Re: [RFC] rationale for systematic elimination of OP_SYMADDR instructions

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On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ack. I think the OP_SYMADDR elimination was wrong, and your patch is
> the right thing to do.
>
> It was done to roughly approximate the 32-bit x86 code, making the
> pseudo-asm that the linearizer outputs look more like x86 address
> generation, but you're right, it's bogus.

OK, thanks.
Now I just need to go hunt the regression I saw when I made and used
the patch. But that's another story.

-- Luc
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