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| -rw-r--r-- | gas/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/write.h | 11 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog index d6c9d4c..13fee06 100644 --- a/gas/ChangeLog +++ b/gas/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2017-11-24 Jim Wilson <jimw@sifive.com> + + * write.h (FAKE_LABEL_CHAR): Expand comment. + 2017-11-24 Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> * config/tc-i386.c (check_VecOperations): Check register type diff --git a/gas/write.h b/gas/write.h index 4157bc9..d2c6af6 100644 --- a/gas/write.h +++ b/gas/write.h @@ -27,8 +27,15 @@ #define FAKE_LABEL_NAME "L0\001" #endif -/* This is the special character used to indicate a fake symbol. Must be - present in FAKE_LABEL_NAME. */ +/* This is a special character that is used to indicate a fake label. + It must be present in FAKE_LABEL_NAME, although it does not have to + be the first character. It must not be a character that would be + found in a valid symbol name. + + Also be aware that the function _bfd_elf_is_local_label_name in + bfd/elf.c has an implicit assumption that FAKE_LABEL_CHAR is '\001'. + If this is not the case then FAKE_LABEL_NAME must start with ".L" in + order for the function to continue working. */ #ifndef FAKE_LABEL_CHAR #define FAKE_LABEL_CHAR '\001' #endif |