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Android arm64 cross-build fails with current main and NDK r29 #65771
Description
Version
Current upstream main at 1e9fd9544ef38e6e36ca1d5ab7af3bab5b20496d
Platform
Android 11 target, arm64, API 30
Android NDK r29
Linux x86_64 build host
What steps will reproduce the bug?
On an unmodified checkout of main:
./android-configure /path/to/android-ndk-r29 30 arm64
makeWhat do you see instead?
The Android configure script assigns the Android target compiler to CC and
CXX. That compiler is also used for host-side tools such as ICU and V8
generators. The Android zlib target includes the NDK CPU-feature header but
does not include the corresponding sources/android/cpufeatures/cpu-features.c
implementation, which causes the Android CPU feature symbols to be missing
from the link.
Android cross builds can also reach V8 host-tool configurations where the
required POSIX trap-handler sources are not selected. Android trap-handler
activation must remain disabled; the required source selection is a separate
build concern.
Expected behavior
android-configure should select separate host and target compilers, and an
Android arm64 build should complete without requiring local absolute paths or
hand-edited generated files when using NDK r29.
Current status
The follow-up changes are kept separately reviewable:
- #65772 separates host and
target compilers. - #65773 compiles the Android
NDK CPU feature implementation through a checked-in wrapper. - #65774 selects the required V8
POSIX and host simulator sources while keeping Android trap-handler support
disabled.
Validation with NDK r29, Android API 30, and arm64 completed successfully. The
resulting Node binary also passed basic zlib, crypto, Intl, WebAssembly, and
SharedArrayBuffer runtime checks on Android 11.
The issue remains open pending upstream review and CI completion for the three
follow-up pull requests.
Validation notes
Runtime loading used the matching NDK libc++_shared.so alongside the binary
and did not require a system-image change.
The earlier NDK r27d std::atomic_ref compatibility observation is retained
only as historical context. PR #65775 was closed because an ordinary simdutf
API is not an equivalent atomic fallback for SharedArrayBuffer access; it is
not part of the current fix.
The changes are intended to be generic and do not depend on a particular
Android system-image integration, device serial number, or checkout path.
Activity
luoqianlin commentedon Sep 4, 2026
Follow-up during validation: PR #65775 was closed because replacing
atomic_refaccess with an ordinary simdutf API would not preserve theatomic memory semantics required for SharedArrayBuffer. It is outside the
scope of the current NDK r29 issue.
Validation of the combined changes covers PRs #65772, #65773, and #65774 with
Android NDK r29. The combined changes separate host and target compilers,
compile the Android CPU-feature implementation used by zlib, and select the
required V8 trap-handler sources while keeping Android trap-handler activation
disabled.
The combined Android arm64 build completed successfully, and the resulting
Node.js binary passed basic zlib, crypto, Intl, WebAssembly, and
SharedArrayBuffer runtime checks on Android 11.
MikeMcC399 commentedon Sep 4, 2026
@luoqianlin
Could you please add the
Refs:link to the body of the text in your PRs to refer back to this issue?See Commit message guidelines according to the Pull requests documentation.
[-]Android arm64 cross-build fails with current main and NDK r27d[/-][+]Android arm64 cross-build fails with current main and NDK r29[/+]