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Re: gcc-3.3.x patch for IA-64 bug with addressing function descriptors


Jim Wilson <wilson@specifixinc.com> writes:

| This patch fixes bug 16559 reported by HJ.  Code that tries to extract
| the fields from a function descriptor fails, because we emit the wrong
| relocs for the function descriptor.  This works in gcc-2.96 and gcc-3.4,
| but not in gcc-3.3.x.  HJ and I propose this simple patch to fix the
| problem.  This is a very reduced backport of the patch that fixed this
| on mainline and in the gcc-3.4 release.
| 
| This has been tested with a gcc-3.3.4 bootstrap and make check on an
| ia64-linux machine.  There were no regressions.  I believe there is
| little risk from the patch.
| 
| OK for the gcc-3.3.x release branch?  I think I need permission from
| Gaby for this, which is why I am not self approving this.

It is OK.  Thanks!

-- Gaby


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