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[v5,1/5] Shared library support

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Emese Revfy March 6, 2016, 11:03 p.m. UTC
Infrastructure for building independent shared library targets.
This effectively also reverts commit 62e2210798ed38928ab24841e8b4878a
(Masahiro Yamada, kbuild: drop shared library support from Makefile.host).

Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/Makefile.build |  2 +-
 scripts/Makefile.clean |  3 ++-
 scripts/Makefile.host  | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Kees Cook March 7, 2016, 9:05 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com> wrote:
> Infrastructure for building independent shared library targets.
> This effectively also reverts commit 62e2210798ed38928ab24841e8b4878a
> (Masahiro Yamada, kbuild: drop shared library support from Makefile.host).

Should this literally be a revert? If so, we'd gain the Documentation
changes back too.

-Kees

>
> Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>
> ---
>  scripts/Makefile.build |  2 +-
>  scripts/Makefile.clean |  3 ++-
>  scripts/Makefile.host  | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Emese Revfy March 7, 2016, 9:32 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 13:05:16 -0800
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Infrastructure for building independent shared library targets.
> > This effectively also reverts commit 62e2210798ed38928ab24841e8b4878a
> > (Masahiro Yamada, kbuild: drop shared library support from Makefile.host).
> 
> Should this literally be a revert? If so, we'd gain the Documentation
> changes back too.

Sure, I'll do it in the next patch set.
Masahiro Yamada March 11, 2016, 6:19 a.m. UTC | #3
Hi Emese,

2016-03-07 8:03 GMT+09:00 Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>:
> Infrastructure for building independent shared library targets.
> This effectively also reverts commit 62e2210798ed38928ab24841e8b4878a
> (Masahiro Yamada, kbuild: drop shared library support from Makefile.host).
>
> Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>
> ---
>  scripts/Makefile.build |  2 +-
>  scripts/Makefile.clean |  3 ++-
>  scripts/Makefile.host  | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
> index 130a452..bd2a31e 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.build
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ endif
>  endif
>
>  # Do not include host rules unless needed
> -ifneq ($(hostprogs-y)$(hostprogs-m),)
> +ifneq ($(hostprogs-y)$(hostprogs-m)$(hostlibs-y)$(hostlibs-m)$(hostcxxlibs-y)$(hostcxxlibs-m),)
>  include scripts/Makefile.host
>  endif
>
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
> index 55c96cb..e4e88ab 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
> @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ subdir-ymn    := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-ymn))
>  __clean-files  := $(extra-y) $(extra-m) $(extra-)       \
>                    $(always) $(targets) $(clean-files)   \
>                    $(host-progs)                         \
> -                  $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m) $(hostprogs-)
> +                  $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m) $(hostprogs-) \
> +                  $(hostlibs-y) $(hostlibs-m) $(hostlibs-)
>
>  __clean-files   := $(filter-out $(no-clean-files), $(__clean-files))
>
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
> index 133edfa..4d180d9 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.host
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
> @@ -20,7 +20,25 @@
>  # Will compile qconf as a C++ program, and menu as a C program.
>  # They are linked as C++ code to the executable qconf
>
> +# hostprogs-y := conf
> +# conf-objs  := conf.o libkconfig.so
> +# libkconfig-objs := expr.o type.o
> +# Will create a shared library named libkconfig.so that consists of
> +# expr.o and type.o (they are both compiled as C code and the object files
> +# are made as position independent code).
> +# conf.c is compiled as a C program, and conf.o is linked together with
> +# libkconfig.so as the executable conf.
> +# Note: Shared libraries consisting of C++ files are not supported

I do not see any use-case for the above.

This series adds cases for "foo.so" as a final target.


As an alternative, you can add needed build rules
into tools/gcc/Makefile, not scripts/Makefile.host

I guess these rule won't be used in other places.



