undefined reference when linking libgrpc.a when building with -std=c++11

Question

We were using grpc 1.15.0 for long time and linked to application compiled with C++11. We try to upgrade grpc to 1.46.5 (base on documentation gRPC C++ 1.46 will be the last release supporting C++11)

I had simple test program that only calls

std::shared_ptr<grpc::Channel> channel = grpc::CreateChannel("https://127.0.0.1:9999", ssl_creds);

With 1.15.0 it was compiled without any errors

g++ adam_test1.cpp -std=c++11 -I/home/adam/grpc1.15.0/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/include -L/home/adam/grpc1.15.0/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/lib64 -l:libgrpc++.a -l:libgrpc.a -l:libgpr.a -l:libaddress_sorting.a -lcrypto -lssl -lcares -lz  -pthread -o adam_test1

The same with 1.46.5 show many undefined reference.

Tried even add some libabsl but still failing

g++ adam_test1.cpp -std=c++11 -I/home/adam/grpc1.46.5/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/include -L/usr/lib64 -L/home/adam/grpc1.46.6/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/lib64 -l:libgrpc++.a -l:libgrpc.a -l:libgpr.a -l:libaddress_sorting.a -l:libabsl_base.a -l:libabsl_cord.a -l:libabsl_status.a -l:libabsl_strings.a  -l:libabsl_synchronization.a  -lcrypto -lssl -lcares -lz  -pthread -lstdc++ -o adam_test2

some logs

    /home/adam/grpc1.46.5/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/lib64/libgrpc.a(client_channel.cc.o): In function `grpc_core::ClientChannel::CreateOrUpdateLbPolicyLocked(grpc_core::RefCountedPtr<grpc_core::LoadBalancingPolicy::Config>, absl::lts_20211102::optional<std::string> const&, grpc_core::Resolver::Result)':
client_channel.cc:(.text+0x8c01): undefined reference to `absl::lts_20211102::internal_statusor::Helper::HandleInvalidStatusCtorArg(absl::lts_20211102::Status*)'
/home/adam/grpc1.46.5/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/lib64/libgrpc.a(client_channel.cc.o): In function `std::_Function_handler<void (), grpc_core::ClientChannel::SubchannelWrapper::WatcherWrapper::OnConnectivityStateChange()::{lambda()#1}>::_M_invoke(std::_Any_data const&)':
client_channel.cc:(.text._ZNSt17_Function_handlerIFvvEZN9grpc_core13ClientChannel17SubchannelWrapper14WatcherWrapper25OnConnectivityStateChangeEvEUlvE_E9_M_invokeERKSt9_Any_data[_ZNSt17_Function_handlerIFvvEZN9grpc_core13ClientChannel17SubchannelWrapper14WatcherWrapper25OnConnectivityStateChangeEvEUlvE_E9_M_invokeERKSt9_Any_data]+0x4ce): undefined reference to `absl::lts_20211102::optional_internal::throw_bad_optional_access()'
/home/adam/grpc1.46.5/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/lib64/libgrpc.a(client_channel.cc.o): In function `absl::lts_20211102::StatusOr<absl::lts_20211102::InlinedVector<grpc_core::ServerAddress, 1ul, std::allocator<grpc_core::ServerAddress> > >::StatusOr()':
client_channel.cc:(.text._ZN4absl12lts_202111028StatusOrINS0_13InlinedVectorIN9grpc_core13ServerAddressELm1ESaIS4_EEEEC2Ev[_ZN4absl12lts_202111028StatusOrINS0_13InlinedVectorIN9grpc_core13ServerAddressELm1ESaIS4_EEEEC5Ev]+0x44): undefined reference to `absl::lts_20211102::internal_statusor::Helper::HandleInvalidStatusCtorArg(absl::lts_20211102::Status*)'
/home/adam/grpc1.46.5/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/lib64/libgrpc.a(lb_policy.cc.o): In function `grpc_core::LoadBalancingPolicy::UpdateArgs::operator=(grpc_core::LoadBalancingPolicy::UpdateArgs&&)':
lb_policy.cc:(.text+0x69e): undefined reference to `absl::lts_20211102::internal_statusor::Helper::HandleInvalidStatusCtorArg(absl::lts_20211102::Status*)'
/home/adam/grpc1.46.5/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/lib64/libgrpc.a(lb_policy.cc.o): In function `grpc_core::LoadBalancingPolicy::UpdateArgs::operator=(grpc_core::LoadBalancingPolicy::UpdateArgs const&)':
lb_policy.cc:(.text+0x9ac): undefined reference to `absl::lts_20211102::internal_statusor::Helper::HandleInvalidStatusCtorArg(absl::lts_20211102::Status*)'
/home/adam/grpc1.46.5/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/lib64/libgrpc.a(lb_policy_registry.cc.o): In function `grpc_core::LoadBalancingPolicyRegistry::ParseLoadBalancingConfig(grpc_core::Json const&, grpc_error**)':

