[PATCH 8/8] bfd/ELF: fold BFD_RELOC_<arch>_PCREL*

[mengqinggang]

在 2026/3/19 15:41, Jan Beulich 写道:
> On 16.03.2026 03:34, mengqinggang wrote:
>> 在 2026/3/13 18:00, Jan Beulich 写道:
>>
>>> There's no need to have a separate reloc per arch; just like for other
>>> more or less generic ones a single one will (mostly) do, as long as the
>>> resulting reloc's properties fit such a generic use (in the assembler it
>>> could, after all, also result from ordinary expressions or uses with the
>>> .reloc directive). Arm64, C-Sky, and KVX - sadly - are once again
>>> exceptions.
>>>
>>> For cris it's a PLT reloc which is being replaced.
>>>
>>> For msp430 also drop BFD_RELOC_MSP430_16_BYTE, which has already been
>>> merely an alias of BFD_RELOC_16 (resolving to R_MSP430_16_BYTE).
>>> ---
>>> It's not clear to me why LoongArch's "fast" lookup stopped at
>>> BFD_RELOC_LARCH_RELAX (which is also unlike the range special cased in
>>> gas); subsequent relocations also are contiguous. IOW instead of dropping
>>> BFD_RELOC_LARCH_{32,64}_PCREL (and moving the "terminator" slightly back),
>>> the target may want (need) excluding here as well.
>> Maybe we forgot to modify here when adding new relocations.
> Question then is - should I make the change here at all? Or do you want me
> to leave LoongArch alone?


Yes, please make the change.

Thanks,
Meng
>
> Jan