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cmd/cgo: code using <iostream> header silently terminates on Windows #45468

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gegogi opened this issue Apr 9, 2021 · 2 comments
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cmd/cgo: code using <iostream> header silently terminates on Windows #45468

gegogi opened this issue Apr 9, 2021 · 2 comments
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compiler/runtime Issues related to the Go compiler and/or runtime. NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. OS-Windows
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@gegogi
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gegogi commented Apr 9, 2021

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

$ go version
go version go1.16.3 windows/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

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

$ go env
set GOARCH=amd64
set GOOS=windows
set AR=ar
set CC=gcc
set CXX=g++
set CGO_ENABLED=1
set GOMOD=NUL
set CGO_CFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_CPPFLAGS=
set CGO_CXXFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_FFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_LDFLAGS=-g -O2
set PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config

What did you do?

The following simple code silently crashes on Windows.
But executes as intended on Linux.
Strangely, if I use printf instead of cout, it runs well on Windows too.
I can mix general C++ code like std::string with printf.
So it seems the static variable such as cout, cerr inside iostream are causing this.

##### FILE: go.mod ##############################

module cgotest

##### FILE: main.go #############################

package main

import "cgotest/cpplib"

func main() {
	cpplib.Print()
}

##### FILE: cpplib/cppcode.cpp #################

#include <iostream>

extern "C" void printFromCPP()
{
	std::cout << "printFromCPP()\n";
}

##### FILE: cpplib/cpplib.go ###################

package cpplib

// void printFromCPP();
import "C"

func Print() {
	C.printFromCPP()
}
@AlexRouSg
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AlexRouSg commented Apr 9, 2021

It doesn't exactly silently terminates, if you check the return code it's actually a segmentation fault.
In powershell you can print the last exit code with $LASTEXITCODE

Anyway the main issue here is that go does ASLR builds by default on windows and that sometimes messes up when linking external C/C++ code. So you actually can't do a trival go build on windows when this happens and you instead have to use go build -buildmode=exe to disable ASLR

See #35192

cc @zx2c4

@dmitshur dmitshur added NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. OS-Windows labels Apr 9, 2021
@dmitshur dmitshur changed the title cgo code using <iostream> header silently terminates on Windows cmd/cgo: code using <iostream> header silently terminates on Windows Apr 9, 2021
@dmitshur dmitshur added this to the Backlog milestone Apr 9, 2021
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cc @alexbrainman

@gopherbot gopherbot added the compiler/runtime Issues related to the Go compiler and/or runtime. label Jul 13, 2022
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