[PATCH 4.4 004/108] powerpc: Simplify module TOC handling

2018-02-15 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Alan Modra commit c153693d7eb9eeb28478aa2deaaf0b4e7b5ff5e9 upstream. PowerPC64 uses the symbol .TOC. much as other targets use _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_. It identifies the value

[PATCH 4.4 004/108] powerpc: Simplify module TOC handling

2018-02-15 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Alan Modra commit c153693d7eb9eeb28478aa2deaaf0b4e7b5ff5e9 upstream. PowerPC64 uses the symbol .TOC. much as other targets use _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_. It identifies the value of the GOT pointer