__libc_ia64_register_backing_store_base

[Jeff Sturm]

On 29 Aug 2001, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> rth@cygnus.com writes:
> > A temporary workaround for bohem-gc is attached, but I think the
> > proper solution is to move the init of this variable into libc.
> > Specifically, into _dl_start_user for ld.so, and __libc_init_first
> > for the static libc.  Uli, this seem right to you?
> 
> Does this mean the GC is starting to do some work before the
> constructors are run?  This seems just wrong.  If not all constructors
> have finished their work the system is not yet in a consistent state
> and things like this can happen.  Note that this variable is set
> before the applications constructors are run so the latter are fine.

There has been at least one proposal to kill static initializers in
libjava:

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2001-05/msg00046.html

The patch defers GC startup until after all static constructors, but it
was never installed.  IIRC the concern was thread safety in class
registration.

Jeff