microblaze C++ constuctors

[tcmichals]

I asked this question @ https://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Embedded-Development-Tools/Invoking-C-constuctors-before-main/td-p/1121717  but so far no answers, so see if any one knows the answer here.

The issue is __init is not loading the CTORS table to invoke global  constructors.

__init function is in crti.S, but I cannot find the file in the source, here is the disassembly,  does not look it tries and load a point and jump to the CTORS table.

          __init:
0000abbc:   addik         r1 , r1 , -16
0000abc0:   sw            r15, r0 , r1
0000abc4:   addik         r11, r0 , -1
0000abc8:   mts           rSHR, r11
0000abcc:   addik         r11, r0 , 0
0000abd0:   mts           rSLR, r11
0000abd4:   lw            r15, r0 , r1
0000abd8:   rtsd          r15, 8
0000abdc:   addik         r1 , r1 , 16

[Cosmin]

Hello, tcmichals.

 

You are indeed right that this is supposed to work. This is probably an issue with the compiler.

 

Can you try one of the following options?

• dynamically allocate an instance of the class using the `new` keyword
• instantiate the class in a non-global context (although I do understand that's what you want)
• initialize the class member in the declaration itself (although this is probably just a semantic change)

[tcmichals]

4 hours ago, Cosmin said:

• dynamically allocate an instance of the class using the `new` keyword
• instantiate the class in a non-global context (although I do understand that's what you want)
• initialize the class member in the declaration itself (although this is probably just a semantic change)

>instantiate the class in a non-global context (although I do understand that's what you want)
Yes this works. (I did the example in main.cpp to validate the class does call the constructor, just did't copy all the code)

>initialize the class member in the declaration itself (although this is probably just a semantic change)
Yes, I changed the code and called the init in main.

I did not try new, since local instantiation, works, I would think new  works.

When I get some time, will look at the CTORs table, it should be list of function pointers, so, I can just do a function call in main, to call the table.