[PATCH] [RFC][PATCH] Minor opt to access pointers to globals via pcrel GOT entries

[Bruno Cardoso Lopes]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Rafael Espíndola
<rafael.espindola at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Note that there is no +4 in test2.s.
>>
>> GOTPCREL relocations work differently in ELF and don't require this hack.
>>
>
> Cool. Do you know if it is documented somewhere?

Not that I'm aware of, discovered this by accident =(

> In any case, test.s and test2.s versions of X86_64 OS X are attached, and it
> works with the +4 :-)

Cool.
FWIW, I've attached the examples I've used to test it on darwin,
similar to yours, but using the tables from the testcase in the patch.

-- 
Bruno Cardoso Lopes
http://www.brunocardoso.cc
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