+WL_U := -Wl,-u,
+find-symbols = $(if $1, $(sort $(shell $(NM) -P -g $1 | $2)))
+defined-symbols = $(call find-symbols,$1,awk '$$2!="U"{print $$1}')
+undefined-symbols = $(call find-symbols,$1,awk '$$2=="U"{print $$1}')
+
+# All the .mo objects in -m variables are also added into corresponding -y
+# variable in unnest-vars, but filtered out here, when LINK is called.
+#
+# The .mo objects are supposed to be linked as a DSO, for module build. So here
+# they are only used as a placeholders to generate those "archive undefined"
+# symbol options (-Wl,-u,$symbol_name), which are the archive functions
+# referenced by the code in the DSO.
+#
+# Also the presence in -y variables will also guarantee they are built before
+# linking executables that will load them. So we can look up symbol reference
+# in LINK.
+#
+# This is necessary because the exectuable itself may not use the function, in
+# which case the function would not be linked in. Then the DSO loading will
+# fail because of the missing symbol.
+process-archive-undefs = $(filter-out %.a %.mo,$1) \
+ $(addprefix $(WL_U), \
+ $(filter $(call defined-symbols,$(filter %.a, $1)), \
+ $(call undefined-symbols,$(filter %.mo,$1)))) \
+ $(filter %.a,$1)
+