> For this we need a certain old, but little-known feature of UNIX linkers
STOP WRITING NON-PORTABLE CODE YOU BASTARDS.
The correct answer is, as always, “stop using mutable global variables you bastard”.
Signed: someone who is endlessly annoyed with people who incorrectly think Unix is the only platform their code will run on. Write standard C/C++ that doesn’t rely on obscure tricks. Your co-workers will hate you less.
Author here. This is part of SPDK-based server code. Transportability outside of UNIX (mostly Linux) is entirely irrelevant. By the way, the global variables here are immutable after the initialisation, that's the point.
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STOP WRITING NON-PORTABLE CODE YOU BASTARDS.
The correct answer is, as always, “stop using mutable global variables you bastard”.
Signed: someone who is endlessly annoyed with people who incorrectly think Unix is the only platform their code will run on. Write standard C/C++ that doesn’t rely on obscure tricks. Your co-workers will hate you less.