[PATCH] D74166: [AIX][Frontend] Static init implementation for AIX considering no priority

Fri Jun 12 19:27:53 PDT 2020

hubert.reinterpretcast added inline comments.

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Comment at: clang/test/CodeGen/static-init.cpp:31
+// CHECK: @llvm.global_ctors = appending global [1 x { i32, void ()*, i8* }] [{ i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @__sinit80000000_clang_510e898aa8d263cac999dd03eeed5b51, i8* null }]
+// CHECK: @llvm.global_dtors = appending global [1 x { i32, void ()*, i8* }] [{ i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @__sterm80000000_clang_510e898aa8d263cac999dd03eeed5b51, i8* null }]
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Okay, the restricted scope of this patch seems to landed in a place where how the `llvm.global_dtors` array will be handled is not indicated...

The backend should implement the semantics of the IR construct. When handling said array in the IR, it seems the method to handle the requisite semantics would be to generate an alias (with the appropriate linkage for the linker to pick it up) that is named using the `__sinit`/`__sterm` convention. Which is to say that at least some part of the naming should eventually move into the LLVM side and out of Clang.

Please update the description of this patch to indicate that:

  - The `llvm.global_ctors` and `llvm.global_dtors` functionality has not yet been implemented on AIX.
  - This patch temporarily side-steps the need to implement that functionality.
  - The apparent uses of that functionality in this patch (with respect to the name of the functions involved) are not representative of how the functionality will be used once implemented.

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