant to say Centos 6.3, kernel version
> 2.6.32.   Apologies.

Did you change the compiler, too? gcc 4.4.2 isn't centos 6.3 stock
either.

> Re: Try adding a <sys/stat.h> include to fio.h
> 
> No joy.  Same compilation error
> 
> But.....    I found the web pages:
> 
>    http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/x264-devel/2011-June/008563.html
> 
>    http://lifecs.likai.org/2009/06/multiple-definition-of-extern-inline.html
> 
> which says to add the compiler flag "-fgnu89-inline" (because of an issue where old glibc libraries aren't compatible with "the c99 standard").   I added the compilation flag
> (adding it just after the "-std=gnu99" option) and the compilation errors went away.

I found that that one, too. So you should be able to make it work by
just doing:

$ EXTFLAG="-std=gnu99" make

and not have to edit anything. Not sure I can do too much about this, if
it's a largely non-standard setup. It's a bug in your toolchain.

-- 
Jens Axboe