Richard Earnshaw <rearn...@arm.com> writes:
> I'm uncomfortable about this. Generally the ARM port doesn't work well
> with the target-independent constant pool and it's better to assert that
> this is empty when it comes to final assembly generation. Can you
> clarify by way of example how this patch is working please (ie some
> sample output).
Sure, for the testcase in the PR, we get:
ldr r8, .L3
vldmia r8, {d16-d19}
...
.L3:
.word .LC0
...
.LC0:
.word 0
[x 7]
(this is at -O0). With -fPIC we get:
ldr r3, .L3
.LPIC0:
add r3, pc, r3
vldmia r3, {d16-d19}
...
.L3:
.word .LC0-(.LPIC0+8)
Richard
