[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: fix acl library static linking

[Sergio Gonzalez Monroy]

On 30/06/2016 12:38, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2016-06-30 12:10, Sergio Gonzalez Monroy:
>> Since below commit, ACL library is outside the scope of --whole-archive
>> and ACL autotest fails.
>>
>>    RTE>>acl_autotest
>>    ACL: allocation of 25166728 bytes on socket 9 for ACL_acl_ctx failed
>>    ACL: rte_acl_add_rules(acl_ctx): rule #1 is invalid
>>    Line 1584: SSE classify with zero categories failed!
>>    Test Failed
>>
>> This is the result of the linker picking weak over non-weak functions.
>>
>> Fixes: 95dc3c3cf31c ("mk: reduce scope of whole-archive static linking")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sergio Gonzalez Monroy <sergio.gonzalez.monroy at intel.com>
> Please could you detail which symbol is missing?

It is not missing a symbol, it is picking weak over non-weak symbol.
It just happens that the only other using weak symbols are PMDs and
they are under the scope of --whole-archive already.

> Does it need to be commented in rte.app.mk?
> The other libs are in whole-archive to support dlopen of drivers.
> But the problem here is not because of a driver use.

There seem to be a bunch of libraries under --whole-archive scope that 
are not
PMDs, ie. cfgfile, cmdline...

What is the criteria?