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### 4.7 `ld` and PowerPC 32-bit ELF Support

Branches on PowerPC processors are limited to a signed 26-bit displacement, which may result in `ld` giving ``relocation truncated to fit`' errors with very large programs. ``--relax`' enables the generation of trampolines that can access the entire 32-bit address space. These trampolines are inserted at section boundaries, so may not themselves be reachable if an input section exceeds 33M in size.

`--bss-plt`
  Current PowerPC GCC accepts a ``-msecure-plt`' option that generates code capable of using a newer PLT and GOT layout that has the security advantage of no executable section ever needing to be writable and no writable section ever being executable. PowerPC `ld` will generate this layout, including stubs to access the PLT, if all input files (including startup and static libraries) were compiled with ``-msecure-plt`'. ``--bss-plt`' forces the old BSS PLT (and GOT layout) which can give slightly better performance.

`--sdata-got`
  The new secure PLT and GOT are placed differently relative to other sections compared to older BSS PLT and GOT placement. The location of `.plt` must change because the new secure PLT is an initialized section while the old PLT is uninitialized. The reason for the `.got` change is more subtle: The new placement allows `.got` to be read-only in applications linked with ``-z relro -z now`'. However, this placement means that `.sdata` cannot always be used in shared libraries, because the PowerPC ABI accesses `.sdata` in shared libraries from the GOT pointer. ``--sdata-got`' forces the old GOT placement. PowerPC GCC doesn't use `.sdata` in shared libraries, so this option is really only useful for other compilers that may do so.

`--emit-stub-syms`
  This option causes `ld` to label linker stubs with a local symbol that encodes the stub type and destination.

`--no-tls-optimize`
  PowerPC `ld` normally performs some optimization of code sequences used to access Thread-Local Storage. Use this option to disable the optimization.