> +# hostcc-option
> +# Usage: cflags-y += $(call hostcc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
> +
> +hostcc-option = $(call try-run,\
> +       $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
> +
>  __hostprogs := $(sort $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m))
> +__hostlibs := $(sort $(hostlibs-y) $(hostlibs-m))
> +__hostcxxlibs := $(sort $(hostcxxlibs-y) $(hostcxxlibs-m))
>
>  # C code
>  # Executables compiled from a single .c file
> @@ -42,6 +60,19 @@ host-cxxmulti        := $(foreach m,$(__hostprogs),$(if $($(m)-cxxobjs),$(m)))
>  # C++ Object (.o) files compiled from .cc files
>  host-cxxobjs   := $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxmulti),$($(m)-cxxobjs)))
>
> +# Shared libaries (only .c supported)
> +# Shared libraries (.so) - all .so files referenced in "xxx-objs"
> +host-cshlib    := $(sort $(filter %.so, $(host-cobjs)))

useless.

> +host-cshlib    += $(sort $(filter %.so, $(__hostlibs)))
> +host-cxxshlib  := $(sort $(filter %.so, $(__hostcxxlibs)))
> +# Remove .so files from "xxx-objs"
> +host-cobjs     := $(filter-out %.so,$(host-cobjs))
> +host-cxxobjs   := $(filter-out %.so,$(host-cxxobjs))
> +
> +# Object (.o) files used by the shared libaries
> +host-cshobjs   := $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
> +host-cxxshobjs := $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
> +
>  # output directory for programs/.o files
>  # hostprogs-y := tools/build may have been specified.
>  # Retrieve also directory of .o files from prog-objs or prog-cxxobjs notation
> @@ -56,6 +87,10 @@ host-cmulti  := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cmulti))
>  host-cobjs     := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cobjs))
>  host-cxxmulti  := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxmulti))
>  host-cxxobjs   := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxobjs))
> +host-cshlib    := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cshlib))
> +host-cxxshlib  := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxshlib))
> +host-cshobjs   := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cshobjs))
> +host-cxxshobjs := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxshobjs))
>  host-objdirs    := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-objdirs))
>
>  obj-dirs += $(host-objdirs)
> @@ -124,5 +159,37 @@ quiet_cmd_host-cxxobjs     = HOSTCXX $@
>  $(host-cxxobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.cc FORCE
>         $(call if_changed_dep,host-cxxobjs)
>
> +# Compile .c file, create position independent .o file
> +# host-cshobjs -> .o
> +quiet_cmd_host-cshobjs = HOSTCC  -fPIC $@
> +      cmd_host-cshobjs = $(HOSTCC) $(hostc_flags) -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
> +$(host-cshobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
> +       $(call if_changed_dep,host-cshobjs)
> +
> +# Compile .c file, create position independent .o file
> +# host-cxxshobjs -> .o
> +quiet_cmd_host-cxxshobjs       = HOSTCXX -fPIC $@
> +      cmd_host-cxxshobjs       = $(HOSTCXX) $(hostcxx_flags) -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
> +$(host-cxxshobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
> +       $(call if_changed_dep,host-cxxshobjs)
> +
> +# Link a shared library, based on position independent .o files
> +# *.o -> .so shared library (host-cshlib)
> +quiet_cmd_host-cshlib  = HOSTLLD -shared $@
> +      cmd_host-cshlib  = $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ \
> +                         $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F:.so=-objs))) \
> +                         $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_$(@F))
> +$(host-cshlib): $(obj)/%: $(host-cshobjs) FORCE
> +       $(call if_changed,host-cshlib)


Could you use $(call multi-depend, ...)
if you need to handle multi-object please?

Please refer to commit c8589d1e9e01 and commit 97e3226e6e984c8.

But, I still do not see any gcc-plugin that is large enough
to be linked from multiple objects.
Emese Revfy March 14, 2016, 8:14 p.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:19:33 +0900
Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:

> As an alternative, you can add needed build rules
> into tools/gcc/Makefile, not scripts/Makefile.host
> 
> I guess these rule won't be used in other places.

