To ensure all constructors are included in static build, we need to pass the --whole-archive flag when linking, which is used with the "link_whole" meson option. Since we use link_whole for all libs, we no longer need to track the lib as part of the static dependency, just the path to the headers for compiling.
After this patch is applied, all DPDK .a files are inside --whole-archive/--no-whole-archive flags, but external dependencies and shared libs being linked against remain outside. Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> Tested-by: Andrzej Ostruszka <aostrus...@marvell.com> Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org> Acked-by: Sunil Pai G <sunil.pa...@intel.com> --- app/test/meson.build | 2 +- drivers/meson.build | 2 +- examples/meson.build | 6 +++--- lib/meson.build | 2 +- 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/app/test/meson.build b/app/test/meson.build index 5233ead46..b2a1c1273 100644 --- a/app/test/meson.build +++ b/app/test/meson.build @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ test_dep_objs += cc.find_library('execinfo', required: false) link_libs = [] link_nodes = [] if get_option('default_library') == 'static' - link_libs = dpdk_drivers + link_libs = dpdk_static_libraries + dpdk_drivers link_nodes = dpdk_graph_nodes endif diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build index 01c860c06..e78c76c55 100644 --- a/drivers/meson.build +++ b/drivers/meson.build @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ foreach class:dpdk_driver_classes shared_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: shared_lib, include_directories: includes, dependencies: shared_deps) - static_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: static_lib, + static_dep = declare_dependency( include_directories: includes, dependencies: static_deps) diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build index 3b540012f..120eebf71 100644 --- a/examples/meson.build +++ b/examples/meson.build @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause # Copyright(c) 2017-2019 Intel Corporation -driver_libs = [] +link_whole_libs = [] node_libs = [] if get_option('default_library') == 'static' - driver_libs = dpdk_drivers + link_whole_libs = dpdk_static_libraries + dpdk_drivers node_libs = dpdk_graph_nodes endif @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ foreach example: examples endif executable('dpdk-' + name, sources, include_directories: includes, - link_whole: driver_libs + node_libs, + link_whole: link_whole_libs + node_libs, link_args: dpdk_extra_ldflags, c_args: cflags, dependencies: dep_objs) diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build index 4cbbca041..c1b9e1633 100644 --- a/lib/meson.build +++ b/lib/meson.build @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ foreach l:libraries dependencies: static_deps, include_directories: includes, install: true) - static_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: static_lib, + static_dep = declare_dependency( include_directories: includes, dependencies: static_deps) -- 2.25.1