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-rw-r--r-- | rts/linker/MachO.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rts/linker/MachO.c b/rts/linker/MachO.c index cdafcb1c89..1a18ee6a74 100644 --- a/rts/linker/MachO.c +++ b/rts/linker/MachO.c @@ -551,7 +551,17 @@ relocateSectionAarch64(ObjectCode * oc, Section * section) } else { value = (uint64_t)symbol->addr; // address of the symbol. } - if((value - pc + addend) >> (2 + 26)) { + // We've got: + // + 2 bits, for alignment + // + 26 bits for for the relocation value + // - 1 bit for signage. + // + // Thus we can encode 26 bits for relocation, including the sign + // bit. However as branches need to be 4-byte aligned, we only + // need 26 bits to address a 28 bit range. Thus discarding the + // sign bit, we can encode a range of +/- 27bits. + // + if((value - pc + addend) >> (2 + 26 - 1)) { /* we need a stub */ /* check if we already have that stub */ if(findStub(section, (void**)&value, 0)) { |