My project won't compile with undefined reference error like "undefined reference to `grpc::g_core_codegen_interface'"

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I just implemented the distributed version of a database project using gRPC. When I tried to make with my makefile, I keep getting the undefined reference errors with protobuf and gRPC. Parts of the outputs of make is below. I only included a portion of it because of the word limits.

g++ -o rundb benchmarks/ycsb_query.o benchmarks/tpcc_wl.o benchmarks/ycsb_wl.o benchmarks/ycsb_store_procedure.o benchmarks/tpcc_query.o benchmarks/tpcc_helper.o benchmarks/tpcc_store_procedure.o concurrency_control/lock_manager.o concurrency_control/tictoc_manager.o concurrency_control/row_f1.o concurrency_control/row_lock.o concurrency_control/f1_manager.o concurrency_control/row_tictoc.o storage/catalog.o storage/index_hash.o storage/index_btree.o storage/index_base.o storage/row.o storage/log.o storage/table.o system/stats.o system/manager.o system/cc_manager.o system/thread.o system/global.o system/logging_thread.o system/store_procedure.o system/txn.o system/worker_thread.o system/parser.o system/workload.o system/txn_table.o system/main.o system/caching.o utils/helper.o utils/semaphore_sync.o utils/packetize.o grpc/grpc_async_client.o grpc/grpc_sync_server.o grpc/grpc_async_server.o grpc/grpc_sync_client.o -Wall -L./libs -pthread -lrt -std=c++0x -O3 -ljemalloc -lprotobuf -Wall -g -std=c++11 -I. -I./benchmarks -I./concurrency_control -I./storage -I./system -I./transport -I./utils -I./grpc -I./grpc_system -D NOGRAPHITE=1 -O3 -g -ggdb
/usr/bin/ld: concurrency_control/lock_manager.o: in function `google::protobuf::internal::GenericTypeHandler<sundial_rpc::SundialRequest_TupleData>::New(google::protobuf::Arena*)':
/usr/local/include/google/protobuf/repeated_field.h:802: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest_TupleData* google::protobuf::Arena::CreateMaybeMessage<sundial_rpc::SundialRequest_TupleData>(google::protobuf::Arena*)'
/usr/bin/ld: system/stats.o: in function `std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const& sundial_rpc::SundialRequest_RequestType_Name<unsigned int>(unsigned int)':
/home/libin/Sundial/./grpc_system/sundial_grpc.pb.h:105: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest_RequestType_descriptor()'
/usr/bin/ld: system/stats.o: in function `std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const& sundial_rpc::SundialResponse_ResponseType_Name<unsigned int>(unsigned int)':
/home/libin/Sundial/./grpc_system/sundial_grpc.pb.h:136: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse_ResponseType_descriptor()'
/usr/bin/ld: system/txn.o: in function `google::protobuf::internal::GenericTypeHandler<sundial_rpc::SundialResponse_TupleData>::New(google::protobuf::Arena*)':
/usr/local/include/google/protobuf/repeated_field.h:802: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse_TupleData* google::protobuf::Arena::CreateMaybeMessage<sundial_rpc::SundialResponse_TupleData>(google::protobuf::Arena*)'
/usr/bin/ld: system/txn.o: in function `TxnManager::RemoteNodeInfo::~RemoteNodeInfo()':
/home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.h:102: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::~SundialResponse()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.h:102: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::~SundialRequest()'
/usr/bin/ld: system/txn.o: in function `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::SundialRequest()':
/home/libin/Sundial/./grpc_system/sundial_grpc.pb.h:494: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::SundialRequest(google::protobuf::Arena*)'
/usr/bin/ld: system/txn.o: in function `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::SundialResponse()':
/home/libin/Sundial/./grpc_system/sundial_grpc.pb.h:909: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::SundialResponse(google::protobuf::Arena*)'
/usr/bin/ld: system/txn.o: in function `TxnManager::send_remote_read_request(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, access_t)':
/home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:301: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::Clear()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:302: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::Clear()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:309: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::SundialResponse(sundial_rpc::SundialResponse const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:309: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::SundialRequest(sundial_rpc::SundialRequest const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:309: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::~SundialRequest()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:309: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::~SundialResponse()'
/usr/bin/ld: system/txn.o: in function `google::protobuf::internal::GenericTypeHandler<sundial_rpc::SundialRequest_ReadRequest>::New(google::protobuf::Arena*)':
/usr/local/include/google/protobuf/repeated_field.h:802: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest_ReadRequest* google::protobuf::Arena::CreateMaybeMessage<sundial_rpc::SundialRequest_ReadRequest>(google::protobuf::Arena*)'
/usr/bin/ld: system/txn.o: in function `TxnManager::process_2pc_phase1()':
/home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:351: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::Clear()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:352: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::Clear()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:362: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::SundialResponse(sundial_rpc::SundialResponse const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:362: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::SundialRequest(sundial_rpc::SundialRequest const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:362: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::~SundialRequest()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:362: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::~SundialResponse()'
/usr/bin/ld: system/txn.o: in function `TxnManager::process_2pc_phase2(RC)':
/home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:420: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::Clear()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:421: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::Clear()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:429: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialResponse::SundialResponse(sundial_rpc::SundialResponse const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:429: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::SundialRequest(sundial_rpc::SundialRequest const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/system/txn.cpp:429: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::SundialRequest::~SundialRequest()'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/grpc/grpc_sync_client.cpp:37: undefined reference to `sundial_rpc::Sundial_GRPC_SYNC::Stub::contactRemote(grpc_impl::ClientContext*, sundial_rpc::SundialRequest const&, sundial_rpc::SundialResponse*)'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/libin/Sundial/grpc/grpc_sync_client.cpp:36: undefined reference to `grpc_impl::ClientContext::~ClientContext()'
/usr/bin/ld: grpc/grpc_sync_client.o: in function `sundial_rpc::Sundial_GRPC_SYNC::Stub::~Stub()':
/home/libin/Sundial/./grpc_system/sundial_grpc.grpc.pb.h:73: undefined reference to `vtable for sundial_rpc::Sundial_GRPC_SYNC::Stub'
/usr/bin/ld: grpc/grpc_sync_client.o: in function `sundial_rpc::Sundial_GRPC_SYNC::Stub::~Stub()':
/home/libin/Sundial/./grpc_system/sundial_grpc.grpc.pb.h:73: undefined reference to `vtable for sundial_rpc::Sundial_GRPC_SYNC::Stub'
/usr/bin/ld: grpc/grpc_sync_client.o: in function `Sundial_Sync_Client::contactRemote(unsigned long, sundial_rpc::SundialRequest, sundial_rpc::SundialResponse)':
/home/libin/Sundial/grpc/grpc_sync_client.cpp:36: undefined reference to `grpc_impl::ClientContext::~ClientContext()'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:20: rundb] Error 1

