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What does this PR do?

Statically links libstdc++ and libgcc into Linux-musl Bun so the executable can start without those host packages.

Before loading a native addon, musl Bun now makes one best-effort RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL load of the host libstdc++.so.6, once per process. When it is installed, that restores the shared C++/unwind provider used by older addon binaries. When it is absent, Bun continues the original addon load so self-contained addons can still work and addons that require the host runtime report their authentic relocation error.

Bun's embedded C++ runtime remains local to the executable; this does not add broad C++ runtime exports.

#29681 remains reproducible. #29683's static-link change fixes standalone startup, but its x64 artifact regresses the native-addon behavior restored by #15186: @napi-rs/canvas@0.1.47 fails on an unresolved libstdc++ symbol unless the shared runtime is preloaded. Its author invited an attributed current-main successor.

Maintainer note: this intentionally performs a one-time best-effort process-global load of the host C++ runtime at the Linux-musl native-addon boundary. I would especially appreciate review of this compatibility policy.

Fixes #29681.

How did you verify your code works?

  • Built production-shaped current-main x64-musl and inspected the resulting ELF: its only direct dependency is musl libc, it has no RPATH/RUNPATH, and no broad C++/unwind runtime symbols were added to .dynsym.
  • Ran the canonical baseline-static scan on x64: 0 violations.
  • Ran the GNU debug link and canonical GNU/musl x64/aarch64 linker-flag tests.
  • The committed musl regression file passes 3/3 in the pinned provider image, including a direct check that the Bun executable has no DT_NEEDED entry for libstdc++.so.6 or libgcc_s.so.1.
  • On native x64, verified clean startup, authentic provider-absent failure, provider-present new/delete and real exception/unwind, legacy canvas, self-contained canvas with and without host providers, and optional-probe error hygiene.
  • Built production-shaped current-main aarch64-musl and verified the same ELF and zero-violation baseline properties.
  • Under direct QEMU aarch64, verified clean startup, authentic provider-absent failure, provider-present new/delete and real exception/unwind. This was emulated, not native; native/CI arm64 was not tested locally.
  • Ran source lint, codegen verification, cargo check -p bun_runtime, Rust/C++/TypeScript formatting, and whitespace checks.

Native x64 validation and supplemental aarch64 emulation passed locally. Native/CI arm64 remains an upstream CI validation boundary.

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The PR statically links C++ and GCC runtimes in Linux GNU and musl builds. It adds a one-time musl runtime loader before native addon loading. Regression tests cover runtime dependencies, allocation, and exception handling.

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Static musl runtime linkage
scripts/build/flags.ts, test/internal/source-lints/musl-static-cxx-runtime.test.ts
GNU and musl builds use static C++ and GCC runtime flags. Tests verify the flags for x64 and aarch64 targets.
Native addon runtime loader
src/runtime/napi/libc_check.rs, src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
Linux-musl builds expose a one-time loader for libstdc++.so.6. Native addon loading invokes the loader before dlopen.
Musl addon regression coverage
test/regression/issue/29681.test.ts, test/regression/issue/29681-cxx-runtime-addon.c, test/regression/issue/29681-cxx-exception-addon.cpp
Regression tests inspect executable and addon runtime symbols, then verify C-based allocation and C++ exception handling without LD_PRELOAD.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes directly address [#29681] by removing Linux-musl startup dependencies on host libstdc++ and libgcc.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The implementation and tests remain focused on Linux-musl runtime linking and native-addon compatibility.
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In `@src/runtime/napi/libc_check.rs`:
- Around line 38-42: The null-handle failure path in the libc probing logic
currently discards dlerror() without logging. Update the unsafe dlerror read in
the handle.is_null() branch to capture its message and emit it through the
appropriate bun_core debug scope using declare_scope! and scoped_log!, while
preserving the existing best-effort cleanup and behavior.

In `@test/internal/source-lints/musl-static-cxx-runtime.test.ts`:
- Around line 5-36: Update the config mock used by computeFlags to explicitly
define rustLld with the expected value matching ld, so the generated ldflags
reflect the intended linker configuration; leave the existing string-array
toContain assertions unchanged.

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`@test/internal/source-lints/musl-static-cxx-runtime.test.ts` around lines 32 -
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In `@test/regression/issue/29681.test.ts`:
- Around line 118-131: Add the standard single issue-URL comment to the
regression file, then add an unconditional musl startup test gated only by
isMusl and readelf availability. In that test, inspect the dynamic dependencies
of bunExe() with readelf and assert no NEEDED entry references libstdc++.so.6 or
libgcc_s.so.1; do not gate this property check on hasCxxRuntimeProvider.

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