[LLVMdev] static initialization

[Hiesgen, Raphael]

Hi Tim,

sorry it took me so lang to reply.

>> Apparently it works in a similar way on clang, but remains silent on the details.
> 
> The main issue I saw is that Clang doesn't supply a
> crtbegin.o/crtend.o. Actually, I think most of that bit is documenting
> the Linux platform ABI rather than any universal truths. When
> compiling for Linux, Clang uses GCC's version of those files.
> 
> But it sounds like you're creating your own anyway, so it probably
> doesn't matter.

My target platform is OS X and later different embedded devices. For the gcc build it is indeed not necessary to provide the crt*.o files. I simply defined __init_array_{start, end} as extern and called all contained functions

>> Is there a more detailed documentation I have overlooked or could you give me a hint how to acquire function pointers?
> 
> All the sections and so on are ABI details so they should be identical
> when targeting the same platform. Are you seeing some particular
> problem with the code emitted by Clang?
> 
> Across CPUs main difference to watch out for is whether .init_array
> (newer systems) or .ctors (the traditional way) is being used
> primarily. But both Clang and GCC should agree in each case.


I have a newer system and .init_array is probably the section in use. I searched online for crt* files (and how to write or use them). While I found some, they did not work for or I used them wrong. I guess my understanding of how the whole thing is supposed to work is not that good yet.

Thanks
Raphael