PATCH: Support .quad for x32

[H.J. Lu]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com> wrote:
>>>> On 29.03.11 at 14:51, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 29.03.11 at 00:51, "H.J. Lu" <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> wrote:
>>> Looks more like a compiler bug than something that needs fixing in
>>
>> Reload generates 64bit symbol address in constant pool.  I decided it
>> is a nice optimization for x32.  Otherwise, we have to do it like ia32. See:
>>
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47958
>>
>>> binutils. If programming in assembly, using .quad may be intended
>>
>> handle_quad has
>>
>>   if (x86_elf_abi != X86_64_X32_ABI)
>>     {
>>       cons (nbytes);
>>       return;
>>     }
>>
>> It only applies to x32.
>
> Are you suggesting that no-one should write assembly code for x32?
>

Do you have a testcase to show a problem?

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.