diff --git a/attr.go b/attr.go
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+++ b/attr.go
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+package avo
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math/bits"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Attribute represents TEXT or DATA flags.
+type Attribute uint16
+
+// Reference: https://github.com/golang/go/blob/c043fc4f655ce34f67a0e7fe2833139f6313a3f0/src/runtime/textflag.h#L11-L34
+//
+//	// Don't profile the marked routine. This flag is deprecated.
+//	#define NOPROF	1
+//	// It is ok for the linker to get multiple of these symbols. It will
+//	// pick one of the duplicates to use.
+//	#define DUPOK	2
+//	// Don't insert stack check preamble.
+//	#define NOSPLIT	4
+//	// Put this data in a read-only section.
+//	#define RODATA	8
+//	// This data contains no pointers.
+//	#define NOPTR	16
+//	// This is a wrapper function and should not count as disabling 'recover'.
+//	#define WRAPPER 32
+//	// This function uses its incoming context register.
+//	#define NEEDCTXT 64
+//	// Allocate a word of thread local storage and store the offset from the
+//	// thread local base to the thread local storage in this variable.
+//	#define TLSBSS	256
+//	// Do not insert instructions to allocate a stack frame for this function.
+//	// Only valid on functions that declare a frame size of 0.
+//	// TODO(mwhudson): only implemented for ppc64x at present.
+//	#define NOFRAME 512
+//	// Function can call reflect.Type.Method or reflect.Type.MethodByName.
+//	#define REFLECTMETHOD = 1024
+//
+const (
+	NOPROF Attribute = 1 << iota
+	DUPOK
+	NOSPLIT
+	RODATA
+	NOPTR
+	WRAPPER
+	NEEDCTXT
+	_
+	TLSBSS
+	NOFRAME
+	REFLECTMETHOD
+)
+
+// Asm returns a representation of the attributes in assembly syntax. This may use macros from "textflags.h"; see ContainsTextFlags() to determine if this header is required.
+func (a Attribute) Asm() string {
+	parts, rest := a.split()
+	if len(parts) == 0 || rest != 0 {
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%d", rest))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, "|")
+}
+
+// ContainsTextFlags() returns whether the Asm() representation requires macros in "textflags.h".
+func (a Attribute) ContainsTextFlags() bool {
+	flags, _ := a.split()
+	return len(flags) > 0
+}
+
+// split splits a into known flags and any remaining bits.
+func (a Attribute) split() ([]string, Attribute) {
+	var flags []string
+	var rest Attribute
+	for a != 0 {
+		i := uint(bits.TrailingZeros16(uint16(a)))
+		bit := Attribute(1) << uint(i)
+		if flag := attrname[bit]; flag != "" {
+			flags = append(flags, flag)
+		} else {
+			rest |= bit
+		}
+		a ^= bit
+	}
+	return flags, rest
+}
+
+var attrname = map[Attribute]string{
+	NOPROF:        "NOPROF",
+	DUPOK:         "DUPOK",
+	NOSPLIT:       "NOSPLIT",
+	RODATA:        "RODATA",
+	NOPTR:         "NOPTR",
+	WRAPPER:       "WRAPPER",
+	NEEDCTXT:      "NEEDCTXT",
+	TLSBSS:        "TLSBSS",
+	NOFRAME:       "NOFRAME",
+	REFLECTMETHOD: "REFLECTMETHOD",
+}
diff --git a/attr_test.go b/attr_test.go
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index 0000000..6a0d596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attr_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package avo
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestAttributeAsm(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Attribute Attribute
+		Expect    string
+	}{
+		{0, "0"},
+		{32768, "32768"},
+		{1, "NOPROF"},
+		{DUPOK, "DUPOK"},
+		{RODATA | NOSPLIT, "NOSPLIT|RODATA"},
+		{WRAPPER | 16384 | NOPTR, "NOPTR|WRAPPER|16384"},
+		{NEEDCTXT + NOFRAME + TLSBSS + REFLECTMETHOD, "NEEDCTXT|TLSBSS|NOFRAME|REFLECTMETHOD"},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		got := c.Attribute.Asm()
+		if got != c.Expect {
+			t.Errorf("Attribute(%d).Asm() = %#v; expect %#v", c.Attribute, got, c.Expect)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAttributeContainsTextFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Attribute Attribute
+		Expect    bool
+	}{
+		{0, false},
+		{32768, false},
+		{1, true},
+		{DUPOK, true},
+		{WRAPPER | 16384 | NOPTR, true},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if c.Attribute.ContainsTextFlags() != c.Expect {
+			t.Errorf("%s: ContainsTextFlags() expected %#v", c.Attribute.Asm(), c.Expect)
+		}
+	}
+}