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Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add support for R_386_GOT32X/R_X86_64_[REX_]GOTPCRELX
- From: Rafael EspÃndola <rafael dot espindola at gmail dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 10:58:05 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add support for R_386_GOT32X/R_X86_64_[REX_]GOTPCRELX
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Hi H.J. Lu,
Sorry if I missed this somewhere else, but could you explain why we
need these new relocations? Is it just to move work from the linker to
the assembler or there was some correctness issue optimizing a plain
R_X86_64_GOTPCREL?
Thanks,
Rafael