x86_64-pc-windows-msvc Link error with very large number of objects

[estk]

Checklist

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Describe your issue

Linking fails with a very large number of objects on x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.

What target(s) are you cross-compiling for?

other (specify in description)

Which operating system is the host (e.g computer cross is on) running?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux / BSD
• other OS (specify in description)

What architecture is the host?

• x86_64 / AMD64
• arm32
• arm64 (including Mac M1)

What container engine is cross using?

• docker
• podman
• other container engine (specify in description)

cross version

0.2.5

Example

cross build --release -p mypackage
...
 = note: 0048:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
          0048:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."
          0048:err:systray:initialize_systray Could not create tray window
          0024:err:environ:build_command_line command line too long (38785)

Additional information / notes

I found this issue in rustc: rust-lang/rust#41190, and it makes me wonder if the workaround implemented there is somehow not getting triggered in the cross docker container.

Note: that the msvc docker container was built unmodified from the cross-toolchain image

[Emilgardis]

are you sure you're actually using cross? We only support msvc via https://github.com/cross-rs/cross-toolchains, which you need to build yourself. Cross will output a warning if it fallbacks to not using a container

I should've read the last note in your report :)

[Emilgardis]

Can you show the entire build log with -v added to the cross invocation

[estk]

@Emilgardis unfortunately I cant post the log publicly. Can you tell me what you're looking for?

I can confirm that the link command is extremely long 38k chars sounds right.

If you look at the rust issue, their fix seemed trivial, however i am not familiar enough with how rust links to know if we can get in the middle of object generation and linking...

[Emilgardis]

I just wanted more context, but it's fine :) A way to reproduce this would be good though.

Do you see any "linker failed with exit code" message?

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5d3d3479d774754856db2db3e439dfb88ef3c52f/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs#L1544-L1557

I suspect this is the root problem, the fallback is never invoked, and I think that's because WINE doesn't give us error code E2BIG (7)

I think a fix would have to be done in rustc here or we wrap wine and translate the error code

[secana]

I ran into the same issue, but with macOS as the underlying system.

Command I ran: cross build --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

# Cross.toml

[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
image = "ghcr.io/cross-rs/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-cross:local"
pre-build = [
    "dpkg --add-architecture $CROSS_DEB_ARCH", 
    "apt-get update && apt-get --assume-yes install libssl-dev:$CROSS_DEB_ARCH",
    "ln -s /opt/msvc/vc/tools/msvc/14.43.34808/include /opt/msvc/vc/include",
]

[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.env]
passthrough = [
    # Needed by one dependency to find the required header files
    "CROSS_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/msvc/kits/10/include/10.0.22621.0/ucrt"
]

error: linking with `link.exe` failed: exit status: 1
  |
  = note: LC_ALL="C" PATH="/Users/user/.rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin:/opt/msvc/bin/x64:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr
/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/Users/user/.rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin" VSLANG="1033" "link.exe" "/NOLOGO" "/tmp/rustcOmMM8m/symbols.o" "<257 object files omitted
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  = note: some arguments are omitted. use `--verbose` to show all linker arguments
  = note: 0044:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
          0044:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."
          0044:err:systray:initialize_systray Could not create tray window
          0024:err:environ:build_command_line command line too long (46957)

I hope that helps.

[lewisclark]

I'm experiencing the same issue compiling from Linux for x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

cross +nightly build

error: linking with `link.exe` failed: exit status: 1
  |
  = note:  "link.exe" "/DEF:/tmp/rustcX9WqrJ/lib.def" "/NOLOGO" "/tmp/rustcX9WqrJ/symbols.o" "<247 object files omitted>" "/target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/debug/deps/
...
/OUT:/target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/debug/deps/client.dll" "/OPT:REF,NOICF" "/DLL" "/IMPLIB:/target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/debug/deps/client.dll.lib" "/DEBUG" "/PDBALTPATH:%_PDB%"
  = note: some arguments are omitted. use `--verbose` to show all linker arguments
  = note: 0180:err:environ:build_command_line command line too long (33418)

Cross.toml

[build]
default-target = "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"

[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
image = "ghcr.io/cross-rs/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-cross:local"

Please let me know if more info is needed!

[lewisclark]

I just wanted more context, but it's fine :) A way to reproduce this would be good though.

Do you see any "linker failed with exit code" message?

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/5d3d3479d774754856db2db3e439dfb88ef3c52f/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs#L1544-L1557

I suspect this is the root problem, the fallback is never invoked, and I think that's because WINE doesn't give us error code E2BIG (7)

I think a fix would have to be done in rustc here or we wrap wine and translate the error code

I was able to reproduce by compiling Alacritty:

cross build

error: linking with `link.exe` failed: exit status: 1
  |
  = note: LC_ALL="C" PATH="/home/lewis/.rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin:/opt/msvc/bin/x64:/opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/home/lewis/.rustup/toolchains/stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin" VSLANG="1033" "link.exe" "/NOLOGO" "/tmp/rustcZEWioy/symbols.o" "<257 object files omitted>" "/target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/debug/deps/{libdirs-
...
index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/windows_x86_64_msvc-0.48.5/lib" "/OUT:/target/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/debug/deps/alacritty.exe" "/SUBSYSTEM:windows" "/ENTRY:mainCRTStartup" "/OPT:REF,NOICF" "/DEBUG" "/PDBALTPATH:%_PDB%"
  = note: some arguments are omitted. use `--verbose` to show all linker arguments
  = note: 0050:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
          0050:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."
          0050:err:systray:initialize_systray Could not create tray window
          0024:err:environ:build_command_line command line too long (33035)


error: could not compile `alacritty` (bin "alacritty") due to 1 previous error

Cross.toml

[build]
default-target = "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"

[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
image = "ghcr.io/cross-rs/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-cross:local"

Let me know if you'd like more info!