On 2023-08-22 11:56, Richard Henderson wrote:
>> +L(magic_num):
>> +    .align          6
>> +    .dword          0x0706050403020100
>> +    .dword          0x0f0e0d0c0b0a0908
>> +ENTRY_NO_ALIGN(STRNCMP)
>> +    beqz            a2, L(ret0)
>> +    pcaddi          t0, -5
>> +    andi            a3, a0, 0xf
>> +    vld             vr2, t0, 0
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> Why is the data not in .rodata or a mergable constant section?
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> You can use pcalau12i and %pc_lo12 with vld to place this data anywhere.
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> r~ 

Putting the data here is due to the performance. When the vld
instruction is executed, the data will be in the cache, it can
speed up the data loading.