[PATCH v2] LoongArch: Enforce 4-byte align for machine instructions.

zhaozhou zhaozhou@loongson.cn
Thu Apr 16 09:31:41 GMT 2026


If no alignment is specified in the assembly file, LoongArch will not
perform forced alignment. When this object file (.o) is linked into an
executable, instructions may not be 4-byte aligned, which will
eventually cause instruction fetch errors.

For example, the above issue can occur when generating a shared object
file (.so) with the -nostdlib option.
---
 gas/config/tc-loongarch.c                  | 5 +++++
 gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.d | 7 +++++++
 gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.s | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.d
 create mode 100644 gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.s

diff --git a/gas/config/tc-loongarch.c b/gas/config/tc-loongarch.c
index 1eb35f2c75e..cac803eb385 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-loongarch.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-loongarch.c
@@ -1432,6 +1432,11 @@ loongarch_assemble_INSNs (char *str, unsigned int expand_from_macro)
       if (*str == '\0')
 	break;
 
+      /* LoongArch instructions require 4-byte alignment.  When emitting
+	 instructions into any section, record the appropriate section
+	 alignment.  */
+      record_alignment (now_seg, 2);
+
       struct loongarch_cl_insn the_one;
       memset (&the_one, 0, sizeof (the_one));
       the_one.name = str;
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31a5d352a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.d
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#as:
+#readelf: -S
+
+#...
+  \[ [0-9]+\] \.text             PROGBITS         [0-9a-f]{16}  [0-9a-f]{8}
+       [0-9a-f]{16}  [0-9a-f]{16}  AX       0     0     4
+#...
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b4922c113f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/insn_align_4.s
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.type test, @function
+test:
+  jirl	$ra, $ra, 0
+.size test, .-test
-- 
2.47.3



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