I did read some other previous posts suggesting it is caused by not linking the protobuf library but I did include it in LDFLAGS. The makefile is below.

CC=g++
CFLAGS=-Wall -g -std=c++11

.SUFFIXES: .o .cpp .h

SRC_DIRS = ./ ./benchmarks/ ./concurrency_control/ ./storage/ ./system/ ./transport/ ./utils/ ./grpc/ ./grpc_system/
INCLUDE = -I. -I./benchmarks -I./concurrency_control -I./storage -I./system -I./transport -I./utils -I./grpc -I./grpc_system

CFLAGS += $(INCLUDE) -D NOGRAPHITE=1 -O3 -g -ggdb
LDFLAGS = -Wall -L./libs -pthread -lrt -std=c++0x -O3 -ljemalloc -lprotobuf
LDFLAGS += $(CFLAGS)

CPPS = $(foreach dir, $(SRC_DIRS), $(wildcard $(dir)*.cpp))
OBJS = $(CPPS:.cpp=.o)
DEPS = $(CPPS:.cpp=.d)

all:rundb

rundb : $(OBJS)
    $(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)

-include $(OBJS:%.o=%.d)

%.d: %.cpp
    $(CC) -MM -MT $*.o -MF $@ $(CFLAGS) $<

%.o: %.cpp %.d
    $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<

.PHONY: clean
clean:
    rm -f rundb *.o */*.o *.d */*.d

So I thought LDFLAGS = -Wall -L./libs -pthread -lrt -std=c++0x -O3 -ljemalloc -lprotobuf would resolve this but it did not.

1 Answers

You can try following these two steps:

Step 1:

Add the below two lines in your makefile:

CFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags protobuf grpc`
LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/lib `pkg-config --libs protobuf grpc++ grpc`\
           -lgrpc++_reflection\
           -ldl

Please refer this Makefile (C++ grpc example for load balancing): https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/grpc/grpc/+/HEAD/examples/cpp/load_balancing/Makefile

Your Makefile should look like this:

CC=g++
CFLAGS=-Wall -g -std=c++11

# Add the below line
CFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags protobuf grpc`

.SUFFIXES: .o .cpp .h

SRC_DIRS = ./ ./benchmarks/ ./concurrency_control/ ./storage/ ./system/ ./transport/ ./utils/ ./grpc/ ./grpc_system/
INCLUDE = -I. -I./benchmarks -I./concurrency_control -I./storage -I./system -I./transport -I./utils -I./grpc -I./grpc_system

CFLAGS += $(INCLUDE) -D NOGRAPHITE=1 -O3 -g -ggdb
LDFLAGS = -Wall -L./libs -pthread -lrt -std=c++0x -O3 -ljemalloc -lprotobuf
LDFLAGS += $(CFLAGS)

# Add the below line
LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/lib `pkg-config --libs protobuf grpc++ grpc`\
           -lgrpc++_reflection\
           -ldl

CPPS = $(foreach dir, $(SRC_DIRS), $(wildcard $(dir)*.cpp))
OBJS = $(CPPS:.cpp=.o)
DEPS = $(CPPS:.cpp=.d)

all:rundb

rundb : $(OBJS)
    $(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)

-include $(OBJS:%.o=%.d)

%.d: %.cpp
    $(CC) -MM -MT $*.o -MF $@ $(CFLAGS) $<

%.o: %.cpp %.d
    $(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<

.PHONY: clean
clean:
    rm -f rundb *.o */*.o *.d */*.d

Step 2:

In your command prompt, you need to find the path of two files:

  1. Path of "protobuf.pc"
  2. Path of "grpc.pc"

You can find the path using these commands:

sudo find / -name "protobuf.pc"
Example output: /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

sudo find / -name "grpc.pc"
Example output: /usr/lib/pkgconfig"

At last, you need to add these two paths separated by colon (:) in the environment variable "PKG_CONFIG_PATH" by running this command:

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig"

Now, you can run your commands and proceed further.

NOTE:

In step 2, if both protobuf.pc and grpc.pc are present in the same directory, then you need to specify only that directory in the environment variable.

Example:

sudo find / -name "protobuf.pc"
Example output: /lib64/pkgconfig

sudo find / -name "grpc.pc"
Example output: /lib64/pkgconfig

In this case, you can set environment variable as:

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/lib64/pkgconfig"
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