Hi, this is the new version of the patch. I have bootstrapped it on both aarch64 and x86, no regression. please take a look. Okay for commit? thanks. Qing ================================== gcc/ChangeLog: 2018-11-15 qing zhao * cif-code.def (EXTERN_LIVE_ONLY_STATIC): New CIF code. * common.opt: Add -flive-patching flag. * doc/invoke.texi: Document -flive-patching. * flag-types.h (enum live_patching_level): New enum. * ipa-inline.c (can_inline_edge_p): Disable external functions from inlining when flag_live_patching is LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_ONLY_STATIC. * opts.c (control_optimizations_for_live_patching): New function. (finish_options): Make flag_live_patching incompatible with flag_lto. (common_handle_option): Handle flive-patching flag. gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2018-11-15 qing zhao * gcc.dg/live-patching-1.c: New test. * gcc.dg/live-patching-2.c: New test. * gcc.dg/tree-ssa/writeonly-3.c: New test. * gcc.target/i386/ipa-stack-alignment-2.c: New test.