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<h4 class="subsection">9.38.2 RISC-V Directives</h4>
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<p>The following table lists all available RISC-V specific directives.
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dd>
<a name="index-align-directive-1"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>.align <var>size-log-2</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Align to the given boundary, with the size given as log2 the number of bytes to
align to.
</p>
<a name="index-Data-directives"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>.half <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dt><code>.word <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dt><code>.dword <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Emits a half-word, word, or double-word value at the current position.
</p>
<a name="index-DTP_002drelative-data-directives"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>.dtprelword <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dt><code>.dtpreldword <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Emits a DTP-relative word (or double-word) at the current position.  This is
meant to be used by the compiler in shared libraries for DWARF debug info for
thread local variables.
</p>
<a name="index-BSS-directive"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>.bss</code></dt>
<dd><p>Sets the current section to the BSS section.
</p>
<a name="index-LEB128-directives"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>.uleb128 <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dt><code>.sleb128 <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Emits a signed or unsigned LEB128 value at the current position.  This only
accepts constant expressions, because symbol addresses can change with
relaxation, and we don&rsquo;t support relocations to modify LEB128 values at link
time.
</p>
<a name="index-Option-directive"></a>
<a name="index-option-directive"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>.option <var>argument</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Modifies RISC-V specific assembler options inline with the assembly code.
This is used when particular instruction sequences must be assembled with a
specific set of options.  For example, since we relax addressing sequences to
shorter GP-relative sequences when possible the initial load of GP must not be
relaxed and should be emitted as something like
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<pre class="smallexample">	.option push
	.option norelax
	la gp, __global_pointer$
	.option pop
</pre></div>

<p>in order to produce after linker relaxation the expected
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">	auipc gp, %pcrel_hi(__global_pointer$)
	addi gp, gp, %pcrel_lo(__global_pointer$)
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<p>instead of just
</p>
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<pre class="smallexample">	addi gp, gp, 0
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<p>It&rsquo;s not expected that options are changed in this manner during regular use,
but there are a handful of esoteric cases like the one above where users need
to disable particular features of the assembler for particular code sequences.
The complete list of option arguments is shown below:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>push</code></dt>
<dt><code>pop</code></dt>
<dd><p>Pushes or pops the current option stack.  These should be used whenever
changing an option in line with assembly code in order to ensure the user&rsquo;s
command-line options are respected for the bulk of the file being assembled.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>rvc</code></dt>
<dt><code>norvc</code></dt>
<dd><p>Enables or disables the generation of compressed instructions.  Instructions
are opportunistically compressed by the RISC-V assembler when possible, but
sometimes this behavior is not desirable.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>pic</code></dt>
<dt><code>nopic</code></dt>
<dd><p>Enables or disables position-independent code generation.  Unless you really
know what you&rsquo;re doing, this should only be at the top of a file.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>relax</code></dt>
<dt><code>norelax</code></dt>
<dd><p>Enables or disables relaxation.  The RISC-V assembler and linker
opportunistically relax some code sequences, but sometimes this behavior is not
desirable.
</p></dd>
</dl>

</dd>
<dt><code>csr-check</code></dt>
<dt><code>no-csr-check</code></dt>
<dd><p>Enables or disables the CSR checking.
</p>
<a name="index-INSN-directives"></a>
</dd>
<dt><code>.insn <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dt><code>.insn <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>This directive permits the numeric representation of an instructions
and makes the assembler insert the operands according to one of the
instruction formats for &lsquo;<samp>.insn</samp>&rsquo; (<a href="RISC_002dV_002dFormats.html#RISC_002dV_002dFormats">RISC-V-Formats</a>).
For example, the instruction &lsquo;<samp>add a0, a1, a2</samp>&rsquo; could be written as
&lsquo;<samp>.insn r 0x33, 0, 0, a0, a1, a2</samp>&rsquo;.
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</dd>
<dt><code>.attribute <var>tag</var>, <var>value</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>Set the object attribute <var>tag</var> to <var>value</var>.
</p>
<p>The <var>tag</var> is either an attribute number, or one of the following:
<code>Tag_RISCV_arch</code>, <code>Tag_RISCV_stack_align</code>,
<code>Tag_RISCV_unaligned_access</code>, <code>Tag_RISCV_priv_spec</code>,
<code>Tag_RISCV_priv_spec_minor</code>, <code>Tag_RISCV_priv_spec_revision</code>.
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