[Bug ld/32591] undue GOTPCREL relaxation attempts

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32591

--- Comment #12 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> ---
(In reply to Jan Beulich from comment #11)
> (In reply to H.J. Lu from comment #10)
> > Please try it on Xen.
> 
> I don't see why I would put time into doing so. As previously indicated, Xen
> expects .got to be empty. I don't see how that could be achieved without the
> MOV -> LEA transformation.

GOT is used to access memory beyond 4GB, including local memory.  BUT there is
no run-time relocation in GOT for local memory.  I believe my patch should work
for most cases as indicated by the testscases include in my patch.

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