On 11 August 2017 at 13:50, Wilco Dijkstra <wilco.dijks...@arm.com> wrote: > Kugan wrote: >> Ping^2? > > Could you make sure to either include the patch or provide a link to it? > (https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2017-06/msg01967.html) > > I think the patch is fine since avoiding adrp/ldr on literals doesn't really > help when global variables still use adrp. If you really want to avoid adrp > and don't care about the overhead, there is -mcmodel=large... > > Note once you get the OK, we should consider backporting this with > https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2017-08/msg00386.html.
good point Wilco, I'll take care to add to the backport when it'll be accepted. > Wilco