Subject: Re: ia64: fix module loading for gcc-5.4
To: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>, "H . J . Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
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Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 11:02:43 +0200
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>>> 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?

I am just curious if this source code could also work without
the mentioned check.
Would it make sense to check more than two values there?

Regards,
Markus