[COMMITTED] [PATCH 00/12] S390: Implement __fentry__

Stefan Liebler stli@linux.ibm.com
Fri Aug 10 07:15:00 GMT 2018


On 08/07/2018 10:27 AM, Stefan Liebler wrote:
> On 08/02/2018 09:57 AM, Ilya Leoshkevich wrote:
>> This patch series adds the runtime support in glibc for the -mfentry
>> gcc feature introduced in [1] and [2].
>>
>> Patches 1-9 deal with avoiding clobbering %r0 when calling lazily bound
>> functions, so that the new __fentry__ symbol could be called with return
>> address in that register.
>>
>> Patch 10 removes the assumption that only Intel implements __fentry__.
>>
>> Patch 11 adds __fentry__ implementation.
>>
>> Patch 12 is a cleanup of problems in 31-bit mcount, which are similar to
>> those found while implementing 64-bit __fentry__.
>>
>> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2018-07/msg00784.html
>> [2] https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2018-07/msg00912.html
>>
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've reviewed the s390-specific patches. They are all okay.
> 
> I think the move of the Intel-specific __fentry__ defintion into the 
> Versions-files of the corresponding sysdeps directories is okay, too.
> Do anybody complain about that?
> 
> If not, I plan to commit this patch-series at the end of this week.
> Thank you for implementing the __fentry__ support for s390x.
> 
> Bye
> Stefan
> 

Committed.

Thanks
Stefan



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