Older Arm architectures do not support the MOVT and MOVW instructions so we
must use an alternative sequence of instructions to transfer control to the
destination.
Assuming at least Armv5 this patch adds support for Thunks that load or add
to the program counter. Note that there are no Armv5 Thumb Thunks as there
is no Thumb branch instruction in Armv5 that supports Thunks. These thunks
will not work for Armv4t (arm7tdmi) as this architecture cannot change state
from using the LDR or ADD instruction.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D50077
llvm-svn: 340160
When an OutputSection is larger than the branch range for a Target we
need to place thunks such that they are always in range of their caller,
and sufficiently spaced to maximise the number of callers that can use
the thunk. We use the simple heuristic of placing the
ThunkSection at intervals corresponding to a target specific branch range.
If the OutputSection is small we put the thunks at the end of the executable
sections.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D34689
llvm-svn: 316751
The symbols generated for Thunks have type STT_FUNC, to permit a thunk to
be reused via a blx instruction the Thumb bit (0) needs to be set properly.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D34036
llvm-svn: 305065
Peter Smith