I think it is better if the rules stay under scripts/ because I expect that there will also be clang and llvm plugins
in the future (e.g., clang plugins can access the frontend that gcc plugins can't do). In this case these rules would
either have to be duplicated or moved back under scripts/ (which makes it difficult to backport).
 
> > +# hostcc-option
> > +# Usage: cflags-y += $(call hostcc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
> > +
> > +hostcc-option = $(call try-run,\
> > +       $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
> > +
> >  __hostprogs := $(sort $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m))
> > +__hostlibs := $(sort $(hostlibs-y) $(hostlibs-m))
> > +__hostcxxlibs := $(sort $(hostcxxlibs-y) $(hostcxxlibs-m))
> >
> >  # C code
> >  # Executables compiled from a single .c file
> > @@ -42,6 +60,19 @@ host-cxxmulti        := $(foreach m,$(__hostprogs),$(if $($(m)-cxxobjs),$(m)))
> >  # C++ Object (.o) files compiled from .cc files
> >  host-cxxobjs   := $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxmulti),$($(m)-cxxobjs)))
> >
> > +# Shared libaries (only .c supported)
> > +# Shared libraries (.so) - all .so files referenced in "xxx-objs"
> > +host-cshlib    := $(sort $(filter %.so, $(host-cobjs)))
> 
> useless.

Which part do you think is useless and why?
 
> > +host-cshlib    += $(sort $(filter %.so, $(__hostlibs)))
> > +host-cxxshlib  := $(sort $(filter %.so, $(__hostcxxlibs)))
> > +# Remove .so files from "xxx-objs"
> > +host-cobjs     := $(filter-out %.so,$(host-cobjs))
> > +host-cxxobjs   := $(filter-out %.so,$(host-cxxobjs))
> > +
> > +# Object (.o) files used by the shared libaries
> > +host-cshobjs   := $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
> > +host-cxxshobjs := $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
> > +
> >  # output directory for programs/.o files
> >  # hostprogs-y := tools/build may have been specified.
> >  # Retrieve also directory of .o files from prog-objs or prog-cxxobjs notation
> > @@ -56,6 +87,10 @@ host-cmulti  := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cmulti))
> >  host-cobjs     := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cobjs))
> >  host-cxxmulti  := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxmulti))
> >  host-cxxobjs   := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxobjs))
> > +host-cshlib    := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cshlib))
> > +host-cxxshlib  := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxshlib))
> > +host-cshobjs   := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cshobjs))
> > +host-cxxshobjs := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxshobjs))
> >  host-objdirs    := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-objdirs))
> >
> >  obj-dirs += $(host-objdirs)
> > @@ -124,5 +159,37 @@ quiet_cmd_host-cxxobjs     = HOSTCXX $@
> >  $(host-cxxobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.cc FORCE
> >         $(call if_changed_dep,host-cxxobjs)
> >
> > +# Compile .c file, create position independent .o file
> > +# host-cshobjs -> .o
> > +quiet_cmd_host-cshobjs = HOSTCC  -fPIC $@
> > +      cmd_host-cshobjs = $(HOSTCC) $(hostc_flags) -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
> > +$(host-cshobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
> > +       $(call if_changed_dep,host-cshobjs)
> > +
> > +# Compile .c file, create position independent .o file
> > +# host-cxxshobjs -> .o
> > +quiet_cmd_host-cxxshobjs       = HOSTCXX -fPIC $@
> > +      cmd_host-cxxshobjs       = $(HOSTCXX) $(hostcxx_flags) -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
> > +$(host-cxxshobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
> > +       $(call if_changed_dep,host-cxxshobjs)
> > +
> > +# Link a shared library, based on position independent .o files
> > +# *.o -> .so shared library (host-cshlib)
> > +quiet_cmd_host-cshlib  = HOSTLLD -shared $@
> > +      cmd_host-cshlib  = $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ \
> > +                         $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F:.so=-objs))) \
> > +                         $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_$(@F))
> > +$(host-cshlib): $(obj)/%: $(host-cshobjs) FORCE
> > +       $(call if_changed,host-cshlib)
> 
> 
> Could you use $(call multi-depend, ...)
> if you need to handle multi-object please?
> 
> Please refer to commit c8589d1e9e01 and commit 97e3226e6e984c8.

