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Re: [4.7][google]Support for getting CPU type and feature information at run-time. (issue4893046)
On 08/18/2011 10:25 AM, Sriraman Tallam wrote:
> Ok, so two things. I create the constructor as a comdat. So, it is
> created by gcc in every module but at link time only one copy will be
> kept. So, it is going to be called only once and that is not a
> problem.
Err, no. You'll wind up with one copy of the constructor
which will be called N times.
The comdat applies to the function body, not the data in
the .ctors section.
r~