Due to some recent optimizations related to the compare
instruction, DS-form load instructions started to be used
to load 8-byte go.strings. This can cause link time errors
if the go.string is not aligned to 4 bytes.
For DS-form instructions, the value in the offset field must
be a multiple of 4. If the offset is known at the time the
rules are processed, a DS-form load will not be chosen. But for
go.strings, the offset is not known at that time, but a
relocation is generated indicating that the linker should fill
in the DS relocation. When the linker tries to fill in the
relocation, if the offset is not aligned properly, a link error
will occur.
To fix this, when loading a go.string using MOVDload, the full
address of the go.string is generated and loaded into the base
register. Then the go.string is loaded with a 0 offset field.
Added a testcase that reproduces this problem.
Fixes#24799
Change-Id: I6a154e8e1cba64eae290be0fbcb608b75884ecdd
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/107855
Run-TryBot: Lynn Boger <laboger@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: David Chase <drchase@google.com>
The test directory contains tests of the Go tool chain and runtime.
It includes black box tests, regression tests, and error output tests.
They are run as part of all.bash.
To run just these tests, execute:
../bin/go run run.go
Standard library tests should be written as regular Go tests in the appropriate package.
The tool chain and runtime also have regular Go tests in their packages.
The main reasons to add a new test to this directory are:
it is most naturally expressed using the test runner; or
it is also applicable to gccgo and other Go tool chains.