[llvm-commits] [PATCH] Use an alternate symbol for function-size calc

[Joerg Sonnenberger]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 09:09:55PM -0500, Rafael Ávila de Espíndola wrote:
> On 29/12/11 03:20 PM, Hal Finkel wrote:
> > This small patch fixes a compatibility problem between the ppc linux asm
> > printer and recent versions of binutils (as explained in the test case).
> > With this patch, llvm's behavior will again match that of gcc. It
> > touches CodeGen/AsmPrinter; please review.
> 
> Do you know when this was changed in binutils? Maybe we should always
> use the local symbol instead of making this a ppc only change.

Or more importantly, why it was changed. There seems to be a plethora of
questionable changes in binutils lately.

Joerg