From 0fbc35681ff0825be97802efcccf953bc4573a45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Wilson Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 09:31:59 -0800 Subject: Add reference to implicit use in _bfd_elf_is_local_label_name. gas/ * write.h (FAKE_LABEL_CHAR): Expand comment. --- gas/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ 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 + + * write.h (FAKE_LABEL_CHAR): Expand comment. + 2017-11-24 Jan Beulich * 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 -- cgit v1.1