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libs/libc: Generate the system symbol tables in the CMake build - #20489
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With CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_SYSTEM_SYMTAB, the make build generates exec_symtab.c from libc.csv, libm.csv and syscall.csv with the host tool mksymtab. CONFIG_LIBC_ELF_SYSTEM_SYMTAB does the same for elf_sys_symtab.c. The CMake build did neither, so a CMake configuration with one of these options did not link: binfmt_execsymtab.c: undefined reference to `g_symtab' Do the same in libs/libc/CMakeLists.txt: build mksymtab as a host tool, sort the three lists by name, generate the table with the configured array and count names, and add it to the C library. mksymtab runs in the build directory with relative names, so the output is the same as from the make build. Assisted-by: Claude Code:claude-opus-5-5 Signed-off-by: Marco Casaroli <marco.casaroli@gmail.com>
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Summary
With
CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_SYSTEM_SYMTAB, the make build generatesexec_symtab.cfromlibc.csv,libm.csvandsyscall.csvwith the host toolmksymtab(libs/libc/Makefile).CONFIG_LIBC_ELF_SYSTEM_SYMTABdoes the same forelf_sys_symtab.c. The CMake build did neither, so a CMake configuration with one of these options did not link:This PR does the same in
libs/libc/CMakeLists.txt: it buildsmksymtabas a host tool withnuttx_build_host_target(), sorts the three lists by name, generates the table with the configured array and count names, and adds it to the C library.mksymtabruns in the build directory with relative names, so the output is the same as from the make build.This came up in review of #20132, which documents that a CMake configuration needs the table from elsewhere. That note goes once this merges.
Impact
CMake builds with
CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_SYSTEM_SYMTABorCONFIG_LIBC_ELF_SYSTEM_SYMTAB. No change to the make build or to CMake builds without these options.Testing
Host: macOS arm64, Arm GNU Toolchain 13.2.rel1, CMake with Ninja.
mps2-an500:xipfswithCONFIG_ELF,CONFIG_LIBC_EXECFUNCS,CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_HAVE_SYMTABandCONFIG_EXECFUNCS_SYSTEM_SYMTAB:undefined reference to g_symtabexec_symtab.cis byte-identical to the one the make build generates (699 symbols)mps2-an500:xipfswithCONFIG_LIBC_ELF_HAVE_SYMTAB,CONFIG_LIBC_ELF_SYSTEM_SYMTABand the namesg_elf_symtab/g_elf_nsymbols: links, andnmshows both symbols. The CMake image boots to NSH under QEMU.tools/checkpatch.sh -c -u -m -gpasses.