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From: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/27] gdb/testsuite: Don't link with -lm on windows-msvc
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:00:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260723130118.206735-2-pedro@palves.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260723130118.206735-1-pedro@palves.net>

When testing with --target=x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, all C/C++ tests
fail to build without this change, because target_compile adds -lm to
the link line, resulting in:

 lld-link: error: could not open 'm.lib': no such file or directory

x86_64-pc-windows-msvc targets the MSVC ABI, and uses the MSVC headers
and libraries, and there is no traditional math library in that
environment.  The math functions are part of the C runtime library
instead.

DejaGnu's default_target_compile does:

	if {[board_info $dest exists mathlib]} {
	    append extra_ldflags " [board_info $dest mathlib]"
	} else {
	    append extra_ldflags " -lm"
	}

Forcing people to use a custom board just to override mathlib would be
too heavy handed, IMNSHO.  Likewise for the approach of providing a
dummy empty m.lib library.  Instead, handle this by making gdb_compile
itself set the mathlib board config, when targeting windows-msvc.

Change-Id: Ib4671c9f207399f5ba437aaefb70373b6f298c41
---
 gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 9b86d53be08..eea39d4e8cc 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -6553,6 +6553,25 @@ proc gdb_compile {source dest type options} {
     global objdir
     global gdb_saved_set_unbuffered_mode_obj
 
+    if {[istarget "*-*-windows-msvc*"]} {
+	# target_compile by default links with -lm, if the target
+	# board does not have 'mathlib' set to point to an alternative
+	# math library.  The windows-msvc target uses the MSVC headers
+	# and libraries, and there is no separate math lib in that
+	# case, the math functions are found in the C runtime library
+	# instead.  If mathlib is not set already in the target board,
+	# set it to empty and recurse, to override target_compile's
+	# default.
+	global board
+	set board [target_info name]
+	if {![board_info $board exists mathlib]} {
+	    set_board_info mathlib ""
+	    set result [gdb_compile $source $dest $type $options]
+	    unset_board_info mathlib
+	    return $result
+	}
+    }
+
     set outdir [file dirname $dest]
 
     # Handle compiling native Windows programs when testing Cygwin.
-- 
2.54.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-23 13:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-23 13:00 [PATCH 00/27] Teach the testsuite about the Windows/MSVC target Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:00 ` Pedro Alves [this message]
2026-07-23 13:00 ` [PATCH 02/27] gdb/testsuite: Use unprefixed runtest for a native Windows/MSVC build Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:00 ` [PATCH 03/27] gdb/testsuite: Find host binutils in a native Windows/MSVC config Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:00 ` [PATCH 04/27] gdb/testsuite: Compile with -Wno-deprecated-declarations on windows-msvc Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:00 ` [PATCH 05/27] gdb/testsuite: Recognize windows-msvc across lib/gdb.exp procedures Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:00 ` [PATCH 06/27] gdb/testsuite: Don't pass -fPIC on PE/COFF targets Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:00 ` [PATCH 07/27] gdb/testsuite: Use /IMPLIB on windows-msvc to name import libraries Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:00 ` [PATCH 08/27] gdb/testsuite: Export all DLL symbols on windows-msvc via generated .def Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 09/27] gdb/testsuite: Restrict --no-as-needed to ELF targets Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 10/27] gdb.base/set-cwd.exp: Use is_windows_native_target Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 11/27] gdb.base/exitsignal.exp: " Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 12/27] gdb.base/exitsignal.exp: Relax SIGSEGV second-chance pattern Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 13/27] gdb/testsuite: Skip -Ttext-segment on PE Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 14/27] gdb/testsuite: Support text_segment on windows-msvc via /BASE Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 15/27] gdb.base/shreloc.exp: Use gdb_compile text_segment to set image base Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 16/27] gdb/coffread: Don't relocate absolute symbols Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 17/27] gdb.base/shreloc.exp: Test absolute symbols portably Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 18/27] gdb: %p => host_address_to_string, target-section owner token Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 19/27] gdb: %p => host_address_to_string, dump_for_expression Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 20/27] gdb: %p => host_address_to_string, find_symtab_matching_filename Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 21/27] gdb: %p => host_address_to_string, handle_output_debug_string Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 22/27] gdb.base/maint-info-sections.exp: Match exec file name with optional .exe Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 23/27] gdb.base/maint-info-sections.exp: Remove stale Windows DATA xfail Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 24/27] gdb.base/solib-weak.exp: Skip on all PE/COFF targets Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 25/27] gdb.server/wrapper.exp: Skip on all Windows targets Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 26/27] gdb/testsuite: Factor out dlopen/LoadLibrary shim into lib/gdb-dlfcn.h Pedro Alves
2026-07-23 13:01 ` [PATCH 27/27] gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb-dlfcn.h: __WIN32__ => _WIN32 Pedro Alves

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