[llvm] [PowerPC] Support local-dynamic TLS relocation on AIX (PR #66316)
Amy Kwan via llvm-commits
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Wed Sep 27 21:09:06 PDT 2023
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@@ -757,6 +772,17 @@ getTOCEntryTypeForMO(const MachineOperand &MO) {
llvm_unreachable("Unexpected operand type to get TOC type.");
}
}
+
+// FIXME: find alternative approach to get rid of this hack.
+// On AIX, TLS-local-dynamic requires that the symbol for the module handle must
+// have the name "_$TLSML". This symbol is used as one TOC symbol reference
+// itself with an ML relocation type, thus it has "[TC]" attached to its name.
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amy-kwan wrote:
```suggestion
// FIXME: find an alternative approach to get rid of this hack.
// On AIX, TLS-local-dynamic requires that the symbol for the module handle must
// have the name "_$TLSML". This symbol is used as one TOC symbol reference
// with an @ml relocation specifier, thus it has "[TC]" attached to its name.
```
Maybe this makes a bit more sense?
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/66316
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