[llvm-dev] Got stuck with PC-rel branching

[Friedman, Eli via llvm-dev]

On 1/19/2017 10:21 AM, Peter Bel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For the function call - yes, probably. But what about branching inside 
> one function (standard if-then for example)?
>
> For example:
> echo "int g() { int a = 1; if (a > 3) return 1; return 0; }" | clang 
> -x c - -o /tmp/a.o -c && objdump -d /tmp/a.o

Yes, the assembler tries to avoid emitting relocations for relative 
offsets within a section.  See MCAssembler::layout, particularly the bit 
at the end where it calls applyFixup().

-Eli

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