4.3. Directives that Perform Alignment and Create SpaceΒΆ

The following alignment directives perform actions that adjust the current position in relation to alignment boundaries relative to the beginning of the section.

.align [exponent [, fill_value, [, max_skip_count]]]
.balign[w|l] [alignment [, fill_value, [, max_skip_count]]]
.p2align[w|l] alignment [, fill_value]

The following directives reserve or create space in memory.

.fill repeat, size, value
.skip size, fill
.space size, fill
.zero size