[PATCH] PowerPC: Simplify code for accessing powerpc GOT

[Andreas Schwab]

Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-start.S b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-start.S
> index ae41f47..9f84a48 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-start.S
> +++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/dl-start.S
> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
>  /* Machine-dependent ELF startup code.  PowerPC version.
> -   Copyright (C) 1995-2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +   Copyright (C) 1995-2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011
> +	Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>     This file is part of the GNU C Library.
>  
>     The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> @@ -47,8 +48,7 @@ _dl_start_user:
>     passed by value!).  */
>  
>  /*  Put our GOT pointer in r31, */
> -	bcl	20,31,1f
> -1:	mflr	r31
> +	SETUP_GOT_ACCESS(r31)
>  	addis	r31,r31,_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_-1b@ha
>  	addi	r31,r31,_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_-1b@l

That is too fragile.  The label name should be a macro argument.

Andreas.

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