include/

	* elf/dwarf2.h (DW_OP_GNU_encoded_addr): New.
binutils/
	* dwarf.c (size_of_encoded_value, get_encoded_value): Move up.
	(decode_location_expression): Add section parameter.  Handle
	DW_OP_GNU_encoded_addr.
	(read_and_display_attr_value): Update decode_location_expression call.
	(display_debug_loc, display_debug_frames): Likewise.
gas/
        * dw2gencfi.c (DWARF2_ADDR_SIZE): Provide default.
        (struct cfi_insn_data): Add ea member.
        (CFI_val_encoded_addr, dot_cfi_val_encoded_addr): New.
        (output_cfi_insn): Handle CFI_val_encoded_addr.
        (select_cie_for_fde): Don't match CFI_val_encoded_addr.
        * doc/as.texinfo (.cfi_val_encoded_addr): Document.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
index 92b4cde..c0aef5c 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -4230,6 +4230,17 @@ Allows the user to add arbitrary bytes to the unwind info.  One
 might use this to add OS-specific CFI opcodes, or generic CFI
 opcodes that GAS does not yet support.
 
+@section @code{.cfi_val_encoded_addr @var{register}, @var{encoding}, @var{label}}
+The current value of @var{register} is @var{label}.  The value of @var{label}
+will be encoded in the output file according to @var{encoding}; see the
+description of @code{.cfi_personality} for details on this encoding.
+
+The usefulness of equating a register to a fixed label is probably
+limited to the return address register.  Here, it can be useful to
+mark a code segment that has only one return address which is reached
+by a direct branch and no copy of the return address exists in memory
+or another register.
+
 @node LNS directives
 @section @code{.file @var{fileno} @var{filename}}
 @cindex @code{file} directive