// fixup_arm_thumb_br - 12-bit fixup for Thumb B instructions.
fixup_arm_thumb_br,
- // fixup_arm_bl - Fixup for ARM BL instructions.
- fixup_arm_bl,
+ // The following fixups handle the ARM BL instructions. These can be
+ // conditionalised; however, the ARM ELF ABI requires a different relocation
+ // in that case: R_ARM_JUMP24 instead of R_ARM_CALL. The difference is that
+ // R_ARM_CALL is allowed to change the instruction to a BLX inline, which has
+ // no conditional version; R_ARM_JUMP24 would have to insert a veneer.
+ //
+ // MachO does not draw a distinction between the two cases, so it will treat
+ // fixup_arm_uncondbl and fixup_arm_condbl as identical fixups.
+
+ // fixup_arm_uncondbl - Fixup for unconditional ARM BL instructions.
+ fixup_arm_uncondbl,
+
+ // fixup_arm_condbl - Fixup for ARM BL instructions with nontrivial
+ // conditionalisation.
+ fixup_arm_condbl,
// fixup_arm_blx - Fixup for ARM BLX instructions.
fixup_arm_blx,