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Teach Generic_GCC to append -lstdc++fs when using libstdc++ from a valid GCC installation whose version is >= 5.3.0 and < 9.2.0. This covers older libstdc++ where std::filesystem resides in a separate library, improving out-of-the-box linking without affecting libc++ or newer libstdc++ where filesystem is integrated.

Update bare-metal driver tests (aarch64, arm, riscv32, riscv64) to expect "-lstdc++fs" alongside "-lstdc++". Behavior triggers only for libstdc++ with detected GCC in the specified version range.

Fixes: SWDEV-549946

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@llvm/pr-subscribers-backend-risc-v

@llvm/pr-subscribers-clang-driver

Author: Yaxun (Sam) Liu (yxsamliu)

Changes

Teach Generic_GCC to append -lstdc++fs when using libstdc++ from a valid GCC installation older than 9.2.0. This handles older libstdc++ where std::filesystem lives in a separate library, improving out-of-the-box linking without affecting libc++ or newer GCC/libstdc++.

Updates bare-metal driver tests (aarch64, arm, riscv32, riscv64) to expect -lstdc++fs alongside -lstdc++. Behavior only triggers for libstdc++ with detected GCC < 9.2.0.

Fixes: SWDEV-549946


Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/154826.diff

6 Files Affected:

  • (modified) clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp (+18)
  • (modified) clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h (+2)
  • (modified) clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c (+2-2)
  • (modified) clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c (+2-2)
  • (modified) clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c (+2-2)
  • (modified) clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c (+2-2)
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
index 01b146db24f3e..dbeb731e1dcfa 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,24 @@ void tools::gnutools::StaticLibTool::ConstructJob(
                                          Exec, CmdArgs, Inputs, Output));
 }
 
+void Generic_GCC::AddCXXStdlibLibArgs(const ArgList &Args,
+                                      ArgStringList &CmdArgs) const {
+  ToolChain::AddCXXStdlibLibArgs(Args, CmdArgs);
+  CXXStdlibType Type = GetCXXStdlibType(Args);
+
+  switch (Type) {
+  case ToolChain::CST_Libcxx:
+    // Do nothing.
+    break;
+
+  case ToolChain::CST_Libstdcxx:
+    if (GCCInstallation.isValid() &&
+        GCCInstallation.getVersion().isOlderThan(9, 2, 0))
+      CmdArgs.push_back("-lstdc++fs");
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
 void tools::gnutools::Linker::ConstructJob(Compilation &C, const JobAction &JA,
                                            const InputInfo &Output,
                                            const InputInfoList &Inputs,
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h
index ad817452e5933..2b088d962f0a2 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ class LLVM_LIBRARY_VISIBILITY Generic_GCC : public ToolChain {
   llvm::opt::DerivedArgList *
   TranslateArgs(const llvm::opt::DerivedArgList &Args, StringRef BoundArch,
                 Action::OffloadKind DeviceOffloadKind) const override;
+  void AddCXXStdlibLibArgs(const llvm::opt::ArgList &Args,
+                           llvm::opt::ArgStringList &CmdArgs) const override;
 
 protected:
   Tool *getTool(Action::ActionClass AC) const override;
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c
index 4fddcce240c13..213c24c81eb49 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/aarch64-none-elf/lib"
-// CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/../../../../aarch64-none-elf/lib"
-// CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c
index 7ee65a4782e21..b5783ae987ead 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/armv6m-none-eabi/lib"
-// CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/crtend.o"
 
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/../../../../armv6m-none-eabi/lib"
-// CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c
index 04acf1e7edbe0..2ca33ad8efcd0 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/riscv32-unknown-elf/lib"
-// CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/../../../../riscv32-unknown-elf/lib"
-// CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: env "PATH=" %clang -### %s -fuse-ld=ld -no-pie \
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c
index 378f3d9db7bad..c749035f92b9e 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/riscv64-unknown-elf/lib"
-// CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: env "PATH=" %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/../../../../riscv64-unknown-elf/lib"
-// CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: env "PATH=" %clang -### %s -fuse-ld= -no-pie \

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@llvm/pr-subscribers-clang

Author: Yaxun (Sam) Liu (yxsamliu)

Changes

Teach Generic_GCC to append -lstdc++fs when using libstdc++ from a valid GCC installation older than 9.2.0. This handles older libstdc++ where std::filesystem lives in a separate library, improving out-of-the-box linking without affecting libc++ or newer GCC/libstdc++.

Updates bare-metal driver tests (aarch64, arm, riscv32, riscv64) to expect -lstdc++fs alongside -lstdc++. Behavior only triggers for libstdc++ with detected GCC < 9.2.0.

