On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 08:34:39AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 07:49:08PM +0800, Yao Qi wrote:
> > In original test case, breakpoint is set on insn nop, while main
> > branches to insn push, so breakpoint is not hit.
> > 
> > 0000000a <func_loopfb_start>:
> >    a:   bf00            nop 
> > 
> > 0000000c <func_loopfb>:
> >    c:   b480            push    {r7}
> > 
> > I thought this nop is generated for alignment, so I added '.align 2'
> > for label func_loopfb_start to force it to be equal to func_loopfb.  I
> > make a mistake here.
> > 
> > I don't know why nop is generated on label func_loopfb_start, and once
> > '.align 2' is added, nop is *not* generated, so failures go away by
> > accident.
> 
> Can you use func_loopfb instead of func_loopfb_start in the .S file?
> Or, can you define func_loopfb_start as asm ("func_loopfb_start =
> func_loopfb")?
> 
> A third option is to address Mark's concern by using ".p2align 4"; I
> believe that is 16-byte alignment on all platforms gas supports, and
> this test probably requires gas in practice already.

Yeah, update my patch by replacing '.align 2' with '.p2align 4'.
Is that OK?

> 
> The existing code is not correct, for the reason you've found; the
> compiler typically uses .align or .p2align at the start of a function.

I see, thanks.

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