On 01/09/2018 01:26 AM, Nathan Rossi wrote:
> On 18 November 2017 at 22:13, Nathan Rossi <nat...@nathanrossi.com> wrote:
>> On 18 November 2017 at 04:25, Jeff Law <l...@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/15/2017 11:58 PM, Nathan Rossi wrote:
>>>> Remove the MicroBlaze specific TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_IDENT definition, and
>>>> use the default.
>>>>
>>>> This resolves issues associated with the use of the .sdata2 operation in
>>>> cases where emitted assembly after the ident output is incorrectly in
>>>> the .sdata2 section instead of .text or any other expected section.
>>>> Which results in assembly failures including operations with symbols
>>>> across different segments.
>>>>
>>>> gcc/ChangeLog
>>>>
>>>> 2017-11-16  Nathan Rossi  <nat...@nathanrossi.com>
>>>>
>>>>       PR target/83013
>>>>       * config/microblaze/microblaze-protos.h
>>>>       (microblaze_asm_output_ident): Delete
>>>>       * config/microblaze/microblaze.c (microblaze_asm_output_ident): 
>>>> Delete
>>>>       * config/microblaze/microblaze.h (TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_IDENT): Default
>>> But isn't the purpose of the override to force certain small-enough
>>> objects into the .sdata2 section and by removing the override aren't you
>>> losing that capability?
>>>
>>> It does seem like the override is broken in that it changes the current
>>> section behind the back of the generic code.
>>>
>>> Wouldn't a better fix be to ensure that the override arranges to switch
>>> back to whatever the current section is?  Perhaps using .pushsection and
>>> .popsection would help here?
>>>
>>
>> That would be a better fix, however I sent this change first as it
>> seemed it might be preferred to remove the target specific behavior
>> instead of fixing it. Since it is the only target that actually uses
>> the TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_IDENT to change the output asm content (others
>> either define the default or have a function that calls the default).
>>
>> But I can sort out a patch that fixes the behavior instead if that is 
>> preferred?
> 
> Ping. Should I sort out a patch which uses the push/pop of the section
> or is this patch preferred?
I'd approve a push/pop.  THe current patch as-is seems broken to me.

jeff

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