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Diffstat (limited to 'backends/plugins/shorts-segment-manager.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | backends/plugins/shorts-segment-manager.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/backends/plugins/shorts-segment-manager.h b/backends/plugins/shorts-segment-manager.h index 02f5221e8d..54a13d88e1 100644 --- a/backends/plugins/shorts-segment-manager.h +++ b/backends/plugins/shorts-segment-manager.h @@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ #define ShortsMan ShortSegmentManager::instance() +/** + * Manages the segments of small data put in the gp-relative area for MIPS processors, + * and lets these segments be handled differently in the ELF loader. + * Since there's no true dynamic linker to change the GP register between plugins and the main engine, + * custom linker scripts ensure the GP-area is in the same place for both. + */ class ShortSegmentManager : public Common::Singleton<ShortSegmentManager> { private: char *_shortsStart; @@ -41,6 +47,8 @@ public: char *getShortsStart() { return _shortsStart; } + + // Returns whether or not an absolute address is in the GP-relative section. bool inGeneralSegment(char *addr) { return ((char *)addr >= _shortsStart && (char *)addr < _shortsEnd); } |