Re: [PATCH 03/14] powerpc: build-time fixup alternate feature relative addresses

2016-07-21 Thread Nicholas Piggin
On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:44:02 +1000 Nicholas Piggin wrote: > fixup_entry data could be stripped at build time after this change. Actually that's crazy, no it couldn't! Fortunately I didn't attempt to try that. Laziness pays off yet again. ___ Linuxppc-d

[PATCH 03/14] powerpc: build-time fixup alternate feature relative addresses

2016-07-21 Thread Nicholas Piggin
Implement build-time fixup of alternate feature relative addresses for the out-of-line ("else") patch code. This is done post-link with a new powerpc build tool that parses relocations and fixup structures, and adjusts branch instructions. The "else" part of the feature patching system currently r