[LLVMdev] clang looking for gold plugin when used with '-emit-llvm' option

Jim Grosbach grosbach at apple.com
Wed May 16 17:45:58 PDT 2012


Are you intending to try to link? That error message isn't coming from clang, but from /usr/bin/ld. If you just want the bitcode for the one source file, you need to pass "-c" as well, just like if you want an object file.

-Jim
On May 16, 2012, at 5:39 PM, Ashok Nalkund <ashoknn at qualcomm.com> wrote:

> Resending, can somebody please help?
> 
> On 5/16/2012 2:47 PM, Ashok Nalkund wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>    I built the binaries from the 3.1 final tag
>> (http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/tags/RELEASE_31/final/ etc) as below:
>> 
>>> ../llvm/configure --enable-targets=host-only --prefix=/local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin
>>> make install
>> 
>>   I notice that I can compile a program using clang as below:
>> 
>>> ashoknn at ashoknn-vm:/local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/temp/jit$clang test.c
>>> ashoknn at ashoknn-vm:/local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/temp/jit$
>> 
>>   If I try to generate the bitcode only, it gives an error:
>>> ashoknn at ashoknn-vm:/local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/temp/jit$clang -emit-llvm test.c
>>> /usr/bin/ld: /local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin/bin/../lib/LLVMgold.so: error loading plugin
>>> /usr/bin/ld: /local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin/bin/../lib/LLVMgold.so: error in plugin cleanup (ignored)
>>> clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
>>> ashoknn at ashoknn-vm:/local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/temp/jit$
>> 
>> I then ran it with -v option and it produces:
>>> ashoknn at ashoknn-vm:/local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/temp/jit$clang -emit-llvm test.c -v
>>> clang version 3.1 (tags/RELEASE_31/final 156878)
>>> Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>>> Thread model: posix
>>>  "/local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin/bin/clang" -cc1 -triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -emit-llvm-bc -disable-free -main-file-name test.c -mrelocation-model static -mdisable-fp-elim -masm-verbose -mconstructor-aliases -munwind-tables -target-cpu x86-64 -target-linker-version 2.21.0.20110327 -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -v -resource-dir /local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin/bin/../lib/clang/3.1 -fmodule-cache-path /var/tmp/clang-module-cache -internal-isystem /usr/local/include -internal-isystem /local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin/bin/../lib/clang/3.1/include -internal-externc-isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -internal-externc-isystem /include -internal-externc-isystem /usr/include -fdebug-compilation-dir /local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/temp/jit -ferror-limit 19 -fmessage-length 177 -mstackrealign -fgnu-runtime -fobjc-runtime-has-arc -fobjc-runtime-has-weak -fobjc-fragile-abi -fdiagnostics-show-option -fcolor-d!
> ia!
>>  gnostics
>>  -o /tmp/test-LU0kNI.o -x c test.c
>>> clang -cc1 version 3.1 based upon LLVM 3.1 default target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>>> ignoring nonexistent directory "/include"
>>> #include "..." search starts here:
>>> #include<...>  search starts here:
>>>  /usr/local/include
>>>  /local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin/bin/../lib/clang/3.1/include
>>>  /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
>>>  /usr/include
>>> End of search list.
>>>  "/usr/bin/ld" -z relro --hash-style=gnu --build-id --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_x86_64 -dynamic-linker /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -o a.out /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/crtbegin.o -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5 -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/../../../../../lib64 -L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/../../lib64 -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/../../../.. -L/lib -L/usr/lib -plugin /local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin/bin/../lib/LLVMgold.so /tmp/test-LU0kNI.o -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed -lc -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed /usr!
> /l!
>>  ib/x86_6
>> 4-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/crtend.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o
>>> /usr/bin/ld: /local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin/bin/../lib/LLVMgold.so: error loading plugin
>>> /usr/bin/ld: /local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/llvmsvn/build/bin/bin/../lib/LLVMgold.so: error in plugin cleanup (ignored)
>>> clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
>>> ashoknn at ashoknn-vm:/local/mnt/workspace/ashoknn/crd/neo/temp/jit$
>> 
>> Any clues?
>> 
>> TIA,
>> Ashok
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