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Date:   Tue, 9 Nov 2021 22:21:16 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/22] x86,word-at-a-time: Remove .fixup usage
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On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 12:59:12PM -0800, Bill Wendling wrote:
> 
> Adding attributes to labels shouldn't be difficult, as you mention. In
> the case of cold/hot, it's adjusting some of the metadata that already
> exists on some basic blocks. It might be enough to allow the normal
> block placement algorithms to move the hot and cold blocks around for
> us. The question becomes how many attributes does GCC allow on labels?

I'm aware of 3: unused, hot, cold. Also:

  https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Label-Attributes.html