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| <h5 class="subsubsection">9.55.5.4 literal</h5> |
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| <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bliteral_007d-directive-2662"></a> |
| The <code>.literal</code> directive is used to define literal pool data, i.e., |
| read-only 32-bit data accessed via <code>L32R</code> instructions. |
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| <pre class="smallexample"> .literal <var>label</var>, <var>value</var>[, <var>value</var>...] |
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| <p>This directive is similar to the standard <code>.word</code> directive, except |
| that the actual location of the literal data is determined by the |
| assembler and linker, not by the position of the <code>.literal</code> |
| directive. Using this directive gives the assembler freedom to locate |
| the literal data in the most appropriate place and possibly to combine |
| identical literals. For example, the code: |
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| <pre class="smallexample"> entry sp, 40 |
| .literal .L1, sym |
| l32r a4, .L1 |
| </pre> |
| <p>can be used to load a pointer to the symbol <code>sym</code> into register |
| <code>a4</code>. The value of <code>sym</code> will not be placed between the |
| <code>ENTRY</code> and <code>L32R</code> instructions; instead, the assembler puts |
| the data in a literal pool. |
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| <p>Literal pools are placed by default in separate literal sections; |
| however, when using the ‘<samp><span class="samp">--text-section-literals</span></samp>’ |
| option (see <a href="Xtensa-Options.html#Xtensa-Options">Command-line Options</a>), the literal |
| pools for PC-relative mode <code>L32R</code> instructions |
| are placed in the current section.<a rel="footnote" href="#fn-1" name="fnd-1"><sup>1</sup></a> |
| These text section literal |
| pools are created automatically before <code>ENTRY</code> instructions and |
| manually after ‘<samp><span class="samp">.literal_position</span></samp>’ directives (see <a href="Literal-Position-Directive.html#Literal-Position-Directive">literal_position</a>). If there are no preceding |
| <code>ENTRY</code> instructions, explicit <code>.literal_position</code> directives |
| must be used to place the text section literal pools; otherwise, |
| <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> will report an error. |
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| <p>When literals are placed in separate sections, the literal section names |
| are derived from the names of the sections where the literals are |
| defined. The base literal section names are <code>.literal</code> for |
| PC-relative mode <code>L32R</code> instructions and <code>.lit4</code> for absolute |
| mode <code>L32R</code> instructions (see <a href="Absolute-Literals-Directive.html#Absolute-Literals-Directive">absolute-literals</a>). These base names are used for literals defined in |
| the default <code>.text</code> section. For literals defined in other |
| sections or within the scope of a <code>literal_prefix</code> directive |
| (see <a href="Literal-Prefix-Directive.html#Literal-Prefix-Directive">literal_prefix</a>), the following rules |
| determine the literal section name: |
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| <ol type=1 start=1> |
| <li>If the current section is a member of a section group, the literal |
| section name includes the group name as a suffix to the base |
| <code>.literal</code> or <code>.lit4</code> name, with a period to separate the base |
| name and group name. The literal section is also made a member of the |
| group. |
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| <li>If the current section name (or <code>literal_prefix</code> value) begins with |
| “<code>.gnu.linkonce.</code><var>kind</var><code>.</code>”, the literal section name is formed |
| by replacing “<code>.</code><var>kind</var>” with the base <code>.literal</code> or |
| <code>.lit4</code> name. For example, for literals defined in a section named |
| <code>.gnu.linkonce.t.func</code>, the literal section will be |
| <code>.gnu.linkonce.literal.func</code> or <code>.gnu.linkonce.lit4.func</code>. |
| |
| <li>If the current section name (or <code>literal_prefix</code> value) ends with |
| <code>.text</code>, the literal section name is formed by replacing that |
| suffix with the base <code>.literal</code> or <code>.lit4</code> name. For example, |
| for literals defined in a section named <code>.iram0.text</code>, the literal |
| section will be <code>.iram0.literal</code> or <code>.iram0.lit4</code>. |
| |
| <li>If none of the preceding conditions apply, the literal section name is |
| formed by adding the base <code>.literal</code> or <code>.lit4</code> name as a |
| suffix to the current section name (or <code>literal_prefix</code> value). |
| </ol> |
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| <h4>Footnotes</h4><p class="footnote"><small>[<a name="fn-1" href="#fnd-1">1</a>]</small> Literals for the |
| <code>.init</code> and <code>.fini</code> sections are always placed in separate |
| sections, even when ‘<samp><span class="samp">--text-section-literals</span></samp>’ is enabled.</p> |
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