Position independent code libgcc, libc_nano, libstdc++, libm, etc

bp1979 — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 18:47:20 GMT

I have a working prototype of position independent code, where I can copy my binary to any location in flash, and jump to it.

While testing my app on different locations I ran into an issue. When I only deploy "app2" (thus, I do not write the app to flash on the originally linked location, but I upload the app to some offset location), then my application crashes as soon as it calls `__libc_init_array()` in startup code.

When I upload the app on the originally linked location, and again make my bootloader jump to app2, then it works fine.

So it seems that "libc_nano.a" isn't suitable for position independent code. I have the following library dependencies (taken over from the initially generated linker script by mcuxpresso)

GROUP ( "libgcc.a" "libc_nano.a" "libstdc++_nano.a" "libm.a" "libcr_newlib_nohost.a" "crti.o" "crtn.o" "crtbegin.o" "crtend.o" )

The c runtime object files are compatible for both pic and non pic, I understand from reading this oracle page.

When I comment the line `__libc_init_array()` in my startup code, my app2 starts fine, even without having app1 available in flash. So I am sure the only problematic line is this one.

Is there a solution for this? Should I compile libc_nano myself with -fpic? And if that's the way to go, where do I find the sources of the libraries nxp is providing me here? I found this github repo, but not sure if you compiled it from these sources.

Re: Position independent code libgcc, libc_nano, libstdc++, libm, etc

bp1979 — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 19:37:33 GMT

Ran into this question, it seems to confirm my hypothesis that libc_nano is not compiled with -fpic.

I think I need help to obtain or compile libc_nano with -fpic.

Re: Position independent code libgcc, libc_nano, libstdc++, libm, etc

bp1979 — Wed, 04 May 2022 07:39:13 GMT

I managed to workaround the first issue by copying the implementation of `__libc_init_array` from picolib. The next call I do towards libc_nano, will hard fault the application again.

Is there something I need to do specifically for the included libs? Are they linked against the .got automatically? Can you share an example please?

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Position independent code libgcc, libc_nano, libstdc++, libm, etc

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