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Re: [PATCH, RFA 1/3] BFD: Let targets handle relocations against absolute symbols

From: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at imgtec dot com>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:45:45 +0930
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFA 1/3] BFD: Let targets handle relocations against absolute symbols
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On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 01:30:01AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> 	* reloc.c (bfd_perform_relocation): Try the `howto' handler 
> 	first with relocations against absolute symbols.
> 	(bfd_install_relocation): Likewise.

The patch looks reasonable to me, so OK.  Like you I'm a little
concerned about existing howto->special_function behaving correctly
with absolute symbols, but I guess we can fix any issues as we find
them.  Did you perform any ld -r tests?

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM

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References:
- [PATCH 0/3] BFD, MIPS: Fix the handling of branch relocations against absolute symbols
  - From: Maciej W. Rozycki
- [PATCH, RFA 1/3] BFD: Let targets handle relocations against absolute symbols
  - From: Maciej W. Rozycki

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