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Added by Richard Henderson over 11 years ago

exec: Do not use absolute address hints for code_gen_buffer with -fpie

The hard-coded addresses inside alloc_code_gen_buffer only make sense
if we're building an executable that will actually run at the address
we've put into the linker scripts.

When we're building with -fpie, the executable will run at some
random location chosen by the kernel. We get better placement for
the code_gen_buffer if we allow the kernel to place the memory,
as it will tend to to place it near the executable, based on the
PROT_EXEC bit.

Since code_gen_prologue is always inside the executable, this effect
is easily seen at the end of most TB, with the exit_tb opcode, and
with any calls to helper functions.

Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <>
Signed-off-by: Blue Swirl <>

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