Fix: trace events in C++ constructors/destructors

[lttng-ust.git] / include / lttng / ust-compiler.h

diff --git a/include/lttng/ust-compiler.h b/include/lttng/ust-compiler.h
index e81246a34b63a2cfb374467e211c93286a749a65..38c89b0892adaca4be0ce4142470d3be4bc80d34 100644 (file)
--- a/include/lttng/ust-compiler.h
+++ b/include/lttng/ust-compiler.h
@@ -103,11 +103,17 @@
                LTTNG_UST_COMPILER__COMBINE_TOKENS(_tokena, _tokenb)
 /*
  * Wrap constructor and destructor functions to invoke them as functions with
- * the constructor/destructor GNU C attributes when building as C, or as the
- * constructor/destructor of a variable defined within an anonymous namespace
- * when building as C++.
+ * the constructor/destructor GNU C attributes, which ensures that those
+ * constructors/destructors are ordered before/after C++
+ * constructors/destructors.
+ *
+ * Wrap constructor and destructor functions as the constructor/destructor of a
+ * variable defined within an anonymous namespace when building as C++ with
+ * LTTNG_UST_ALLOCATE_COMPOUND_LITERAL_ON_HEAP defined. With this option,
+ * there are no guarantees that the events in C++ constructors/destructors will
+ * be traced.
  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
+#if defined (__cplusplus) && defined (LTTNG_UST_ALLOCATE_COMPOUND_LITERAL_ON_HEAP)
 #define LTTNG_UST_DECLARE_CONSTRUCTOR_DESTRUCTOR(name, constructor_func,       \
                                                 destructor_func, ...)          \
 namespace lttng {                                                              \
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@ const lttng::ust::details::LTTNG_UST_COMPILER_COMBINE_TOKENS(                       \
        lttng_ust_constructor_destructor_, name)                                \
                LTTNG_UST_COMPILER_COMBINE_TOKENS(name, registration_instance); \
 }
-#else /* __cplusplus */
+#else
 #define LTTNG_UST_DECLARE_CONSTRUCTOR_DESTRUCTOR(name, constructor_func,       \
                                                 destructor_func, ...)          \
        static void LTTNG_UST_COMPILER_COMBINE_TOKENS(lttng_ust_constructor_, name)(void) \