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--- Comment #4 from Alan Modra ---
Yes, st_value is not added by ppc32 ld.so because st_value is included in
r_addend for STB_LOCAL symbols by ld. This goes back further than 2003, in
fact to 1997. The 2003 patch you found reverted an earlie
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--- Comment #3 from Fangrui Song ---
Thanks for the information.
* Aligned R_PPC64_UADDR64 -> R_PPC64_ADDR64 => the code is there and it
doesn't hurt anyone, so let's keep it
* Misaligned R_PPC64_ADDR64 -> R_PPC64_UADDR64 => this matters on
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Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED
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--- Comment #1 from Fangrui Song ---
Thinking more. ADDR/UADDR distinction probably makes little sense.
I withdraw my proposal that teachs gas to emit UADDR.
Some ld conversion rules can probably be deleted:
Aligned R_PPC64_UADDR64 -> R_PPC6
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Fangrui Song changed:
What|Removed |Added
Component|gas |ld
Summary|[powerpc] gas sh
