/* any access to the tbs or the page table must use this lock */
spinlock_t tb_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
-uint8_t code_gen_prologue[1024] __attribute__((aligned (32)));
+#if defined(__arm__)
+/* The prologue must be reachable with a direct jump. ARM has a
+ limited branch range (possibly also PPC and SPARC?) so place it in a
+ section close to code segment. */
+#define code_gen_section \
+ __attribute__((__section__(".gen_code"))) \
+ __attribute__((aligned (32)))
+#else
+#define code_gen_section \
+ __attribute__((aligned (32)))
+#endif
+
+uint8_t code_gen_prologue[1024] code_gen_section;
uint8_t *code_gen_buffer;
unsigned long code_gen_buffer_size;
/* threshold to flush the translated code buffer */