[PATCH] ELF/ARM: Ignore R_ARM_V4BX but allow linking

[Adhemerval Zanella]

I am creating a test right now.  The problem relies that default GCC configuration
for arm-linux-gnueabi{hf} emits the relocation for the asm:

-

.syntax unified
.arm

.p2align 2
.type fn, %function
fn:

  ldr r3, .LGOT
  ldr r2, .LGOT+4

.LPIC:

  add r3, pc, r3
  ldr r2, [r3, r2]
  cmp r2, #0
  bxeq lr
  b __start__

.LGOT:
 .word _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_-(.LPIC+8)

.word __start__(GOT)
--------------------

But only if you use -march=armv4 (which is the default GCC configuration).  For
arm5 and forward the relocation is not created. This a special relocation 
(defined miscellaneous for ARM) that instruct the linker to replace the bx
instruction into a mov.  GNU linker has some options related to which substitution
it can create for such cases.

I am not sure of the status of ARM4 support for lld, but I think it should
not bail linking for this case in special.


http://reviews.llvm.org/D9020

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