[PATCH] D28841: ELF: Add support for relocation type R_X86_64_8.

[Rafael Avila de Espindola via llvm-commits]

LGTM.

Peter Collingbourne via Phabricator via llvm-commits
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> This is needed for the ThinLTO implementation of control flow integrity, see http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2016-October/106490.html for more details.
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> The R_X86_64_8 relocation type in particular is needed for 8-bit immediate operands, such as the rorl instruction's rotate count operand.
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> https://reviews.llvm.org/D28841
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