I'd really like to see this in, so that powerpc doesn't silently generate wrong code. Bootstrapped and regression tested powerpc64-linux, with Jakub's java fixes applied.
* varasm.c (output_object_block): Use .org for each item in section anchor block rather than padding. Index: gcc/varasm.c =================================================================== --- gcc/varasm.c (revision 198274) +++ gcc/varasm.c (working copy) @@ -7095,6 +7105,10 @@ HOST_WIDE_INT offset; tree decl; rtx symbol; +#if HAVE_GNU_AS + static int labelno; + char buf[30]; +#endif if (!block->objects) return; @@ -7104,6 +7118,12 @@ switch_to_section (block->sect); assemble_align (block->alignment); +#if HAVE_GNU_AS + ASM_GENERATE_INTERNAL_LABEL (buf, "LANCB", labelno); + ASM_OUTPUT_INTERNAL_LABEL (asm_out_file, buf); + ++labelno; +#endif + /* Define the values of all anchors relative to the current section position. */ FOR_EACH_VEC_SAFE_ELT (block->anchors, i, symbol) @@ -7114,7 +7134,14 @@ FOR_EACH_VEC_ELT (*block->objects, i, symbol) { /* Move to the object's offset, padding with zeros if necessary. */ +#if HAVE_GNU_AS + fprintf (asm_out_file, "\t.org "); + assemble_name_raw (asm_out_file, buf); + fprintf (asm_out_file, "+" HOST_WIDE_INT_PRINT_DEC "\n", + SYMBOL_REF_BLOCK_OFFSET (symbol)); +#else assemble_zeros (SYMBOL_REF_BLOCK_OFFSET (symbol) - offset); +#endif offset = SYMBOL_REF_BLOCK_OFFSET (symbol); if (CONSTANT_POOL_ADDRESS_P (symbol)) { -- Alan Modra Australia Development Lab, IBM