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Re: x86-64 and large code model questions/bugs
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:21:16AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 09:39:39AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> >>> He'll get much better code by putting the program into a -fPIC .so,
> >>> loading it from a small stub and then unmap the stub.
> >>> large model generates really very bad code because all jumps
> >>> will be indirect.
> >> Is it also true with -fpie?
> >
> > Not sure what you mean?
>
> Right, sorry. I meant "can you also use -fpie and use a linker script
> to relocate the text section", if you want to place it high but the code
> is not gigantic?
That would require -fpie crt*
Probably doable, but needs some more effort than just
using a classical main() stub.
-Andi
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