Linker errors in Android NDK (undefined reference to `__cxa_end_cleanup')
Solution 1
After reading android-ndk/docs/CPLUSPLUS-SUPPORT.html
I found that there a couple more libraries that I can link to:
C++ C++ Standard
Exceptions RTTI Library
system no no no
gabi++ no yes no
stlport no yes yes
gnustl yes yes yes
This stops my linker errors (and pushes the build onto a new set of errors :))
Application.mk
APP_STL := gnustl_static
Solution 2
Take a look here: Linux C++: Linker is outputting strange errors.
In Android's Application.mk this would be:
APP_CPPFLAGS := -frtti
Solution 3
You can fix this problem by adding the compiler option -lsupc++
.
Edited: The reason: your code is using C++ exception mechanism which compiler automatically generate try/catch/finally block hidden code which in turn call __cxa_end_cleanup somewhere. lsupc++ means link to libsupc++.a
Another way to resolve this problem is add -fno-exceptions option to gcc which obviously means disable exception handler mechanism.
BTW, you should also add -fno-rtti to avoid other maybe-encountered compilation error, this is because all android's C++ class is compiled without dynamic type info in class memory layout.
In a word, you shoud use one of these option combos: 1. -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions 2. -fno-rtti -lsupc++
Solution 4
In my case, the error undefined reference to __cxa_end_cleanup
shows up when I add -fexceptions
to the compiler options. When removing that option, the undefined ref goes away, but that means you have to clear your code from exception statements.
Comments
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Graeme almost 4 years
I'm getting this output after adding in a set of code from a colleague:
./obj/local/armeabi/objs/jniWrapper/native.o: In function `_Vector_base': D:/opt/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/stlport/stlport/stl/_vector.h:73: undefined reference to `__cxa_end_cleanup' ./obj/local/armeabi/objs/jniWrapper/native.o:(.ARM.extab.text._ZNSt6vectorIhSaIhEEC1ERKS1_[std::vector<unsigned char, std::allocator<unsigned char> >::vector(std::vector<unsigned char, std::allocator<unsigned char> > const&)]+0x0): undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0' ./obj/local/armeabi/objs/jniWrapper/native.o: In function `std::__node_alloc::deallocate(void*, unsigned int)': D:/opt/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/stlport/stlport/stl/_alloc.h:161: undefined reference to `__cxa_end_cleanup' ./obj/local/armeabi/objs/jniWrapper/native.o:(.ARM.extab.text._ZNSt4priv12_String_baseIcSaIcEED2Ev[std::priv::_String_base<char, std::allocator<char> >::~_String_base()]+0x0): undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0' ./obj/local/armeabi/objs/jniWrapper/native.o: In function `basic_string': D:/opt/android-ndk/sources/cxx-stl/stlport/stlport/stl/_string.c:643: undefined reference to `__cxa_end_cleanup'
This is caused because I don't have access to the correct STL.
To my knowledge there are only three I can choose from (
stlport_static
,stlport_shared
,system
) as set byAPP_STL := stlport_static
inApplication.mk
.Is there another library available to the NDK?
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Kevin Parker about 12 yearsActually caused problems earlier on in ndk-build for me.
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starmole about 10 yearsCould you give some detail on how this flag fixes the problem? And why? Think of your answer as something a lot of people will read, not just a one off.
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László Papp almost 10 yearsYou should really not provide incorrect comments as answers. You do not even explain the issue.