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For multi-function programs, loading the address of a callee function to a register requires emitting instructions whose count varies from one to five depending on the nature of the address. Since we come to know of the callee's address only before the extra pass, the number of instructions required to load this address may vary from what was previously generated. This can make the JITed image grow or shrink. To avoid this, we should generate a constant five-instruction when loading function addresses by padding the optimized load sequence with NOPs. Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.