[Lldb-commits] [lldb] [lldb] Change most tests to build with system libc++ on Darwin (PR #190034)
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Author: Alex Langford (bulbazord)
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<summary>Changes</summary>
Today, on Darwin platforms, almost every test binary in our test suite loads two copies of libc++, libc++abi, and libunwind. This is because each of the test binaries explicitly link against a just-built libc++ (which is explicitly required on Darwin right now) but we don't take the correct steps to replace the system libc++. Doing so is unnecessary and potentially error-prone, so most tests should link against the system libc++ where possible.
Background:
The lldb test suite has a collection of tests that rely on libc++ explicitly. The two biggest categories are data formatter tests (which make sure that we can correctly display values for std types) and import-std-module tests (which test that we can import the libc++ std module). To make sure these tests are run, we require a just-built libc++ to be used.
All of the test binaries link against the just-built libc++, so it gets loaded. However, when any system library tries to load libc++, it attempts to load the system one. dyld checks loaded libraries against the request to load a new one using the full path, meaning anyone linking against `/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib` will get it no matter what other libc++ dylib is already loaded.
The proper way to handle this is using `DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH`, which switches dyld to checking the leaf name of a dylib instead of the full path. In theory this works, but we run into an issue where the system libc++ has additional symbols and many system libraries fail to load. Louis Dionne added stubs in libc++abi for these missing symbols, meaning it would be possible to make this scenario work. This may be useful for the existing libc++ tests.
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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/190034.diff
1 Files Affected:
- (modified) lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/make/Makefile.rules (+18-11)
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diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/make/Makefile.rules b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/make/Makefile.rules
index f7f6e48f71e55..6c197a2317bf7 100644
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/make/Makefile.rules
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/make/Makefile.rules
@@ -441,18 +441,25 @@ ifeq (1, $(USE_SYSTEM_STDLIB))
endif
ifeq (,$(filter 1, $(USE_LIBSTDCPP) $(USE_LIBCPP) $(USE_SYSTEM_STDLIB)))
- # If no explicit C++ library request was made, but we have paths to a custom libcxx, use
- # them. Otherwise, use the system library by default.
- ifneq ($(and $(LIBCPP_INCLUDE_DIR), $(LIBCPP_LIBRARY_DIR)),)
- CXXFLAGS += -nostdlib++ -nostdinc++ -cxx-isystem $(LIBCPP_INCLUDE_DIR)
- ifneq "$(LIBCPP_INCLUDE_TARGET_DIR)" ""
- CXXFLAGS += -cxx-isystem $(LIBCPP_INCLUDE_TARGET_DIR)
- endif
-
- # If `-nostdlib++` is not passed, clang will link to the system's stdlib.
- LDFLAGS += -nostdlib++ -L$(LIBCPP_LIBRARY_DIR) -Wl,-rpath,$(LIBCPP_LIBRARY_DIR) -lc++
- else
+ ifeq "$(OS)" "Darwin"
+ # If no explicit C++ library request was made, default to the system
+ # libc++. Testing a custom libc++ correctly on apple platforms is difficult
+ # and the apppropriate use cases are limited.
USE_SYSTEM_STDLIB := 1
+ else
+ # If no explicit C++ library request was made, but we have paths to a custom libcxx, use
+ # them. Otherwise, use the system library by default.
+ ifneq ($(and $(LIBCPP_INCLUDE_DIR), $(LIBCPP_LIBRARY_DIR)),)
+ CXXFLAGS += -nostdlib++ -nostdinc++ -cxx-isystem $(LIBCPP_INCLUDE_DIR)
+ ifneq "$(LIBCPP_INCLUDE_TARGET_DIR)" ""
+ CXXFLAGS += -cxx-isystem $(LIBCPP_INCLUDE_TARGET_DIR)
+ endif
+
+ # If `-nostdlib++` is not passed, clang will link to the system's stdlib.
+ LDFLAGS += -nostdlib++ -L$(LIBCPP_LIBRARY_DIR) -Wl,-rpath,$(LIBCPP_LIBRARY_DIR) -lc++
+ else
+ USE_SYSTEM_STDLIB := 1
+ endif
endif
endif
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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/190034
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