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golang - unable to use go library #41516

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ManojKumarChauhan opened this issue Sep 21, 2020 · 6 comments
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golang - unable to use go library #41516

ManojKumarChauhan opened this issue Sep 21, 2020 · 6 comments

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@ManojKumarChauhan
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What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
go version go1.15 linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

4.15.0-117-generic #118~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Sat Sep 5 23:35:06 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What did you do?

Created a golang package 'test' using following commands
go install -buildmode=shared std
go install -buildmode=shared -linkshared test

above commands will create libstd.so and libtest.so under
go/pkg/linux_amd64_dynlink folder

Created a C program to use libtest.so
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
void *handle= dlopen ("libtest.so", RTLD_LAZY);
if (!handle) {
fputs (dlerror(), stderr);
exit(1);
}
...
}

dlopen is failed with following error
libstd.so: undefined symbol: main.main

What did you expect to see?

dlopen should succeed

What did you see instead?

libstd.so: undefined symbol: main.main
This error is coming for any package. GOROOT and GOPATH are set correctly.

@AlexRouSg
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-buildmode=shared is to create a Go shared lib only useable in Go programs.
You want -buildmode=c-shared if you want to use it in C

See https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Build_modes

@ManojKumarChauhan
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Hi @AlexRouSg ,
Using -buildmode=c-shared, I cannot export structure.
I a looking to create a library in golang where the functions in library can take stratucture as an argument or return structure.
Please suggest if this can be done.

@AlexRouSg
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You should be able to use a C structure instead of a Go structure.

@ManojKumarChauhan
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does that mean If I have a go package which contains a go structure then convert this to C structure & create the lib using c-shared?

@AlexRouSg
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Yes.

As this is not a bug and the issue tracker is only for bugs, please see https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Questions if you need further/more detailed help.

@ManojKumarChauhan
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Thanks.

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