https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=112980
--- Comment #11 from Kewen Lin <linkw at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Giuliano Belinassi from comment #9) > Yes, this is for userspace livepatching. > > Assume the following example: > https://godbolt.org/z/b9M8nMbo1 > > As one can see, the sequence of 14 nops are generated after the global > function entry point. In such way we can't use the this space to place a > trampoline to the new function. We need this sequence of nops to be placed > *before* the global function entry point. > Hi Giuliano, thanks for the inputs!