[release-branch.go1.17] cmd/link: force eager binding when using plugins on darwin

When building/using plugins on darwin, we need to use flat
namespace so the same symbol from the main executable and the
plugin can be resolved to the same address. Apparently, when using
flat namespace the dynamic linker can hang at forkExec when
resolving a lazy binding. Work around it by forcing early bindings.

Updates #38824.
Fixes #50246.

Change-Id: I983aa0a0960b15bf3f7871382e8231ee244655f4
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/372798
Trust: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Than McIntosh <thanm@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
(cherry picked from commit c5fee935bbb8f02406eb653cfed550593755a1a4)
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/373094

3 files changed, 62 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/misc/cgo/testplugin/plugin_test.go b/misc/cgo/testplugin/plugin_test.go
index ba4dd4cc4c..c8ded42b69 100644
--- a/misc/cgo/testplugin/plugin_test.go
+++ b/misc/cgo/testplugin/plugin_test.go
@@ -293,3 +293,31 @@ func TestIssue44956(t *testing.T) {
 	goCmd(t, "build", "-o", "issue44956.exe", "./issue44956/main.go")
 	run(t, "./issue44956.exe")
 }
+
+func TestForkExec(t *testing.T) {
+	// Issue 38824: importing the plugin package causes it hang in forkExec on darwin.
+
+	t.Parallel()
+	goCmd(t, "build", "-o", "forkexec.exe", "./forkexec/main.go")
+
+	var cmd *exec.Cmd
+	done := make(chan int, 1)
+
+	go func() {
+		for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+			cmd = exec.Command("./forkexec.exe", "1")
+			err := cmd.Run()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("running command failed: %v", err)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		done <- 1
+	}()
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Minute):
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		t.Fatalf("subprocess hang")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/misc/cgo/testplugin/testdata/forkexec/main.go b/misc/cgo/testplugin/testdata/forkexec/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3169ff5f04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/cgo/testplugin/testdata/forkexec/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	_ "plugin"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	if os.Args[1] != "1" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < 8; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			// does not matter what we exec, just exec itself
+			cmd := exec.Command("./forkexec.exe", "0")
+			cmd.Run()
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index 644faeb2fb..8972f2ccaf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -1267,7 +1267,10 @@ func (ctxt *Link) hostlink() {
 		if ctxt.DynlinkingGo() && buildcfg.GOOS != "ios" {
 			// -flat_namespace is deprecated on iOS.
 			// It is useful for supporting plugins. We don't support plugins on iOS.
-			argv = append(argv, "-Wl,-flat_namespace")
+			// -flat_namespace may cause the dynamic linker to hang at forkExec when
+			// resolving a lazy binding. See issue 38824.
+			// Force eager resolution to work around.
+			argv = append(argv, "-Wl,-flat_namespace", "-Wl,-bind_at_load")
 		}
 		if !combineDwarf {
 			argv = append(argv, "-Wl,-S") // suppress STAB (symbolic debugging) symbols