[ovs-discuss] Problem with VLOG module init

[Ben Pfaff]

I don't see anything strange there.  Grasping at straws, what does:
    nm xyz.o | grep -E 'vlog|VLM'
print?  It should be similar to the same thing run on any other .o that
uses vlog, e.g.:

    blp at blp:~/nicira/ovs(0)$ nm _build/lib/rconn.o|grep -E 'vlog|VLM'
    00000040 D VLM_rconn
             U vlog
    00000000 D vlog_module_ptr_rconn

On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 10:41:42AM +0500, Ahmed Talha Khan wrote:
> PFA config.log
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, sorry, that's what I meant.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 01:24:43AM +0500, Ahmed Talha Khan wrote:
> > > What exactly do you mean by that? Do you want me to past config.log?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > What's in config.status?
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 11:46:17PM +0500, Ahmed Talha Khan wrote:
> > > > > Its Linux with kernel 2.6.35 on Fedora 14 x86_64 machine. And yes
> > thats
> > > > > what I though too that only VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE should do the
> > job as
> > > > it
> > > > > creates and the actual module as well as the reference.
> > > > >
> > > > > I see that it is defined like this
> > > > >
> > > > > #define VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(MODULE)
> >     \
> > > > >         VLOG_DEFINE_MODULE(MODULE);
> >     \
> > > > >         static struct vlog_module *const THIS_MODULE = &VLM_##MODULE
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The 2nd line to create a reference works as its not a compile issue.
> > The
> > > > > linker cries which means that VLOG_DEFINE_MODULE(MODULE) failed to
> > create
> > > > > the module in the linker section as given by
> > > > >
> > > > > #define VLOG_DEFINE_MODULE(MODULE)
> >    \
> > > > >         VLOG_DEFINE_MODULE__(MODULE)
> >    \
> > > > >         extern struct vlog_module *vlog_module_ptr_##MODULE;
> >    \
> > > > >         struct vlog_module *vlog_module_ptr_##MODULE
> >    \
> > > > >             __attribute__((section("vlog_modules"))) = &VLM_##MODULE
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas now what might have happened? Could be it some sort of a
> > > > version
> > > > > mis-match for the GNU linker "ld"?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 12:29:51PM +0500, Ahmed Talha Khan wrote:
> > > > > > > I am trying to register one of my own modules for logging purpose
> > > > but it
> > > > > > > does not seem to work.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In my source file xyz.c included
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(xyz);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > and then later in the file i use
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > VLOG_INFO("some msg printed here")
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But when I run make, the linker cries:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > undefined reference to `VLM_xyz'.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > What am I missing here. Isnt this suppose to be a simple
> > operation?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes, all you should need is the VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE line.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What kind of system are you using?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > -Ahmed Talha Khan
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > -Ahmed Talha Khan
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> -Ahmed Talha Khan