[erlang-questions] OpenCL.framework cause my NIF library to crash

[Bob Ippolito]

Do you also have the -framework OpenCL flag? Static libraries don't
automatically link in their dynamic dependencies.

On Tuesday, March 13, 2012, CharlesStain <alfredo.dinapoli@REDACTED> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I'm developing an Erlang binding to a C++ library of mine, which relies on
> OpenCL.
> I set up a basic environment, with proper extern "C", as well as linker
> flags. In my case the magic words are:
>
> -undefined dynamic_lookup -dynamiclib
>
> Without these additional flags my NIF shared library won't compile.
> Everything work well until I try to link OpenCL within my NIF library.
Bear
> in mind that I'm on Mac OS and OpenCL comes as a dynamic library (a Cocoa
> Framework to be more specific) and going to another platform like Linux or
> Windows is not feasible.
> When I try to load my "new" NIF library (with OpenCL linked with it), this
> is the result:
>
> laetus alfredodinapoli$ rebar eunit
> ==> elaetus (eunit)
> Compiled src/elaetus_app.erl
> Compiled src/elaetus_sup.erl
> Compiled src/elaetus.erl
> Trace/BPT trap: 5
>
> Which is not very informative about what's going wrong. But I suspect it
may
> be related to the dynamic nature of the OpenCL library. In fact, linking
my
> framework, which is a static library, doesn't cause any issue.
> I would like to know:
>
> a) If anyone has had any contact with the NIF + MacOs + C++ world
> b) If anyone know a workaround for this annoying situation.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Alfredo Di Napoli
>
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