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    powerpc: Simplify module TOC handling · c153693d
    Alan Modra authored
    PowerPC64 uses the symbol .TOC. much as other targets use
    _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_. It identifies the value of the GOT pointer (or in
    powerpc parlance, the TOC pointer). Global offset tables are generally
    local to an executable or shared library, or in the kernel, module. Thus
    it does not make sense for a module to resolve a relocation against
    .TOC. to the kernel's .TOC. value. A module has its own .TOC., and
    indeed the powerpc64 module relocation processing ignores the kernel
    value of .TOC. and instead calculates a module-local value.
    
    This patch removes code involved in exporting the kernel .TOC., tweaks
    modpost to ignore an undefined .TOC., and the module loader to twiddle
    the section symbol so that .TOC. isn't seen as undefined.
    
    Note that if the kernel was compiled with -msingle-pic-base then ELFv2
    would not have function global entry code setting up r2. In that case
    the module call stubs would need to be modified to set up r2 using the
    kernel .TOC. value, requiring some of this code to be reinstated.
    
    mpe: Furthermore a change in binutils master (not yet released) causes
    the current way we handle the TOC to no longer work when building with
    MODVERSIONS=y and RELOCATABLE=n. The symptom is that modules can not be
    loaded due to there being no version found for TOC.
    
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.16+
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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