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  • 21st July 2024

Mapping symbols: rethinking for efficiency

In object files, certain code patterns embed data within instructions or transitions occur between instruction sets. This can create hurdles for disassemblers, which might misinterpret data as code, resulting in inaccurate output. Furthermore, code written for one instruction set could be incorrectly disassembled as another. To address these issues, some architectures (Arm, C-SKY, NDS32, RISC-V, etc) define mapping symbols to explicitly denote state transition. Let's explore this concept using an AArch32 code example:

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