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Re: Unreviewed patch for PR 11297
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:10:59 -0400
- Subject: Re: Unreviewed patch for PR 11297
>>>>> Jakub Jelinek writes:
>> What is the benefit of the vthunk static alias anyway?
Jakub> Avoiding call through .plt or .got access in most arches, often saving
Jakub> a dynamic relocation.
I think if I understand the purpose, then all ABI_AIX systems do
that automatically in the linker: the caller always treats the call as
local and the linker creates a stub if it is not.
Okay, go ahead and commit the patch. We'll see what breaks -- if
we can tell amid the current mess.
David