On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 at 16:46, H.J. Lu wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> >
> > From: Ard Biesheuvel
> >
> > Commit bde21de1205 ("i386: Honour -mdirect-extern-access when calling
> > __fentry__") updated the logic that emits mcount() / __fentry__() calls
> > into fun
On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM H.J. Lu wrote:
> fprintf (file, "1:\tcall\t*%s@GOT(%%ebx)\n", mcount_name);
> diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pr119386-1.c
> b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pr119386-1.c
> index 174d00f1e27..56e44c89859 100644
> --- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/pr119
On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
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> From: Ard Biesheuvel
>
> Commit bde21de1205 ("i386: Honour -mdirect-extern-access when calling
> __fentry__") updated the logic that emits mcount() / __fentry__() calls
> into function prologues when profiling is enabled, to avoid GOT-based
On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>
> On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 at 16:46, H.J. Lu wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Ard Biesheuvel
> > >
> > > Commit bde21de1205 ("i386: Honour -mdirect-extern-access when calling
> > > __fentry__")
From: Ard Biesheuvel
Commit bde21de1205 ("i386: Honour -mdirect-extern-access when calling
__fentry__") updated the logic that emits mcount() / __fentry__() calls
into function prologues when profiling is enabled, to avoid GOT-based
indirect calls when a direct call would suffice.
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