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I'm trying to compile and run some c++ code to be called from Matlab
(mex file)
and I'm getting "Invalid MEX-file ... undefined symbol" error. Anybody
knows
where to look for solution?

>>mex -v abc.cpp //that's how you "make" in Matlab, and that's what was called:

-> g++ -c ... abc.cpp
-> gcc -c ... /usr/local/matlab701/extern/src/mexversion.c
-> g++ ... -o abc.mexglx abc.o mexversion.o ... -L/home/eugene/lib
.... -lxyz ...

No errors so far.

>> abc //try to run and got error:

??? Invalid MEX-file '/home/eugene/matlab/abc.mexglx':
/home/eugene/lib/libxyz.so: undefined symbol: xyz_debug.

Code for libxyz.so has:
extern int xyz_debug;

abc.cpp has:
int xyz_debug = 0;

eugene wrote:
> I'm trying to compile and run some c++ code to be called from Matlab
> (mex file)
> and I'm getting "Invalid MEX-file ... undefined symbol" error. Anybody
> knows
> where to look for solution?

A MATLAB newsgroup or on the MathWorks website would probably be better
places to start. This group is for discussing C++ language issues, not
third-party tools.

Cheers! --M

mlimber wrote:
> eugene wrote:
> > I'm trying to compile and run some c++ code to be called from Matlab
> > (mex file)
> > and I'm getting "Invalid MEX-file ... undefined symbol" error. Anybody
> > knows
> > where to look for solution?
>
> A MATLAB newsgroup or on the MathWorks website would probably be better
> places to start. This group is for discussing C++ language issues, not
> third-party tools.
>
> Cheers! --M

Been there, done that
MathWorks website: do c++ at your own risk
MATLAB newsgroup: this is c/c++ problem

- symbol xyz_debug is defined in abc.cpp as "int xyz_debug = 0;"
- symbol xyz_debug is referenced in libxyz.so as "extern int
xyz_debug;"
The question is why after
-> g++ -c ... abc.cpp
-> gcc -c ... /usr/local/matlab701/extern/src/mexversion.c
-> g++ ... -o abc.mexglx abc.o mexversion.o ... -L/home/eugene/lib
.... -lxyz ...
try to run and got "undefined symbol xyz_debug" error?

"eugene" <> wrote in message
news: oups.com...
> - symbol xyz_debug is defined in abc.cpp as "int xyz_debug = 0;"
> - symbol xyz_debug is referenced in libxyz.so as "extern int
> xyz_debug;"
> The question is why after
> -> g++ -c ... abc.cpp
> -> gcc -c ... /usr/local/matlab701/extern/src/mexversion.c
> -> g++ ... -o abc.mexglx abc.o mexversion.o ... -L/home/eugene/lib
> ... -lxyz ...
> try to run and got "undefined symbol xyz_debug" error?

Try putting abc.o after -lxyz. If I'm not mistaken, the linker looks for
symbols in the successive files.

Ali

Ali Çehreli wrote:
> "eugene" <> wrote in message
> news: oups.com...
> > - symbol xyz_debug is defined in abc.cpp as "int xyz_debug = 0;"
> > - symbol xyz_debug is referenced in libxyz.so as "extern int
> > xyz_debug;"
> > The question is why after
> > -> g++ -c ... abc.cpp
> > -> gcc -c ... /usr/local/matlab701/extern/src/mexversion.c
> > -> g++ ... -o abc.mexglx abc.o mexversion.o ... -L/home/eugene/lib
> > ... -lxyz ...
> > try to run and got "undefined symbol xyz_debug" error?
>
> Try putting abc.o after -lxyz. If I'm not mistaken, the linker looks for
> symbols in the successive files.
>
> Ali

Still no luck.

g++ ... -Wl,-y,xyz_debug ... -lxyz ... abc.o ...
/home/eugene/lib/libxyz.so: reference to xyz_debug
abc.o: definition of xyz_debug

with same runtime error "undefined symbol xyz_debug".

Any ideas?

"eugene" <> wrote in message
news: ups.com...
Ali Çehreli wrote:
> "eugene" <> wrote in message
> news: oups.com...
> > - symbol xyz_debug is defined in abc.cpp as "int xyz_debug = 0;"
> > - symbol xyz_debug is referenced in libxyz.so as "extern int
> > xyz_debug;"
> > The question is why after
> > -> g++ -c ... abc.cpp
> > -> gcc -c ... /usr/local/matlab701/extern/src/mexversion.c
> > -> g++ ... -o abc.mexglx abc.o mexversion.o ... -L/home/eugene/lib
> > ... -lxyz ...
> > try to run and got "undefined symbol xyz_debug" error?
>
> Try putting abc.o after -lxyz. If I'm not mistaken, the linker looks for
> symbols in the successive files.
>
> Ali
>
> Still no luck.
>
> g++ ... -Wl,-y,xyz_debug ... -lxyz ... abc.o ...
> /home/eugene/lib/libxyz.so: reference to xyz_debug
> abc.o: definition of xyz_debug
>
> with same runtime error "undefined symbol xyz_debug".
>
> Any ideas?

