http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52634
Bug #: 52634 Summary: multiple definition error when using alias Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: lto AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: tian...@cernet.edu.cn When compiling a project which have 11 cpp files with -flto, g++-4.7 reports the following error ------ xxx.ltrans25.ltrans.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `cfliteKeyCallBacks' xxx.ltrans15.ltrans.o:(.bss+0x0): first defined here xxx.ltrans29.ltrans.o:(.data+0xc80): multiple definition of `cfliteKeyCallBacks' xxx.ltrans15.ltrans.o:(.bss+0x0): first defined here in xxx.ltrans25.s, I found ---- .hidden cfliteKeyCallBacks .globl cfliteKeyCallBacks .bss .align 32 .type cfliteKeyCallBacks, @object .size cfliteKeyCallBacks, 48 cfliteKeyCallBacks: .zero 48 .set cfliteArrayCallBacks.4936,cfliteKeyCallBacks in xxx.ltrans15.s, I found ---- .hidden cfliteKeyCallBacks .globl cfliteKeyCallBacks .bss .align 32 .type cfliteKeyCallBacks, @object .size cfliteKeyCallBacks, 48 cfliteKeyCallBacks: .zero 48 .set cfliteValueCallBacks.3513,cfliteKeyCallBacks in xxx.ltrans29.s, I found ---- .hidden cfliteKeyCallBacks .globl cfliteKeyCallBacks .data .align 32 .type cfliteKeyCallBacks, @object .size cfliteKeyCallBacks, 48 cfliteKeyCallBacks: .quad 0 .quad _ZL17cflite_key_retainPK13__CFAllocatorPKv.19440 .quad _ZL18cflite_key_releasePK13__CFAllocatorPKv.19434 .quad _ZL21cflite_key_copy_descrPKv.19447 .quad _ZL16cflite_key_equalPKvS0_.19429 .quad _ZL15cflite_key_hashPKv.19425 And in cflite.cpp, the corespond source is --------------- ... CFDictionaryKeyCallBacks cfliteKeyCallBacks = { 0, cflite_key_retain, cflite_key_release, cflite_key_copy_descr, cflite_key_equal, cflite_key_hash, }; extern CFDictionaryValueCallBacks cfliteValueCallBacks __attribute__((alias("cfliteKeyCallBacks"))); extern CFArrayCallBacks cfliteArrayCallBacks __attribute__((alias("cfliteKeyCallBacks"))); The project compiles ok without -flto.