Merge pull request #23752 from alexrp/static-native-glibc

compiler: Allow linking native glibc statically

src/Compilation/Config.zig

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ pub const ResolveError = error{
     LldCannotIncrementallyLink,
     LtoRequiresLld,
     SanitizeThreadRequiresLibCpp,
+    LibCRequiresLibUnwind,
     LibCppRequiresLibUnwind,
     OsRequiresLibC,
     LibCppRequiresLibC,
@@ -312,8 +313,8 @@ pub fn resolve(options: Options) ResolveError!Config {
         break :b false;
     };
 
-    const link_libunwind = b: {
+    var link_libunwind = b: {
-        if (link_libcpp and target_util.libcNeedsLibUnwind(target)) {
+        if (link_libcpp and target_util.libCxxNeedsLibUnwind(target)) {
             if (options.link_libunwind == false) return error.LibCppRequiresLibUnwind;
             break :b true;
         }
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ pub fn resolve(options: Options) ResolveError!Config {
             break :b .static;
         }
         if (explicitly_exe_or_dyn_lib and link_libc and
-            (target.isGnuLibC() or target_util.osRequiresLibC(target)))
+            (target_util.osRequiresLibC(target) or (target.isGnuLibC() and !options.resolved_target.is_native_abi)))
         {
             if (options.link_mode == .static) return error.LibCRequiresDynamicLinking;
             break :b .dynamic;
@@ -367,11 +368,11 @@ pub fn resolve(options: Options) ResolveError!Config {
 
         if (options.link_mode) |link_mode| break :b link_mode;
 
-        if (explicitly_exe_or_dyn_lib and link_libc and
+        if (explicitly_exe_or_dyn_lib and link_libc and options.resolved_target.is_native_abi and
-            options.resolved_target.is_native_abi and target.abi.isMusl())
+            (target.isGnuLibC() or target.isMuslLibC()))
         {
             // If targeting the system's native ABI and the system's libc is
-            // musl, link dynamically by default.
+            // glibc or musl, link dynamically by default.
             break :b .dynamic;
         }
 
@@ -379,6 +380,13 @@ pub fn resolve(options: Options) ResolveError!Config {
         break :b .static;
     };
 
+    // This is done here to avoid excessive duplicated logic due to the complex dependencies between these options.
+    if (options.output_mode == .Exe and link_libc and target_util.libCNeedsLibUnwind(target, link_mode)) {
+        if (options.link_libunwind == false) return error.LibCRequiresLibUnwind;
+
+        link_libunwind = true;
+    }
+
     const import_memory = options.import_memory orelse (options.output_mode == .Obj);
     const export_memory = b: {
         if (link_mode == .dynamic) {

src/main.zig

@@ -4206,6 +4206,7 @@ fn createModule(
             error.LldCannotIncrementallyLink => fatal("self-hosted backends do not support linking with LLD", .{}),
             error.LtoRequiresLld => fatal("LTO requires using LLD", .{}),
             error.SanitizeThreadRequiresLibCpp => fatal("thread sanitization is (for now) implemented in C++, so it requires linking libc++", .{}),
+            error.LibCRequiresLibUnwind => fatal("libc of the specified target requires linking libunwind", .{}),
             error.LibCppRequiresLibUnwind => fatal("libc++ requires linking libunwind", .{}),
             error.OsRequiresLibC => fatal("the target OS requires using libc as the stable syscall interface", .{}),
             error.LibCppRequiresLibC => fatal("libc++ requires linking libc", .{}),

src/target.zig

@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ pub fn osRequiresLibC(target: std.Target) bool {
     return target.os.requiresLibC();
 }
 
-pub fn libcNeedsLibUnwind(target: std.Target) bool {
+pub fn libCNeedsLibUnwind(target: std.Target, link_mode: std.builtin.LinkMode) bool {
+    return target.isGnuLibC() and link_mode == .static;
+}
+
+pub fn libCxxNeedsLibUnwind(target: std.Target) bool {
     return switch (target.os.tag) {
         .macos,
         .ios,