powerpc: No need to use dot symbols when branching to a function

binutils is smart enough to know that a branch to a function
descriptor is actually a branch to the functions text address.

Alan tells me that binutils has been doing this for 9 years.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index b7363bd42452..afcfd631bf7f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ _GLOBAL(__start)
 	/* NOP this out unconditionally */
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	FIXUP_ENDIAN
-	b	.__start_initialization_multiplatform
+	b	__start_initialization_multiplatform
 END_FTR_SECTION(0, 1)
 
 	/* Catch branch to 0 in real mode */
@@ -186,16 +186,16 @@ _GLOBAL(generic_secondary_thread_init)
 	mr	r24,r3
 
 	/* turn on 64-bit mode */
-	bl	.enable_64b_mode
+	bl	enable_64b_mode
 
 	/* get a valid TOC pointer, wherever we're mapped at */
-	bl	.relative_toc
+	bl	relative_toc
 	tovirt(r2,r2)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E
 	/* Book3E initialization */
 	mr	r3,r24
-	bl	.book3e_secondary_thread_init
+	bl	book3e_secondary_thread_init
 #endif
 	b	generic_secondary_common_init
 
@@ -214,17 +214,17 @@ _GLOBAL(generic_secondary_smp_init)
 	mr	r25,r4
 
 	/* turn on 64-bit mode */
-	bl	.enable_64b_mode
+	bl	enable_64b_mode
 
 	/* get a valid TOC pointer, wherever we're mapped at */
-	bl	.relative_toc
+	bl	relative_toc
 	tovirt(r2,r2)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E
 	/* Book3E initialization */
 	mr	r3,r24
 	mr	r4,r25
-	bl	.book3e_secondary_core_init
+	bl	book3e_secondary_core_init
 #endif
 
 generic_secondary_common_init:
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ generic_secondary_common_init:
 	ld	r13,0(r13)		/* Get base vaddr of paca array	 */
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
 	addi	r13,r13,PACA_SIZE	/* know r13 if used accidentally */
-	b	.kexec_wait		/* wait for next kernel if !SMP	 */
+	b	kexec_wait		/* wait for next kernel if !SMP	 */
 #else
 	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r7, nr_cpu_ids)	/* Load nr_cpu_ids address       */
 	lwz	r7,0(r7)		/* also the max paca allocated 	 */
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ generic_secondary_common_init:
 	blt	1b
 
 	mr	r3,r24			/* not found, copy phys to r3	 */
-	b	.kexec_wait		/* next kernel might do better	 */
+	b	kexec_wait		/* next kernel might do better	 */
 
 2:	SET_PACA(r13)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E
@@ -326,10 +326,10 @@ _STATIC(__mmu_off)
  */
 _GLOBAL(__start_initialization_multiplatform)
 	/* Make sure we are running in 64 bits mode */
-	bl	.enable_64b_mode
+	bl	enable_64b_mode
 
 	/* Get TOC pointer (current runtime address) */
-	bl	.relative_toc
+	bl	relative_toc
 
 	/* find out where we are now */
 	bcl	20,31,$+4
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ _GLOBAL(__start_initialization_multiplatform)
 	 */
 	cmpldi	cr0,r5,0
 	beq	1f
-	b	.__boot_from_prom		/* yes -> prom */
+	b	__boot_from_prom		/* yes -> prom */
 1:
 	/* Save parameters */
 	mr	r31,r3
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ _GLOBAL(__start_initialization_multiplatform)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E
-	bl	.start_initialization_book3e
-	b	.__after_prom_start
+	bl	start_initialization_book3e
+	b	__after_prom_start
 #else
 	/* Setup some critical 970 SPRs before switching MMU off */
 	mfspr	r0,SPRN_PVR
@@ -368,12 +368,12 @@ _GLOBAL(__start_initialization_multiplatform)
 	beq	1f
 	cmpwi	r0,0x45		/* 970GX */
 	bne	2f
-1:	bl	.__cpu_preinit_ppc970
+1:	bl	__cpu_preinit_ppc970
 2:
 
 	/* Switch off MMU if not already off */
-	bl	.__mmu_off
-	b	.__after_prom_start
+	bl	__mmu_off
+	b	__after_prom_start
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E */
 
 _INIT_STATIC(__boot_from_prom)
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ _INIT_STATIC(__boot_from_prom)
 #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
 	/* Relocate code for where we are now */
 	mr	r3,r26
-	bl	.relocate
+	bl	relocate
 #endif
 
 	/* Restore parameters */
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ _INIT_STATIC(__boot_from_prom)
 