The grpc and absl are also compiled with -std=c++11. What should be the correct cmake command to build libgrpc.a with C++11 and what other abls libs need to be linked when using it ?

git submodule update --init ${GRPC_SOURCE}/third_party/re2/ ${GRPC_SOURCE}/third_party/abseil-cpp/
# Install absl
mkdir -p "third_party/abseil-cpp/cmake/build"
pushd "third_party/abseil-cpp/cmake/build"
cmake -std=c++11 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PROD_DIR} -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE ../..
make -j4 install
popd

cmake \
    -std=c++11 \
    -DPKG_CONFIG_USE_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=1 \
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
    -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
    -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
    -DgRPC_CARES_PROVIDER=package \
    -DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER=package \
    -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER=package \
    -DgRPC_RE2_PROVIDER=package \
    -DgRPC_SSL_PROVIDER=package \
    -DgRPC_ZLIB_PROVIDER=package \
    -DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER=module \
    -DgRPC_INSTALL_SUPPORTED_FROM_MODULE=ON \
    -Dc-ares_DIR=${CARES_DIR}/lib/cmake/c-ares  \
    -DgRPC_INSTALL_LIBDIR=${SYS_LIB_DIR} \
    -D_gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROTOC=${PROTO_DIR} \
    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${OPENSSL_DIR}\\;${PROTO_DIR}\\;${ZLIB_DIR} \
    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-Wl,-R/opt/3rd/lib64 -lprotoc  -lprotobuf" \
    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PROD_DIR} \
    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I${PROTO_DIR}/include -I${OPENSSL_DIR}/include -I./third_party/cares -L${PROTO_DIR}/lib -L${OPENSSL_DIR}/lib" \
    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-I${PROTO_DIR}/include -I${OPENSSL_DIR}/include -L${PROTO_DIR}/lib -L${OPENSSL_DIR}/lib" \
    -LAH \
    ../..

make && make install 

Answer 1

I was able to build after adding libabsl in correct order and also need to run on server with newer libstdc++.so that knows __cxa_throw_bad_array_length

g++ adam_test1.cpp -std=c++11 -I/home/adam/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/include -L/usr/lib64 -L/home/adam/obj/linux_x86-64/3rd/lib64 -l:libgrpc++.a -l:libgrpc.a -l:libgpr.a -l:libaddress_sorting.a -l:libabsl_cord.a -l:libabsl_status.a -l:libabsl_strings.a  -l:libabsl_synchronization.a -l:libabsl_statusor.a -l:libabsl_bad_optional_access.a  -l:libabsl_bad_variant_access.a -l:libabsl_time.a -l:libabsl_time_zone.a -l:libabsl_throw_delegate.a -l:libabsl_hash.a  -l:libabsl_raw_logging_internal.a -l:libabsl_log_severity.a -l:libabsl_strings_internal.a -l:libabsl_malloc_internal.a -l:libre2.a -l:libupb.a -l:libabsl_base.a -l:libabsl_spinlock_wait.a -l:libabsl_symbolize.a -l:libabsl_str_format_internal.a -l:libabsl_random_internal_randen.a -l:libabsl_random_internal_randen_hwaes.a -l:libabsl_random_internal_randen_hwaes_impl.a -l:libabsl_random_internal_randen_slow.a -l:libabsl_random_internal_pool_urbg.a -l:libabsl_random_internal_platform.a -l:libabsl_random_internal_seed_material.a -l:libabsl_random_seed_gen_exception.a -l:libabsl_cord.a -l:libabsl_cord_internal.a -l:libabsl_cordz_functions.a -l:libabsl_cordz_info.a  -l:libabsl_int128.a -l:libabsl_demangle_internal.a -l:libabsl_stacktrace.a -l:libabsl_debugging_internal.a -l:libabsl_cordz_handle.a -l:libabsl_city.a -l:libabsl_low_level_hash.a -l:libabsl_exponential_biased.a -lcrypto -lssl -lcares -lz  -pthread -lstdc++ -o adam_test2

bash-4.4# nm -D  /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.25 | grep throw_bad
00000000000c02c0 T _ZSt16__throw_bad_castv
00000000000c0280 T _ZSt17__throw_bad_allocv
00000000000c0300 T _ZSt18__throw_bad_typeidv
00000000000c0240 T _ZSt21__throw_bad_exceptionv
00000000000c0720 T _ZSt25__throw_bad_function_callv
00000000000949e0 T __cxa_throw_bad_array_length
00000000000954e0 T __cxa_throw_bad_array_new_length