linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4

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Date:   Sun, 9 Apr 2017 09:51:21 +0100
From:   Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@...too.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        "H . J . Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4

On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 10:27:52 +0200
SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> > That caused ia64 module loader to choke
> > on such instructions:
> >     fuse: invalid slot number 1 for IMM64  
> 
> Why does it matter to check such a value?

I'm not sure I follow the question. Is your question about
linux kernel relocation code handler, gcc or ia64 instruction
format?

-- 

  Sergei

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