binutils knows that a branch to a function descriptor is actually a branch to the function text. By removing the explicit branch to dot symbols, we maintain both ABIv1 and ABIv2 compatibility. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> --- Index: b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S =================================================================== --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S @@ -675,9 +675,9 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_TM) mr r31, r4 addi r3, r31, VCPU_FPRS_TM - bl .load_fp_state + bl load_fp_state addi r3, r31, VCPU_VRS_TM - bl .load_vr_state + bl load_vr_state mr r4, r31 lwz r7, VCPU_VRSAVE_TM(r4) mtspr SPRN_VRSAVE, r7 @@ -1421,9 +1421,9 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_TM) /* Save FP/VSX. */ addi r3, r9, VCPU_FPRS_TM - bl .store_fp_state + bl store_fp_state addi r3, r9, VCPU_VRS_TM - bl .store_vr_state + bl store_vr_state mfspr r6, SPRN_VRSAVE stw r6, VCPU_VRSAVE_TM(r9) 1: @@ -2421,11 +2421,11 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_VSX) mtmsrd r8 isync addi r3,r3,VCPU_FPRS - bl .store_fp_state + bl store_fp_state #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC BEGIN_FTR_SECTION addi r3,r31,VCPU_VRS - bl .store_vr_state + bl store_vr_state END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC) #endif mfspr r6,SPRN_VRSAVE @@ -2457,11 +2457,11 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_VSX) mtmsrd r8 isync addi r3,r4,VCPU_FPRS - bl .load_fp_state + bl load_fp_state #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC BEGIN_FTR_SECTION addi r3,r31,VCPU_VRS - bl .load_vr_state + bl load_vr_state END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC) #endif lwz r7,VCPU_VRSAVE(r31) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html