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[Morello] Insufficient R_MORELLO_JUMP_SLOT documentation #69
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Fix the specification for R_MORELLO_JUMP_SLOT to use the same format
as R_MORELLO_RELATIVE.
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amilendra committed Mar 7, 2024
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address of a data symbol which must be resolved at load time when dynamic
linking.

``R_MORELLO_JUMP_SLOT`` instructs the dynamic loader to create a 16-byte capability
in the GOT entry identified by r_offset. The capability holds the address of a
function symbol which must be resolved at load time.
``R_MORELLO_JUMP_SLOT`` instructs the dynamic loader to derive a 16-byte
capability in the GOT entry identified by ``r_offset``. Information needed to
derive the capability is encoded in the fragment identified by ``r_offset``.
The address and permissions must be written to the fragment. See `Dynamic
linking with Morello`_ for details.

``R_MORELLO_RELATIVE`` represents an optimization of ``R_MORELLO_GLOB_DAT``. It can be
used when the symbol resolves to the current shared object or executable. ``S``
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When dynamic linking, capability initialization is done by the dynamic linker as
a result of processing one of the dynamic relocations listed in
`Dynamic relocations table`_. For ``R_MORELLO_RELATIVE`` and
``R_MORELLO_IRELATIVE`` relocations, the static linker must write the following
`Dynamic relocations table`_. For ``R_MORELLO_JUMP_SLOT``, ``R_MORELLO_RELATIVE``
and ``R_MORELLO_IRELATIVE`` relocations, the static linker must write the following
information to the fragment identified by ``r_offset``.

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