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| author | Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> | 1999-06-11 20:23:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> | 1999-06-11 20:23:58 +0000 |
| commit | 44257b8b9dc15f3328edf0fc4647384a9bb2336e (patch) | |
| tree | a6389782035f4a78e0e79a5287962e65445214db /bfd/reloc.c | |
| parent | 76171f81c775f93a83498d00d8c10c8b0fef9983 (diff) | |
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* reloc.c (_bfd_relocate_contents): Permit bitfield relocations to
wrap if the relocation covers the high bit of an address.
Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/reloc.c')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/reloc.c b/bfd/reloc.c index 9e8735e..360c1b2 100644 --- a/bfd/reloc.c +++ b/bfd/reloc.c @@ -1560,6 +1560,15 @@ _bfd_relocate_contents (howto, input_bfd, relocation, location) /* We just assume (b & ~ fieldmask) == 0. */ + /* We explicitly permit wrap around if this relocation + covers the high bit of an address. The Linux kernel + relies on it, and it is the only way to write assembler + code which can run when loaded at a location 0x80000000 + away from the location at which it is linked. */ + if (howto->bitsize + rightshift + == bfd_arch_bits_per_address (input_bfd)) + break; + sum = a + b; if (sum < a || (sum & ~ fieldmask) != 0) { |