Now it's done :P

Author: grendello

src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ApplicationConfigNativeAssemblyGenerator.cs

@@ -276,11 +276,12 @@ protected override void Construct (LlvmIrModule module)
 
 			// This variable MUST be written after `dso_cache` since it relies on sorting performed by HashAndSortDSOCache
 			var dso_jni_preloads_idx = new LlvmIrGlobalVariable (new List<uint> (), "dso_jni_preloads_idx", LlvmIrVariableOptions.GlobalConstant) {
-				Comment = "Indices of DSO libraries to preload because of JNI use",
+				Comment = " Indices into dso_cache[] of DSO libraries to preload because of JNI use",
 				ArrayItemCount = (uint)dsoState.JniPreloadDSOs.Count,
 				BeforeWriteCallback = PopulatePreloadIndices,
 				BeforeWriteCallbackCallerState = dsoState,
 			};
+			module.AddGlobalVariable ("dso_jni_preloads_idx_count", dso_jni_preloads_idx.ArrayItemCount);
 			module.Add (dso_jni_preloads_idx);
 
 			var aot_dso_cache = new LlvmIrGlobalVariable (dsoState.AotDsoCache, "aot_dso_cache", LlvmIrVariableOptions.GlobalWritable) {

src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Utilities/ApplicationConfigNativeAssemblyGeneratorCLR.cs

@@ -396,11 +396,12 @@ protected override void Construct (LlvmIrModule module)
 
 		// This variable MUST be written after `dso_cache` since it relies on sorting performed by HashAndSortDSOCache
 		var dso_jni_preloads_idx = new LlvmIrGlobalVariable (new List<uint> (), "dso_jni_preloads_idx", LlvmIrVariableOptions.GlobalConstant) {
-			Comment = "Indices of DSO libraries to preload because of JNI use",
+			Comment = " Indices into dso_cache[] of DSO libraries to preload because of JNI use",
 			ArrayItemCount = (uint)dsoState.JniPreloadDSOs.Count,
 			BeforeWriteCallback = PopulatePreloadIndices,
 			BeforeWriteCallbackCallerState = dsoState,
 		};
+		module.AddGlobalVariable ("dso_jni_preloads_idx_count", dso_jni_preloads_idx.ArrayItemCount);
 		module.Add (dso_jni_preloads_idx);
 
 		var aot_dso_cache = new LlvmIrGlobalVariable (dsoState.AotDsoCache, "aot_dso_cache", LlvmIrVariableOptions.GlobalWritable) {