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Build modules using PCREL addressing when CONFIG_PPC_KERNEL_PCREL=y.
- The module loader must handle several new relocation types:
* R_PPC64_REL24_NOTOC is a function call handled like R_PPC_REL24, but
does not restore r2 upon return. The external function call stub is
changed to use pcrel addressing to load the function pointer rather
than based on the module TOC.
* R_PPC64_GOT_PCREL34 is a reference to external data. A GOT table
must be built by hand, because the linker adds this during the final
link (which is not done for kernel modules). The GOT table is built
similarly to the way the external function call stub table is. This
section is called .mygot because .got has a special meaning for the
linker and can become upset.
* R_PPC64_PCREL34 is used for local data addressing, but there is a
special case where the percpu section is moved at load-time to the
percpu area which is out of range of this relocation. This requires
the PCREL34 relocations are converted to use GOT_PCREL34 addressing.
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
[mpe: Some coding style & formatting fixups]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230408021752.862660-7-npiggin@gmail.com
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.