[libc-commits] [libc] [llvm] [libc] Export a pointer to the RPC client directly (PR #117913)

[Joseph Huber via libc-commits]

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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static_assert(cpp::is_trivially_copyable<Client>::value &&
               "The client is not trivially copyable from the server");
 
 /// The libc client instance used to communicate with the server.
-extern Client client;
+[[gnu::visibility("protected")]] extern Client client asm("__llvm_rpc_client");
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jhuber6 wrote:

I don't know, but it's already how we export the `libc` functions themselves in the `libc` project so it's nothing new there. It's like
```
namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE {
  void foo() __asm__("foo");
}
```

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/117913