default:
		throw("bad special kind")
		panic("not reached")
	}
}

// gcBits is an alloc/mark bitmap. This is always used as gcBits.x.
type gcBits struct {
	_ sys.NotInHeap
	x uint8
}

// bytep returns a pointer to the n'th byte of b.
func (b *gcBits) bytep(n uintptr) *uint8 {
	return addb(&b.x, n)
}

			for ; c >= npattern; c -= npattern {
				bits |= pattern << nbits
				nbits += npattern
				for nbits >= 8 {
					*dst = uint8(bits)
					dst = add1(dst)
					bits >>= 8
					nbits -= 8
				}
			}

			// Add final fragment to bit buffer.
			if c > 0 {
				pattern &= 1<<c - 1
				bits |= pattern << nbits
				nbits += c
			}
			continue Run
		}

		me = 32 - bits.TrailingZeros32(uint32(mask))
		mbn = bits.LeadingZeros32(^uint32(mask))
		men = 32 - bits.TrailingZeros32(^uint32(mask))
	} else {
		mb = bits.LeadingZeros64(uint64(mask))
		me = 64 - bits.TrailingZeros64(uint64(mask))
		mbn = bits.LeadingZeros64(^uint64(mask))
		men = 64 - bits.TrailingZeros64(^uint64(mask))
	}
	// Check for a wrapping mask (e.g bits at 0 and 63)

		// insert low width bits of arg0 into the result starting at bit lsb, bits to the left of the inserted bit field are set to the high/sign bit of the inserted bit field, bits to the right are zeroed
		{name: "SBFIZ", argLength: 1, reg: gp11, asm: "SBFIZ", aux: "ARM64BitField"},
		// extract width bits of arg0 starting at bit lsb and insert at low end of result, remaining high bits are set to the high/sign bit of the extracted bitfield

		return 0
	}
	// TODO: would it make sense to return an arch-specific
	// alignment depending on section type? E.g. STEXT => 32,
	// SDATA => 1, etc?
	abits := l.align[i]
	if abits == 0 {
		return 0
	}
	return int32(1 << (abits - 1))
}

// SetSymAlign sets the alignment for a symbol.
func (l *Loader) SetSymAlign(i Sym, align int32) {
	// Reject nonsense alignments.