[vm] Add vm:align-loops pragma

This pragma forces compiler to align loop headers within the
function by architecture specific boundary: 32 bytes on X64
and ARM64 (with the exception of Apple Silicon, which explicitly
discourages aligning branch targets in the optimization manual).

Current implementation is rather naive and does not do any
attempt to decide whether aligning is actually profitable
based on loop body itself.

I have found this pragma to be helpful both to stabilize
benchmark results and achieve better performance
for tight loops on Intel hardware.

Issue https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/55522

TEST=vm/dart/align_loops_test

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Change-Id: Ic22fb90d85e7fdebeeaa3908a43328c59436ab58
Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/c/sdk/+/364121
Reviewed-by: Alexander Markov <alexmarkov@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Slava Egorov <vegorov@google.com>
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README.md

Dart

An approachable, portable, and productive language for high-quality apps on any platform

Dart is:

  • Approachable: Develop with a strongly typed programming language that is consistent, concise, and offers modern language features like null safety and patterns.

  • Portable: Compile to ARM, x64, or RISC-V machine code for mobile, desktop, and backend. Compile to JavaScript or WebAssembly for the web.

  • Productive: Make changes iteratively: use hot reload to see the result instantly in your running app. Diagnose app issues using DevTools.

Dart's flexible compiler technology lets you run Dart code in different ways, depending on your target platform and goals:

  • Dart Native: For programs targeting devices (mobile, desktop, server, and more), Dart Native includes both a Dart VM with JIT (just-in-time) compilation and an AOT (ahead-of-time) compiler for producing machine code.

  • Dart Web: For programs targeting the web, Dart Web includes both a development time compiler (dartdevc) and a production time compiler (dart2js).

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Dart is free and open source.

See LICENSE and PATENT_GRANT.

Using Dart

Visit dart.dev to learn more about the language, tools, and to find codelabs.

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Our API reference documentation is published at api.dart.dev, based on the stable release. (We also publish docs from our beta and dev channels, as well as from the primary development branch).

Building Dart

If you want to build Dart yourself, here is a guide to getting the source, preparing your machine to build the SDK, and building.

There are more documents on our wiki.

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The easiest way to contribute to Dart is to file issues.

You can also contribute patches, as described in Contributing.

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Future plans for Dart are included in the combined Dart and Flutter roadmap on the Flutter wiki.