powerpc: No need to use dot symbols when branching to a function
binutils is smart enough to know that a branch to a function
descriptor is actually a branch to the functions text address.
Alan tells me that binutils has been doing this for 9 years.
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64e.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64e.h
index a563d9af..a8b52b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64e.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64e.h
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@
mtlr r16;
#define TLB_MISS_STATS_D(name) \
addi r9,r13,MMSTAT_DSTATS+name; \
- bl .tlb_stat_inc;
+ bl tlb_stat_inc;
#define TLB_MISS_STATS_I(name) \
addi r9,r13,MMSTAT_ISTATS+name; \
- bl .tlb_stat_inc;
+ bl tlb_stat_inc;
#define TLB_MISS_STATS_X(name) \
ld r8,PACA_EXTLB+EX_TLB_ESR(r13); \
cmpdi cr2,r8,-1; \
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
addi r9,r13,MMSTAT_DSTATS+name; \
b 62f; \
61: addi r9,r13,MMSTAT_ISTATS+name; \
-62: bl .tlb_stat_inc;
+62: bl tlb_stat_inc;
#define TLB_MISS_STATS_SAVE_INFO \
std r14,EX_TLB_ESR(r12); /* save ESR */
#define TLB_MISS_STATS_SAVE_INFO_BOLTED \