Ok, I will check it out.

> But, I still do not see any gcc-plugin that is large enough
> to be linked from multiple objects.

There will be large plugins later (typically if the plugin has more passes e.g., my size_overflow plugin).
Masahiro Yamada March 16, 2016, 7:50 a.m. UTC | #5
Hi Emese,


2016-03-15 5:14 GMT+09:00 Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:19:33 +0900
> Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
>
>> As an alternative, you can add needed build rules
>> into tools/gcc/Makefile, not scripts/Makefile.host
>>
>> I guess these rule won't be used in other places.
>
> I think it is better if the rules stay under scripts/ because I expect that there will also be clang and llvm plugins
> in the future (e.g., clang plugins can access the frontend that gcc plugins can't do). In this case these rules would
> either have to be duplicated or moved back under scripts/ (which makes it difficult to backport).
>
>> > +# hostcc-option
>> > +# Usage: cflags-y += $(call hostcc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
>> > +
>> > +hostcc-option = $(call try-run,\
>> > +       $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
>> > +
>> >  __hostprogs := $(sort $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m))
>> > +__hostlibs := $(sort $(hostlibs-y) $(hostlibs-m))
>> > +__hostcxxlibs := $(sort $(hostcxxlibs-y) $(hostcxxlibs-m))
>> >
>> >  # C code
>> >  # Executables compiled from a single .c file
>> > @@ -42,6 +60,19 @@ host-cxxmulti        := $(foreach m,$(__hostprogs),$(if $($(m)-cxxobjs),$(m)))
>> >  # C++ Object (.o) files compiled from .cc files
>> >  host-cxxobjs   := $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxmulti),$($(m)-cxxobjs)))
>> >
>> > +# Shared libaries (only .c supported)
>> > +# Shared libraries (.so) - all .so files referenced in "xxx-objs"
>> > +host-cshlib    := $(sort $(filter %.so, $(host-cobjs)))
>>
>> useless.
>
> Which part do you think is useless and why?


The line

host-cshlib    := $(sort $(filter %.so, $(host-cobjs)))

is useless because there is no host program that consists of .so files.


Your intention is to generate shared objects as final targets,
not host tools that call shared objects.
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Patch

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 130a452..bd2a31e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@  endif
 endif
 
 # Do not include host rules unless needed
-ifneq ($(hostprogs-y)$(hostprogs-m),)
+ifneq ($(hostprogs-y)$(hostprogs-m)$(hostlibs-y)$(hostlibs-m)$(hostcxxlibs-y)$(hostcxxlibs-m),)
 include scripts/Makefile.host
 endif
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index 55c96cb..e4e88ab 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@  subdir-ymn	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-ymn))
 __clean-files	:= $(extra-y) $(extra-m) $(extra-)       \
 		   $(always) $(targets) $(clean-files)   \
 		   $(host-progs)                         \
-		   $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m) $(hostprogs-)
+		   $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m) $(hostprogs-) \
+		   $(hostlibs-y) $(hostlibs-m) $(hostlibs-)
 
 __clean-files   := $(filter-out $(no-clean-files), $(__clean-files))
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index 133edfa..4d180d9 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -20,7 +20,25 @@ 
 # Will compile qconf as a C++ program, and menu as a C program.
 # They are linked as C++ code to the executable qconf
 
+# hostprogs-y := conf
+# conf-objs  := conf.o libkconfig.so
+# libkconfig-objs := expr.o type.o
+# Will create a shared library named libkconfig.so that consists of
+# expr.o and type.o (they are both compiled as C code and the object files
+# are made as position independent code).
+# conf.c is compiled as a C program, and conf.o is linked together with
+# libkconfig.so as the executable conf.
+# Note: Shared libraries consisting of C++ files are not supported
+
+# hostcc-option
+# Usage: cflags-y += $(call hostcc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
+
+hostcc-option = $(call try-run,\
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+
 __hostprogs := $(sort $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m))
+__hostlibs := $(sort $(hostlibs-y) $(hostlibs-m))
+__hostcxxlibs := $(sort $(hostcxxlibs-y) $(hostcxxlibs-m))
 
