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scriptc/packages/runtime-pack-common
Malte Ubl dea883ff52 Link the runtime before the program and align runtime code
Linkers lay out code in input order, and executables linked the program
object first, so any change in program size shifted every runtime
function. The vendored archives build at -Os, which drops function
alignment, so the regex interpreter (lre_exec) landed at a different
offset within its cache line after every unrelated edit and swung
template-render by up to 17% and regex-logs by up to 8% on x86-64.

Executable inputs are now runtime objects, runtime archives, the
program object, its partitions, then FFI libraries. Generated code only
references runtime-object symbols, so single-pass GNU ld still resolves
every archive member; when FFI libraries are present, non-Darwin links
list the runtime archives again after them. The native-link-info input
order follows the same plan.

Vendored archives build with -falign-functions=64 on native targets.
On x86-64 the release runtime units do too: generated loops that call
runtime helpers otherwise swing by up to 13% with the program's
position relative to 16-byte-aligned helpers (numeric-kernels). arm64
keeps its runtime units unaligned, where the size cost is higher and
the effect was not measured.

A no-op 32-byte growth of the program object moved the baseline by
+10.8% (template-render, CI +9.3..+12.9%) and is neutral with this
change on every measured workload (Linux, 15 runs).
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