Implement function calls on ARM using the blx instruction when available. Usi...

src/arm/assembler-arm.cc

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 // str(r, MemOperand(sp, 4, NegPreIndex), al) instruction (aka push(r))
 // register r is not encoded.
 static const Instr kPushRegPattern =
     al | B26 | 4 | NegPreIndex | sp.code() * B16;
 // ldr(r, MemOperand(sp, 4, PostIndex), al) instruction (aka pop(r))
 // register r is not encoded.
 static const Instr kPopRegPattern =
     al | B26 | L | 4 | PostIndex | sp.code() * B16;
 // mov lr, pc
 const Instr kMovLrPc = al | 13*B21 | pc.code() | lr.code() * B12;
-// ldr pc, [pc, #XXX]
-const Instr kLdrPCPattern = al | B26 | L | pc.code() * B16;
+// ldr rd, [pc, #offset]
+const Instr kLdrPCMask = CondMask | 15 * B24 | 7 * B20 | 15 * B16;
+const Instr kLdrPCPattern = al | 5 * B24 | L | pc.code() * B16;
+// blxcc rm
+const Instr kBlxRegMask =
+    15 * B24 | 15 * B20 | 15 * B16 | 15 * B12 | 15 * B8 | 15 * B4;
+const Instr kBlxRegPattern =
+    B24 | B21 | 15 * B16 | 15 * B12 | 15 * B8 | 3 * B4;
 
 // Spare buffer.
 static const int kMinimalBufferSize = 4*KB;
 static byte* spare_buffer_ = NULL;
 
 Assembler::Assembler(void* buffer, int buffer_size) {
   if (buffer == NULL) {
     // Do our own buffer management.
     if (buffer_size <= kMinimalBufferSize) {
       buffer_size = kMinimalBufferSize;
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     bind(&after_pool);
   }
 
   // Since a constant pool was just emitted, move the check offset forward by
   // the standard interval.
   next_buffer_check_ = pc_offset() + kCheckConstInterval;
 }
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal