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Reuse the amd64 loader relocation code on arm64
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Authored by andrew on Jan 17 2021, 6:22 PM.
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There is no need to keep multiple copies of the relocation code. The
amd64 code works on arm64 with a few small changes to relocation types.

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I must admit it is a weird source before the change. IMO we should split this code into per-arch file/function, not merge arches.

But I do not deal with this code, so this is only an opinion.

This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.Jan 20 2021, 6:33 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.