JonChesterfield added a comment.
> Hm, I was not aware of this Linux linker feature, thanks a lot for the
> explanation! I see only one problem with using it as a replacement for the
> begin/end objects – it looks like `__start_name`/`__stop_name` symbols are
> created with `default` visibility instead of `hidden`. I guess it will cause
> problems for offload programs that use shared libraries because DSO’s
> `__start_name`/`__stop_name` symbols will be preempted by the executable’s
> symbols and that is not what we want. Is there any way to change this
> behavior?
Declaring the symbol as `__attribute__((__visibility__("hidden")))` just works
as far as I can tell. The linker still provides the right definition, objdump
says it's hidden.
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