#100 using .align in the .text segment cause incorrect behaviour.

[Anonymous]

using .align in the .text segment cause incorrect behaviour.

.text
.align 2
 code: .space 1024

will cause code to be created in the .data segment, not the .text segment.

.text
code: .space 1024

correctly creates code in the .text segment.

additionaly, if .align is not the first thing in the text segment spim will segfault.

[Anonymous]

I will provide sample code to reproduce once I am not on a phone.

[Anonymous]

In this code:

main:
    la $a0, main
    li $v0, 1
    syscall
    li $a0, '\n'
    la $v0, 11
    syscall

    la $a0, text_data
    li $v0, 1
    syscall
    li $a0, '\n'
    la $v0, 11
    syscall

    la $a0, align_text_data
    li $v0, 1
    syscall
    li $a0, '\n'
    la $v0, 11
    syscall

exit:
    li $v0, 0
    jr $ra

text_data:
  .space 4096

align_text_data:
  .align 2
  .space 4096

text_data: is placed in the .text segment while.
align_text_data: is placed in the .data segment.

[James Larus]

Yes, this is a real bug. I've fixed it.