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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/runtime/type.go b/src/runtime/type.go
index 0467c77400..7f7849d5a0 100644
--- a/src/runtime/type.go
+++ b/src/runtime/type.go
@@ -257,7 +257,30 @@ func (t *_type) textOff(off textOff) unsafe.Pointer {
}
return res
}
- res := md.text + uintptr(off)
+ res := uintptr(0)
+
+ // The text, or instruction stream is generated as one large buffer. The off (offset) for a method is
+ // its offset within this buffer. If the total text size gets too large, there can be issues on platforms like ppc64 if
+ // the target of calls are too far for the call instruction. To resolve the large text issue, the text is split
+ // into multiple text sections to allow the linker to generate long calls when necessary. When this happens, the vaddr
+ // for each text section is set to its offset within the text. Each method's offset is compared against the section
+ // vaddrs and sizes to determine the containing section. Then the section relative offset is added to the section's
+ // relocated baseaddr to compute the method addess.
+
+ if len(md.textsectmap) > 1 {
+ for i := range md.textsectmap {
+ sectaddr := md.textsectmap[i].vaddr
+ sectlen := md.textsectmap[i].length
+ if uintptr(off) >= sectaddr && uintptr(off) <= sectaddr+sectlen {
+ res = md.textsectmap[i].baseaddr + uintptr(off) - uintptr(md.textsectmap[i].vaddr)
+ break
+ }
+ }
+ } else {
+ // single text section
+ res = md.text + uintptr(off)
+ }
+
if res > md.etext {
println("runtime: textOff", hex(off), "out of range", hex(md.text), "-", hex(md.etext))
throw("runtime: text offset out of range")