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[131.111.184.7]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-4792b178959sm19104275e9.8.2025.12.03.06.13.55 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:13:55 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 List-Id: Commit messages for the main branch of the src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-main List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3864.200.81.1.6\)) Subject: Re: git: 35dd53a9e132 - main - librdmacm/libibverbs: Statically bound libbnxtre.so.1 to rping From: Jessica Clarke In-Reply-To: <69302037.3d155.40084cd7@gitrepo.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:13:44 +0000 Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" , "dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org" , "dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <69302037.3d155.40084cd7@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: Sumit Saxena X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3864.200.81.1.6) X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:209.85.128.0/17, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4dM04Q5PcNz4PFQ On 3 Dec 2025, at 11:34, Sumit Saxena wrote: >=20 > The branch main has been updated by ssaxena: >=20 > URL: = https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D35dd53a9e13265f7a479649776453efc= 5b737a0f >=20 > commit 35dd53a9e13265f7a479649776453efc5b737a0f > Author: Sumit Saxena > AuthorDate: 2025-12-03 11:28:33 +0000 > Commit: Sumit Saxena > CommitDate: 2025-12-03 11:33:40 +0000 >=20 > librdmacm/libibverbs: Statically bound libbnxtre.so.1 to rping >=20 > By default ibv_devices and rping are not statically bound to > libbnxtre.so.1. i.e. 'ldd /usr/bin/rping' command doesn't list > 'libbnxtre.so.1' entry. So, statically bound the libbnxtre.so.1 > library to rping & ibv_devices utils. Firstly, this is some very unusual terminology, there=E2=80=99s no = =E2=80=9Cbinding=E2=80=9D going on here (binding in ELF linker/loader terminology is about symbols, not libraries), it=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Clinking=E2=80=9D. Also, = whilst strictly true that this pertains to the static linker, repeating the static part makes it sound like you=E2=80=99re talking about static linking in the = ld -static / libfoo.a sense, which would still have the effect of not showing up in ldd=E2=80=99s output. Secondly, this states some things, but I don=E2=80=99t see why this = change follows from it. *Why* does it matter that ibv_devices and rping do not link against libbnxtre? If it builds, that means none of libbnxtre=E2=80=99= s symbols were needed. Is there some magic dynamic registration going on in linker sets / constructors inside libbnxtre? Please explain the why in the commit message. Jessica