[PATCH] D86706: [LLD][PowerPC] Add a pc-rel based long branch thunk

[Fangrui Song via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

MaskRay added inline comments.


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Comment at: lld/ELF/Thunks.cpp:1114
+    return (s.stOther >> 5) > 1
+               ? (Thunk *)make<PPC64R12SetupStub>(s)
+               : (Thunk *)make<PPC64PCRelLongBranchThunk>(s, a);
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How is the new `PPC64PCRelLongBranchThunk` different from `PPC64R12SetupStub`? Why can't the two be unified?


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