RFC: PATCH: PR x86_64/584: Detect call on protected symbol

[Jakub Jelinek]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 02:48:34PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> X86_64 uses R_X86_64_PC32 for both branch and store/load. Linker
> can't tell if a protected symbol reference is local or global just
> by relocation. This patch disassembles the code to check for call.

Eh, why you need the disassembler there?
Isn't it enough just to check if R_X86_64_PC32's r_offset > 0 and
contents[r_offset - 1] == 0xe8?

	Jakub