[RS6000] Adjust gcc asm for power10
Segher Boessenkool
segher@kernel.crashing.org
Thu Oct 1 00:15:14 GMT 2020
Hi Alan,
On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 08:49:44AM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 05:36:08PM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 05:06:57PM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> > > Generate assembly that is .localentry 1 with @notoc calls to match.
> >
> > What is the purpose of this? Non-obvious patchexs without any
> > explanation like that cost needless extra time to review :-/
> >
> > "Support __PCREL__ code." suggests that it did not even build before?
> > Or did not work? Or is this just a perfomance improvement?
>
> Sorry, I sometimes credit you with super-human powers. It's a
> performance improvement for libgcc.a. Calling between functions that
> advertise as using the TOC and those that don't, will require linker
> call stubs.
Thanks for the explanation!
Segher
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