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<h4 class="subsection">9.31.3 Nios II Machine Relocations</h4>
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<dt><code>%hiadj(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dd><p>Extract the upper 16 bits of <var>expression</var> and add
one if the 15th bit is set.
</p>
<p>The value of <code>%hiadj(<var>expression</var>)</code> is:
</p><div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">((<var>expression</var> >> 16) & 0xffff) + ((<var>expression</var> >> 15) & 0x01)
</pre></div>
<p>The <code>%hiadj</code> relocation is intended to be used with
the <code>addi</code>, <code>ld</code> or <code>st</code> instructions
along with a <code>%lo</code>, in order to load a 32-bit constant.
</p>
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<pre class="smallexample">movhi r2, %hiadj(symbol)
addi r2, r2, %lo(symbol)
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<dt><code>%hi(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dd><p>Extract the upper 16 bits of <var>expression</var>.
</p>
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</dd>
<dt><code>%lo(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dd><p>Extract the lower 16 bits of <var>expression</var>.
</p>
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</dd>
<dt><code>%gprel(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dd><p>Subtract the value of the symbol <code>_gp</code> from
<var>expression</var>.
</p>
<p>The intention of the <code>%gprel</code> relocation is
to have a fast small area of memory which only
takes a 16-bit immediate to access.
</p>
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<pre class="smallexample"> .section .sdata
fastint:
.int 123
.section .text
ldw r4, %gprel(fastint)(gp)
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<dt><code>%call(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%call_lo(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%call_hiadj(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%got(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%got_lo(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%got_hiadj(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%gotoff(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%gotoff_lo(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%gotoff_hiadj(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%tls_gd(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%tls_ie(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%tls_le(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%tls_ldm(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dt><code>%tls_ldo(<var>expression</var>)</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>These relocations support the ABI for Linux Systems documented in the
<cite>Nios II Processor Reference Handbook</cite>.
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