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Re: [PATCH] Fix alignment for the first section frag on xtensa
- From: Sterling Augustine <augustine dot sterling at gmail dot com>
- To: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc at gmail dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, David Weatherford <weath at cadence dot com>, Marc Gauthier <marc at cadence dot com>, "linux-xtensa at linux-xtensa dot org" <linux-xtensa at linux-xtensa dot org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:01:51 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix alignment for the first section frag on xtensa
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Sterling Augustine
<augustine.sterling@gmail.com> wrote:
> foo.s
> .text
> .align 8
> ....//lots of code requiring relaxation
> //some kind of padding that doesn't include actual text, but can be
> adjusted by relaxation
>
> bar.s
> .global bar
Rats: should be another line here:
// some additional padding similar to the padding that ended bar.
> //some code to ensure the current frag is closed.
> bar:
> .align 16 (should be greater than foo's alignment, and applies to the
> entire section.)
>
> I'd need to play with it a bit to get the details right.
>
> The patch only applies to the frag where the alignment directive appears.
>
> And, of course, I haven't written Xtensa code in years, so I may be
> missing something.