[llvm-branch-commits] ELF: Introduce R_AARCH64_PATCHINST relocation type. (PR #133534)

[Fangrui Song via llvm-branch-commits]

MaskRay wrote:

> The R_AARCH64_PATCHINST relocation type is to support deactivation symbols. For more information, see the RFC: [discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-deactivation-symbols/85556](https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-deactivation-symbols/85556)
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> An AArch64 psABI extension proposal has been made: [ARM-software/abi-aa#329](https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/issues/329)

The RFC is quite long and doesn't come up with an assembly example. Adding some description of how the relocation works will help future readers.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/133534