 	/* Do all of the interaction with OF client interface */
 	mr	r8,r26
-	bl	.prom_init
+	bl	prom_init
 #endif /* #CONFIG_PPC_OF_BOOT_TRAMPOLINE */
 
 	/* We never return. We also hit that trap if trying to boot
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ _STATIC(__after_prom_start)
 	bne	1f
 	add	r25,r25,r26
 1:	mr	r3,r25
-	bl	.relocate
+	bl	relocate
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ _STATIC(__after_prom_start)
 	lis	r5,(copy_to_here - _stext)@ha
 	addi	r5,r5,(copy_to_here - _stext)@l /* # bytes of memory to copy */
 
-	bl	.copy_and_flush		/* copy the first n bytes	 */
+	bl	copy_and_flush		/* copy the first n bytes	 */
 					/* this includes the code being	 */
 					/* executed here.		 */
 	addis	r8,r3,(4f - _stext)@ha	/* Jump to the copy of this code */
@@ -478,9 +478,9 @@ p_end:	.llong	_end - _stext
 4:	/* Now copy the rest of the kernel up to _end */
 	addis	r5,r26,(p_end - _stext)@ha
 	ld	r5,(p_end - _stext)@l(r5)	/* get _end */
-5:	bl	.copy_and_flush		/* copy the rest */
+5:	bl	copy_and_flush		/* copy the rest */
 
-9:	b	.start_here_multiplatform
+9:	b	start_here_multiplatform
 
 /*
  * Copy routine used to copy the kernel to start at physical address 0
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ __secondary_start_pmac_0:
 	
 _GLOBAL(pmac_secondary_start)
 	/* turn on 64-bit mode */
-	bl	.enable_64b_mode
+	bl	enable_64b_mode
 
 	li	r0,0
 	mfspr	r3,SPRN_HID4
@@ -556,11 +556,11 @@ _GLOBAL(pmac_secondary_start)
 	slbia
 
 	/* get TOC pointer (real address) */
-	bl	.relative_toc
+	bl	relative_toc
 	tovirt(r2,r2)
 
 	/* Copy some CPU settings from CPU 0 */
-	bl	.__restore_cpu_ppc970
+	bl	__restore_cpu_ppc970
 
 	/* pSeries do that early though I don't think we really need it */
 	mfmsr	r3
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ __secondary_start:
 	std	r14,PACAKSAVE(r13)
 
 	/* Do early setup for that CPU (stab, slb, hash table pointer) */
-	bl	.early_setup_secondary
+	bl	early_setup_secondary
 
 	/*
 	 * setup the new stack pointer, but *don't* use this until
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ _GLOBAL(start_secondary_prolog)
 	ld	r2,PACATOC(r13)
 	li	r3,0
 	std	r3,0(r1)		/* Zero the stack frame pointer	*/
-	bl	.start_secondary
+	bl	start_secondary
 	b	.
 /*
  * Reset stack pointer and call start_secondary
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ _GLOBAL(start_secondary_resume)
 	ld	r1,PACAKSAVE(r13)	/* Reload kernel stack pointer */
 	li	r3,0
 	std	r3,0(r1)		/* Zero the stack frame pointer	*/
-	bl	.start_secondary
+	bl	start_secondary
 	b	.
 #endif
 
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ p_toc:	.llong	__toc_start + 0x8000 - 0b
  */
 _INIT_STATIC(start_here_multiplatform)
 	/* set up the TOC */
-	bl      .relative_toc
+	bl      relative_toc
 	tovirt(r2,r2)
 
 	/* Clear out the BSS. It may have been done in prom_init,
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ _INIT_STATIC(start_here_multiplatform)
 
 	/* Restore parameters passed from prom_init/kexec */
 	mr	r3,r31
-	bl	.early_setup		/* also sets r13 and SPRG_PACA */
+	bl	early_setup		/* also sets r13 and SPRG_PACA */
 
 	LOAD_REG_ADDR(r3, .start_here_common)
 	ld	r4,PACAKMSR(r13)
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ _INIT_GLOBAL(start_here_common)
 	ld	r2,PACATOC(r13)
 
 	/* Do more system initializations in virtual mode */
-	bl	.setup_system
+	bl	setup_system
 
 	/* Mark interrupts soft and hard disabled (they might be enabled
 	 * in the PACA when doing hotplug)
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ _INIT_GLOBAL(start_here_common)
 	stb	r0,PACAIRQHAPPENED(r13)
 
 	/* Generic kernel entry */
-	bl	.start_kernel
+	bl	start_kernel
 
 	/* Not reached */
 	BUG_OPCODE