[lldb-dev] Building lldb on OS X

Todd Fiala tfiala at google.com
Wed Jul 23 10:24:51 PDT 2014


I'll go ahead and give it a run on Xcode.  If it doesn't break anything
there, sure I'll go ahead and commit it.



On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Keno Fischer <kfischer at college.harvard.edu
> wrote:

> Does the Xcode build automatically include SafeMachO.h? Also, any harm in
> just committing that patch, if not would you mind doing that (I don't have
> commit access)?
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok.  Sounds like there are header ordering differences between
>> configure/make and the Xcode build.  That might be causing issues.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Keno Fischer <
>> kfischer at college.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, figured it out. The position of the SafeMachO.h header matters. This
>>> works:
>>>
>>> ```
>>> diff --git a/source/Host/common/Host.cpp b/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
>>> index 275b446..3802224 100644
>>> --- a/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
>>> +++ b/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
>>> @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
>>>  #include <sys/sysctl.h>
>>>  #endif
>>>
>>> +#include "lldb/Utility/SafeMachO.h"
>>> +
>>>  #if defined (__APPLE__)
>>>  #include <mach/mach_port.h>
>>>  #include <mach/mach_init.h>
>>> @@ -368,7 +370,7 @@ Host::GetArchitecture (SystemDefaultArchitecture
>>> arch_kind)
>>>                  // Now we need modify the cpusubtype for the 32 bit
>>> slices.
>>>                  uint32_t cpusubtype32 = cpusubtype;
>>>  #if defined (__i386__) || defined (__x86_64__)
>>> -                if (cpusubtype == CPU_SUBTYPE_486 || cpusubtype ==
>>> CPU_SUBTYPE_
>>> +                if (cpusubtype == CPU_SUBTYPE_486 || cpusubtype ==
>>> llvm::MachO:
>>>                      cpusubtype32 = CPU_SUBTYPE_I386_ALL;
>>>  #elif defined (__arm__) || defined (__arm64__) || defined (__aarch64__)
>>>                  if (cputype == CPU_TYPE_ARM || cputype ==
>>> CPU_TYPE_ARM64)
>>> ```
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Keno Fischer <
>>> kfischer at college.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't think that file is included from Host.cpp or am I missing
>>>> something?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It comes from llvm/include/llvm/Support/MachO.h, line 1261.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Keno Fischer <
>>>>> kfischer at college.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Through which path is that constant supposed to be defined? I can
>>>>>> check that all those are picked up correctly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ok.  Definitely sounds worth of opening up a llvm.org/bugs ticket
>>>>>>> on.  That way you can attach your make logs and whatnot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Based on what you reported so far, it sounds like perhaps the build
>>>>>>> is picking up headers from the wrong place (i.e. maybe configure is finding
>>>>>>> the wrong llvm code, or something that is causing headers from one place to
>>>>>>> get used with code from another, perhaps between the local lldb and
>>>>>>> llvm/clang code).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Todd
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Keno Fischer <
>>>>>>> kfischer at college.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's not really a great option, because it means I have to
>>>>>>>> maintain three build systems on my side with three different
>>>>>>>> configurations, especially because the rest of llvm/clang builds just fine
>>>>>>>> with Makefiles. I will track down why this fails and submit a patch. Since
>>>>>>>> this is the only issue preventing a clean build of lldb with Makefiles, I
>>>>>>>> think that will be significantly less work than adjusting the rest of the
>>>>>>>> pipeline to work with three build systems.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ok I did an Xcode and Ubuntu 14.04 build at llvm, clang and lldb
>>>>>>>>> r213767 (just a few minutes ago), and those all worked.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you in a position where you can use the Xcode build on MacOSX?
>>>>>>>>>  If so, that's definitely the way to go.  cmake gets little attention
>>>>>>>>> there, and frankly I didn't even know the configure/make build on MacOSX
>>>>>>>>> even worked.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> At the moment we're struggling with having 3 build systems.  At
>>>>>>>>> best we're maintaining the canonical build system for a given platform.
>>>>>>>>>  Right now that seems to be Xcode for MacOSX, cmake for Ubuntu and FreeBSD.
>>>>>>>>>  make/configure seems to be used by Debian's 'build (maybe FC too?).  I
>>>>>>>>> would recommend attempting to use the canonical build system for lldb on a
>>>>>>>>> given platform to minimize difficulties since those will tend to get fixed
>>>>>>>>> quickly when they do break on the given platform.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ah shucks, ok.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I did fix a build issue that occurred this morning due to some
>>>>>>>>>> changes in llvm, but I don't think I hit that one.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'll do a quick sync now just to see if maybe that crept in over
>>>>>>>>>> the last hour or two since I came in.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -Todd
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Keno Fischer <
>>>>>>>>>> kfischer at college.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No, I'm doing a Makefile build. LLVM/Clang/LLDB are all at
>>>>>>>>>>> latest trunk.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Keno!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you doing an Xcode build?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If so, you may be suffering from what I did when I first
>>>>>>>>>>>> started using Xcode builds.  Xcode puts the llvm and llvm/tools/clang
>>>>>>>>>>>> directory underneath the lldb directory.  It does a sync the first time for
>>>>>>>>>>>> you, but not after that.  So, you may be dealing with an llvm and clang
>>>>>>>>>>>> tree that are out of date with respect to your version of llvm.  If that's
>>>>>>>>>>>> the case, just do this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> cd /your/lldb/path
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> cd llvm
>>>>>>>>>>>> svn update
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> cd tools/clang
>>>>>>>>>>>> svn update
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> # Put you back in the lldb dir
>>>>>>>>>>>> cd ../../..
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Then redo your build of lldb.  It will run the auto llvm/clang
>>>>>>>>>>>> build step (somewhat long), then get back to building lldb.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Let me know if that solves your issue!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> -Todd
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Keno Fischer <
>>>>>>>>>>>> kfischer at college.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> While building on OS X I have been sent reports of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> following (I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> did see it myself at one point as well, but worked around it).
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I tried
>>>>>>>>>>>>> including SafeMachO.h but that caused other problems in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> llvm
>>>>>>>>>>>>> headers. What's the proper way to get around this other than
>>>>>>>>>>>>> `#define
>>>>>>>>>>>>> CPU_SUBTYPE_X86_64_H 8`?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp:371:68: error: use of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> undeclared
>>>>>>>>>>>>> identifier 'CPU_SUBTYPE_X86_64_H'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>                 if (cpusubtype == CPU_SUBTYPE_486 ||
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cpusubtype ==
>>>>>>>>>>>>> CPU_SUBTYPE_X86_64_H)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Keno
>>>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>>> lldb-dev mailing list
>>>>>>>>>>>>> lldb-dev at cs.uiuc.edu
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/lldb-dev
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>  Todd Fiala | Software Engineer |  tfiala at google.com |
>>>>>>>>>>>> 650-943-3180
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Todd Fiala | Software Engineer |  tfiala at google.com |
>>>>>>>>>> 650-943-3180
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Todd Fiala | Software Engineer |  tfiala at google.com |
>>>>>>>>> 650-943-3180
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Todd Fiala | Software Engineer |  tfiala at google.com |  650-943-3180
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Todd Fiala | Software Engineer |  tfiala at google.com |  650-943-3180
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Todd Fiala | Software Engineer |  tfiala at google.com |  650-943-3180
>>
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