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[PowerPC] Add .iplt to powerpc linker scripts
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Authored by bdragon on Dec 14 2019, 11:53 PM.
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Summary

In some situations, the link editor needs to generate a secondary PLT table for ifuncs, which is initialized by .rela.dyn R_PPC_IRELATIVE relocs instead of .rela.plt R_PPC_JMP_SLOT relocs.

Ensure the .iplt section is emitted to prevent future confusion when we start using ifuncs in powerpc kernels.

Noticed while discussing https://reviews.llvm.org/D71509 with meowray in IRC.

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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jan 22 2020, 5:56 PM

Is this still needed? We've had ifuncs for a year now, with no problems.

It ended up being not entirely necessary due to the linker behavior of forcing required sections into whatever segment is a natural fit for them, unless we explicitly break it with /DISCARD/.