[LLVMdev] Telling clang/LLVM a data object is "near"

[Joerg Sonnenberger]

On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 10:21:12AM -0700, Ofer Porat wrote:
> Is there a way to tell clang to assume that a piece of data is near, such as
> 
> extern __attribute((assume_near))__ int x;
> 
> and generate code accordingly (i.e. not via GOT access).

Hidden visibility should do exactly that.

Joerg