cmd/link: go install -buildmode=shared -linkshared std doesn't work as expected

[rezaalavi]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

The problem appears in all versions after 1.9.1 including 1.9.1. All versions before 1.9.1 work as expected.

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes.

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output

GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOEXE=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/go-src"
GORACE=""
GOROOT="/usr/lib/go"
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/lib/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
CC="gcc"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build001874867=/tmp/go-build"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"

What did you do?

I run "go install -buildmode=shared -linkshared std" to generated a shared library for the std.

I have run the above on all recent go version from 1.6 to 1.11.
Since 1.9.1 the above doesn't work anymore and producses a warning.
As a result we cannot dynamically link our code to std library in any version more than 1.8.7.

What did you expect to see?

success without any warning.

What did you see instead?

/usr/bin/ld: warning: .init_array section has zero size

[ianlancetaylor]

Running go install -buildmode=shared -linkshared std works for me. I just tried it on amd64 GNU/Linux.

What C linker are you using? For me /usr/bin/ld --version prints

GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.30
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) a later version.
This program has absolutely no warranty.

[rezaalavi]

It is the one that comes with Centos 6.

GNU ld version 2.20.51.0.2-5.48.el6 20100205
Copyright 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) a later version.
This program has absolutely no warranty.

[ianlancetaylor]

Hmmm, that's an 8 year old linker. This is just a warning, right? The program still completes and works?

[gopherbot]

Change https://golang.org/cl/153257 mentions this issue: cmd/link: only create .init_array section if not empty