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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sparc/sysdep.h3
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5f966e8072..c12571959a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2012-02-20 David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
+ * sysdeps/unix/sparc/sysdep.h: Document why we don't use
+ "rd %pc" in the PIC register setup sequences.
+
* sysdeps/sparc/crti.S: Try to use GOTDATA relocs.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/dl-machine.h (RTLD_START): Likewise.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/elf/start.S: Likewise.
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sparc/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/unix/sparc/sysdep.h
index 10d561e789..1a095cc6c2 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sparc/sysdep.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sparc/sysdep.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ __sparc_get_pc_thunk.reg: \
.previous; \
.endif;
+/* Even when v9 we use a call sequence instead of using "rd %pc" because
+ RDPC is extremely expensive and incurs a full pipeline flush. */
+
#define SETUP_PIC_REG(reg) \
SPARC_PIC_THUNK(reg) \
sethi %hi(_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_-4), %##reg; \