 # C code
 # Executables compiled from a single .c file
@@ -42,6 +60,19 @@  host-cxxmulti	:= $(foreach m,$(__hostprogs),$(if $($(m)-cxxobjs),$(m)))
 # C++ Object (.o) files compiled from .cc files
 host-cxxobjs	:= $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxmulti),$($(m)-cxxobjs)))
 
+# Shared libaries (only .c supported)
+# Shared libraries (.so) - all .so files referenced in "xxx-objs"
+host-cshlib	:= $(sort $(filter %.so, $(host-cobjs)))
+host-cshlib	+= $(sort $(filter %.so, $(__hostlibs)))
+host-cxxshlib	:= $(sort $(filter %.so, $(__hostcxxlibs)))
+# Remove .so files from "xxx-objs"
+host-cobjs	:= $(filter-out %.so,$(host-cobjs))
+host-cxxobjs	:= $(filter-out %.so,$(host-cxxobjs))
+
+# Object (.o) files used by the shared libaries
+host-cshobjs	:= $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
+host-cxxshobjs	:= $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
+
 # output directory for programs/.o files
 # hostprogs-y := tools/build may have been specified.
 # Retrieve also directory of .o files from prog-objs or prog-cxxobjs notation
@@ -56,6 +87,10 @@  host-cmulti	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cmulti))
 host-cobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cobjs))
 host-cxxmulti	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxmulti))
 host-cxxobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxobjs))
+host-cshlib	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cshlib))
+host-cxxshlib	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxshlib))
+host-cshobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cshobjs))
+host-cxxshobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-cxxshobjs))
 host-objdirs    := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(host-objdirs))
 
 obj-dirs += $(host-objdirs)
@@ -124,5 +159,37 @@  quiet_cmd_host-cxxobjs	= HOSTCXX $@
 $(host-cxxobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.cc FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,host-cxxobjs)
 
+# Compile .c file, create position independent .o file
+# host-cshobjs -> .o
+quiet_cmd_host-cshobjs	= HOSTCC  -fPIC $@
+      cmd_host-cshobjs	= $(HOSTCC) $(hostc_flags) -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
+$(host-cshobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_dep,host-cshobjs)
+
+# Compile .c file, create position independent .o file
+# host-cxxshobjs -> .o
+quiet_cmd_host-cxxshobjs	= HOSTCXX -fPIC $@
+      cmd_host-cxxshobjs	= $(HOSTCXX) $(hostcxx_flags) -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
+$(host-cxxshobjs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_dep,host-cxxshobjs)
+
+# Link a shared library, based on position independent .o files
+# *.o -> .so shared library (host-cshlib)
+quiet_cmd_host-cshlib	= HOSTLLD -shared $@
+      cmd_host-cshlib	= $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ \
+			  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F:.so=-objs))) \
+			  $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_$(@F))
+$(host-cshlib): $(obj)/%: $(host-cshobjs) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,host-cshlib)
+
+# Link a shared library, based on position independent .o files
+# *.o -> .so shared library (host-cxxshlib)
+quiet_cmd_host-cxxshlib	= HOSTLLD -shared $@
+      cmd_host-cxxshlib	= $(HOSTCXX) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ \
+			  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F:.so=-objs))) \
+			  $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $(HOSTLOADLIBES_$(@F))
+$(host-cxxshlib): $(obj)/%: $(host-cxxshobjs) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,host-cxxshlib)
+
 targets += $(host-csingle)  $(host-cmulti) $(host-cobjs)\
-	   $(host-cxxmulti) $(host-cxxobjs)
+	   $(host-cxxmulti) $(host-cxxobjs) $(host-cshlib) $(host-cshobjs) $(host-cxxshlib) $(host-cxxshobjs)