I wonder whether you are running against C vs. C++ linkage issues. If
xyz_debug has C linkage in libxyz.so, like because of being declared in a C
file, you have to define it as

extern "C" int xyz_debug = 0;

in abc.cpp.

Ali

Ali Çehreli wrote:
> "eugene" <> wrote in message
> news: ups.com...
> Ali Çehreli wrote:
> > "eugene" <> wrote in message
> > news: oups.com...
> > > - symbol xyz_debug is defined in abc.cpp as "int xyz_debug = 0;"
> > > - symbol xyz_debug is referenced in libxyz.so as "extern int
> > > xyz_debug;"
> > > The question is why after
> > > -> g++ -c ... abc.cpp
> > > -> gcc -c ... /usr/local/matlab701/extern/src/mexversion.c
> > > -> g++ ... -o abc.mexglx abc.o mexversion.o ... -L/home/eugene/lib
> > > ... -lxyz ...
> > > try to run and got "undefined symbol xyz_debug" error?
> >
> > Try putting abc.o after -lxyz. If I'm not mistaken, the linker looks for
> > symbols in the successive files.
> >
> > Ali
> >
> > Still no luck.
> >
> > g++ ... -Wl,-y,xyz_debug ... -lxyz ... abc.o ...
> > /home/eugene/lib/libxyz.so: reference to xyz_debug
> > abc.o: definition of xyz_debug
> >
> > with same runtime error "undefined symbol xyz_debug".
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> I wonder whether you are running against C vs. C++ linkage issues. If
> xyz_debug has C linkage in libxyz.so, like because of being declared in a C
> file, you have to define it as
>
> extern "C" int xyz_debug = 0;
>
> in abc.cpp.
>
> Ali

I was trying this. Does not work
Because libxyz.so is based on c++
Thanks anyway

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:47:45 -0700, eugene wrote:

> mlimber wrote:
> - symbol xyz_debug is defined in abc.cpp as "int xyz_debug = 0;"
> - symbol xyz_debug is referenced in libxyz.so as "extern int
> xyz_debug;"
> The question is why after
> -> g++ -c ... abc.cpp
> -> gcc -c ... /usr/local/matlab701/extern/src/mexversion.c
> -> g++ ... -o abc.mexglx abc.o mexversion.o ... -L/home/eugene/lib
> ... -lxyz ...
> try to run and got "undefined symbol xyz_debug" error?

This seems like a gcc problem, not a MATLAB one. It's having problems
resolving a symbol in the .so file when the .so is being loaded at
runtime. You could probably reproduce this without MATLAB.

So, I would suggest running this by a gcc newgroup.

- Jay

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:42:28 +0000, Jay Nabonne wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:47:45 -0700, eugene wrote:
>
>> mlimber wrote:
>> - symbol xyz_debug is defined in abc.cpp as "int xyz_debug = 0;"
>> - symbol xyz_debug is referenced in libxyz.so as "extern int
>> xyz_debug;"

Another thought: what happens if you reverse where the int is defined
(i.e. define it in the .so and make it extern from abc.cpp)?

- Jay

Jay Nabonne wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:47:45 -0700, eugene wrote:
>
> > mlimber wrote:
> > - symbol xyz_debug is defined in abc.cpp as "int xyz_debug = 0;"
> > - symbol xyz_debug is referenced in libxyz.so as "extern int
> > xyz_debug;"
> > The question is why after
> > -> g++ -c ... abc.cpp
> > -> gcc -c ... /usr/local/matlab701/extern/src/mexversion.c
> > -> g++ ... -o abc.mexglx abc.o mexversion.o ... -L/home/eugene/lib
> > ... -lxyz ...
> > try to run and got "undefined symbol xyz_debug" error?
>
> This seems like a gcc problem, not a MATLAB one. It's having problems
> resolving a symbol in the .so file when the .so is being loaded at
> runtime. You could probably reproduce this without MATLAB.

Program like abc.cpp (same definition / reference for xyz_debug) was
successfully
compiled and ran outside Matlab.

It looks as the problem is due to the way Matlab loads external code.
My hope
was that c++ folks would point out how to link the code so that
definition and
reference for xyz_debug would be in order.

- Eugene