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    <title>topic Link-time optimization issue when using ICX in Intel® MPI Library</title>
    <link>https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-MPI-Library/Link-time-optimization-issue-when-using-ICX/m-p/1290793#M8456</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I'm trying to have two-stage compilation where I create static library first and link it afterwards.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="cpp"&gt;// main.cpp
void foo();

int main() {
    foo();
}

// foo.cpp
#include &amp;lt;iostream&amp;gt;

void foo() {
    std::cout &amp;lt;&amp;lt; "Hi foo!" &amp;lt;&amp;lt; std::endl;
}&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I'm following the guide from Intel documentation: &lt;A href="https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/oneapi-dpcpp-cpp-compiler-dev-guide-and-reference/top/optimization-and-programming-guide/interprocedural-optimization-ipo/creating-a-library-from-ipo-objects.html" target="_blank"&gt;https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/oneapi-dpcpp-cpp-compiler-dev-guide-and-reference/top/optimization-and-programming-guide/interprocedural-optimization-ipo/creating-a-library-from-ipo-objects.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="bash"&gt;$ icpx -fast -c -o foo.o foo.cpp
$ xiar rcs libfoo.a foo.o
xiar: executing 'ar'
$ icpx -fast main.cpp -L. -lfoo
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible ./libfoo.a when searching for -lfoo
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfoo
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
$ icpx -fast main.cpp -L. -lfoo -v
Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++ Compiler 2021.2.0 (2021.2.0.20210317)
Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/2021.2.0/linux/bin
Found candidate GCC installation: /usr/local/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.2.0
Selected GCC installation: /usr/local/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.2.0
Candidate multilib: .;@m64
Selected multilib: .;@m64
Found CUDA installation: /usr/local/cuda, version 11.0
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/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible ./libfoo.a when searching for -lfoo
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfoo
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Seems like it fails to parse static library format when IPO is enabled. When IPO is disabled, everything is fine. Also, classic ICC compiler works fine.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;However, when using direct linkage with object file, everything seems to work fine:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="bash"&gt;$ icpx -fast main.cpp foo.o
$ ./a.out 
Hi foo!&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Can you please clarify how to fix that? I'm using CentOS 7:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="markup"&gt;  Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
       CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
            Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-1127.8.2.el7.x86_64
      Architecture: x86-64&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;LD output:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="markup"&gt;GNU ld version 2.27-44.base.el7
ld: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386 elf32-iamcu elf32-x86-64 a.out-i386-linux pei-i386 pei-x86-64 elf64-l1om elf64-k1om elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big plugin srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary ihex
ld: supported emulations: elf_x86_64 elf32_x86_64 elf_i386 elf_iamcu i386linux elf_l1om elf_k1om&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;P.S. When I try to check libfoo.a symbols with nm, I'm getting "foo.o: File format not recognized" error. NM version output:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="markup"&gt;GNU nm version 2.27-44.base.el7
nm: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386 elf32-iamcu elf32-x86-64 a.out-i386-linux pei-i386 pei-x86-64 elf64-l1om elf64-k1om elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big plugin srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary ihex&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 16:59:53 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>fatvlad1744</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-06-17T16:59:53Z</dc:date>
    <item>
      <title>Link-time optimization issue when using ICX</title>
      <link>https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-MPI-Library/Link-time-optimization-issue-when-using-ICX/m-p/1290793#M8456</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I'm trying to have two-stage compilation where I create static library first and link it afterwards.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="cpp"&gt;// main.cpp
void foo();

int main() {
    foo();
}

// foo.cpp
#include &amp;lt;iostream&amp;gt;

void foo() {
    std::cout &amp;lt;&amp;lt; "Hi foo!" &amp;lt;&amp;lt; std::endl;
}&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I'm following the guide from Intel documentation: &lt;A href="https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/oneapi-dpcpp-cpp-compiler-dev-guide-and-reference/top/optimization-and-programming-guide/interprocedural-optimization-ipo/creating-a-library-from-ipo-objects.html" target="_blank"&gt;https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/oneapi-dpcpp-cpp-compiler-dev-guide-and-reference/top/optimization-and-programming-guide/interprocedural-optimization-ipo/creating-a-library-from-ipo-objects.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="bash"&gt;$ icpx -fast -c -o foo.o foo.cpp
$ xiar rcs libfoo.a foo.o
xiar: executing 'ar'
$ icpx -fast main.cpp -L. -lfoo
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible ./libfoo.a when searching for -lfoo
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfoo
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
$ icpx -fast main.cpp -L. -lfoo -v
Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++ Compiler 2021.2.0 (2021.2.0.20210317)
Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/2021.2.0/linux/bin
Found candidate GCC installation: /usr/local/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.2.0
Selected GCC installation: /usr/local/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.2.0
Candidate multilib: .;@m64
Selected multilib: .;@m64
Found CUDA installation: /usr/local/cuda, version 11.0
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clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Seems like it fails to parse static library format when IPO is enabled. When IPO is disabled, everything is fine. Also, classic ICC compiler works fine.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;However, when using direct linkage with object file, everything seems to work fine:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="bash"&gt;$ icpx -fast main.cpp foo.o
$ ./a.out 
Hi foo!&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Can you please clarify how to fix that? I'm using CentOS 7:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="markup"&gt;  Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
       CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
            Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-1127.8.2.el7.x86_64
      Architecture: x86-64&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;LD output:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="markup"&gt;GNU ld version 2.27-44.base.el7
ld: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386 elf32-iamcu elf32-x86-64 a.out-i386-linux pei-i386 pei-x86-64 elf64-l1om elf64-k1om elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big plugin srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary ihex
ld: supported emulations: elf_x86_64 elf32_x86_64 elf_i386 elf_iamcu i386linux elf_l1om elf_k1om&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;P.S. When I try to check libfoo.a symbols with nm, I'm getting "foo.o: File format not recognized" error. NM version output:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI-CODE lang="markup"&gt;GNU nm version 2.27-44.base.el7
nm: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386 elf32-iamcu elf32-x86-64 a.out-i386-linux pei-i386 pei-x86-64 elf64-l1om elf64-k1om elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big plugin srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary ihex&lt;/LI-CODE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 16:59:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-MPI-Library/Link-time-optimization-issue-when-using-ICX/m-p/1290793#M8456</guid>
      <dc:creator>fatvlad1744</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-06-17T16:59:53Z</dc:date>
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