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<h3 class="section">7.82 <code>.p2align[wl] </code><var>abs-expr</var><code>, </code><var>abs-expr</var><code>, </code><var>abs-expr</var></h3>
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<p><a name="index-padding-the-location-counter-given-a-power-of-two-412"></a><a name="index-_0040code_007bp2align_007d-directive-413"></a>Pad the location counter (in the current subsection) to a particular
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storage boundary.  The first expression (which must be absolute) is the
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number of low-order zero bits the location counter must have after
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advancement.  For example <span class="samp">.p2align 3</span> advances the location
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counter until it a multiple of 8.  If the location counter is already a
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multiple of 8, no change is needed.
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   <p>The second expression (also absolute) gives the fill value to be stored in the
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padding bytes.  It (and the comma) may be omitted.  If it is omitted, the
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padding bytes are normally zero.  However, on some systems, if the section is
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marked as containing code and the fill value is omitted, the space is filled
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with no-op instructions.
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   <p>The third expression is also absolute, and is also optional.  If it is present,
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it is the maximum number of bytes that should be skipped by this alignment
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directive.  If doing the alignment would require skipping more bytes than the
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specified maximum, then the alignment is not done at all.  You can omit the
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fill value (the second argument) entirely by simply using two commas after the
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required alignment; this can be useful if you want the alignment to be filled
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with no-op instructions when appropriate.
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   <p><a name="index-_0040code_007bp2alignw_007d-directive-414"></a><a name="index-_0040code_007bp2alignl_007d-directive-415"></a>The <code>.p2alignw</code> and <code>.p2alignl</code> directives are variants of the
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<code>.p2align</code> directive.  The <code>.p2alignw</code> directive treats the fill
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pattern as a two byte word value.  The <code>.p2alignl</code> directives treats the
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fill pattern as a four byte longword value.  For example, <code>.p2alignw
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2,0x368d</code> will align to a multiple of 4.  If it skips two bytes, they will be
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filled in with the value 0x368d (the exact placement of the bytes depends upon
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the endianness of the processor).  If it skips 1 or 3 bytes, the fill value is
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undefined.
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