[Bug c++/56606] GCC refuses to emit long calls for operator new/delete on PowerPC

[msebor at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56606

--- Comment #3 from Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
Test case and its output:

$ cat u.cpp && /build/gcc-trunk/gcc/xgcc -B /build/gcc-trunk/gcc -O2 -Wall
-Wextra -c -mlongcall u.cpp && objdump -r u.o
extern void foo();
void bar() {
    foo();
    new char;
}

u.o:     file format elf64-powerpcle

RELOCATION RECORDS FOR [.text]:
OFFSET           TYPE              VALUE 
0000000000000000 R_PPC64_REL16_HA  .TOC.
0000000000000004 R_PPC64_REL16_LO  .TOC.+0x0000000000000004
000000000000000c R_PPC64_TOC16_HA  .toc
0000000000000010 R_PPC64_TOC16_LO_DS  .toc
0000000000000030 R_PPC64_REL24     _Znwm


RELOCATION RECORDS FOR [.toc]:
OFFSET           TYPE              VALUE 
0000000000000000 R_PPC64_ADDR64    _Z3foov


RELOCATION RECORDS FOR [.eh_frame]:
OFFSET           TYPE              VALUE 
000000000000001c R_PPC64_REL32     .text