Fixes: SWDEV-549946


Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/154826.diff

6 Files Affected:

  • (modified) clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp (+18)
  • (modified) clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h (+2)
  • (modified) clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c (+2-2)
  • (modified) clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c (+2-2)
  • (modified) clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c (+2-2)
  • (modified) clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c (+2-2)
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
index 01b146db24f3e..dbeb731e1dcfa 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,24 @@ void tools::gnutools::StaticLibTool::ConstructJob(
                                          Exec, CmdArgs, Inputs, Output));
 }
 
+void Generic_GCC::AddCXXStdlibLibArgs(const ArgList &Args,
+                                      ArgStringList &CmdArgs) const {
+  ToolChain::AddCXXStdlibLibArgs(Args, CmdArgs);
+  CXXStdlibType Type = GetCXXStdlibType(Args);
+
+  switch (Type) {
+  case ToolChain::CST_Libcxx:
+    // Do nothing.
+    break;
+
+  case ToolChain::CST_Libstdcxx:
+    if (GCCInstallation.isValid() &&
+        GCCInstallation.getVersion().isOlderThan(9, 2, 0))
+      CmdArgs.push_back("-lstdc++fs");
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
 void tools::gnutools::Linker::ConstructJob(Compilation &C, const JobAction &JA,
                                            const InputInfo &Output,
                                            const InputInfoList &Inputs,
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h
index ad817452e5933..2b088d962f0a2 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.h
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ class LLVM_LIBRARY_VISIBILITY Generic_GCC : public ToolChain {
   llvm::opt::DerivedArgList *
   TranslateArgs(const llvm::opt::DerivedArgList &Args, StringRef BoundArch,
                 Action::OffloadKind DeviceOffloadKind) const override;
+  void AddCXXStdlibLibArgs(const llvm::opt::ArgList &Args,
+                           llvm::opt::ArgStringList &CmdArgs) const override;
 
 protected:
   Tool *getTool(Action::ActionClass AC) const override;
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c
index 4fddcce240c13..213c24c81eb49 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/aarch64-toolchain.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/aarch64-none-elf/lib"
-// CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/../../../../aarch64-none-elf/lib"
-// CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-AARCH64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_aarch64_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/aarch64-none-elf/8.2.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c
index 7ee65a4782e21..b5783ae987ead 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/arm-toolchain.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/armv6m-none-eabi/lib"
-// CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/crtend.o"
 
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/../../../../armv6m-none-eabi/lib"
-// CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}.o" "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc_s" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-ARM-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_arm_gcc_tree/lib/gcc/armv6m-none-eabi/8.2.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c
index 04acf1e7edbe0..2ca33ad8efcd0 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/riscv32-toolchain.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/riscv32-unknown-elf/lib"
-// CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-ILP32: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/../../../../riscv32-unknown-elf/lib"
-// CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-RV32-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-ILP32: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv32_tree/lib/gcc/riscv32-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: env "PATH=" %clang -### %s -fuse-ld=ld -no-pie \
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c
index 378f3d9db7bad..c749035f92b9e 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/riscv64-toolchain.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/riscv64-unknown-elf/lib"
-// CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-LP64: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: env "PATH=" %clangxx -### %s -fuse-ld= \
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtbegin.o"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "-L{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/../../../../riscv64-unknown-elf/lib"
-// CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "-lstdc++" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
+// CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "-lstdc++" "-lstdc++fs" "-lm" "--start-group" "-lgcc" "-lc" "-lgloss" "--end-group"
 // CXX-RV64-BAREMETAL-NOSYSROOT-LP64: "{{.*}}/Inputs/basic_riscv64_tree/lib/gcc/riscv64-unknown-elf/8.0.1/crtend.o"
 
 // RUN: env "PATH=" %clang -### %s -fuse-ld= -no-pie \

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What about an even older GCC where std::filesystem didn't exist?

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What about an even older GCC where std::filesystem didn't exist?

The oldest GCC that has -libstdc++fs is 5.3 (https://godbolt.org/z/sroE5zvE7). I can put another boundary on it there.

Teach Generic_GCC to append -lstdc++fs when using libstdc++ from a valid GCC installation whose version is >= 5.3.0 and < 9.2.0. This covers older libstdc++ where std::filesystem resides in a separate library, improving out-of-the-box linking without affecting libc++ or newer libstdc++ where filesystem is integrated.

Update bare-metal driver tests (aarch64, arm, riscv32, riscv64) to expect "-lstdc++fs" alongside "-lstdc++". Behavior triggers only for libstdc++ with detected GCC in the specified version range.

Fixes: SWDEV-549946
@yxsamliu yxsamliu changed the title [Driver][Gnu] Auto-link libstdc++fs for GCC < 9.2 [Driver][Gnu] Auto-link libstdc++fs for GCC versions in [5.3, 9.2) Aug 21, 2025
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Do you know if gcc auto links these and this behavior matches?

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yxsamliu commented Aug 21, 2025

Do you know if gcc auto links these and this behavior matches?

gcc does not auto link this library. There are lots of posts about it if you search "undefined reference std::filesystem". Our users reported this issue when compiling HIP programs on SLES 15 with clang and gcc-tool-chain 7. I would like to improve the out-of-box experience of clang users, even on systems with older gcc.

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jhuber6 commented Aug 21, 2025

I'm a little concerned with deviating from GCC behavior for compatibility reasons, but I'm not an expert on the GNU toolchains so it would be nice to have someone who is chime in. Maybe we could just make this behavior HIP specific?

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MaskRay commented Aug 22, 2025

I am concerned with auto -lstdc++fs as well. I think old GCC versions require -lstdc++fs. If you are going to make changes in this area, especially for the old versions [5.3, 9.2), please restrict them to AMDGPU only.

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