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* [PATCH 00/18] x86: new .insn directive
@ 2023-03-03 12:54 Jan Beulich
  2023-03-03 12:56 ` [PATCH 01/18] x86: introduce " Jan Beulich
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  0 siblings, 20 replies; 27+ messages in thread
From: Jan Beulich @ 2023-03-03 12:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Binutils; +Cc: H.J. Lu, Jiang, Haochen

Especially when instructions which are not known to gas yet also take
register or, yet worse, memory operands, encoding such in code actually
wanting to make use of them is often difficult. Typically people resort
to hard-coding the involved registers, thus being able to express
things via .byte. To overcome this limitation (to a sufficient degree
at least), introduce .insn. This allows users to specify operands in
their "normal" shape (possibly in slightly altered order). Peculiarities
require two small syntax extensions; see the implementation or
documentation for details.

In order to re-use sufficiently much of the functionality md_assemble()
already uses, some adjustments to existing code were necessary. The one
item to call out here is the partial re-write of build_modrm_byte()
(patch 7), which actually turned out to simplify things. Subsequently
possible further tidying is carried out right away (patches 8 and 9),
even if not strictly related to the .insn work.

I'm pretty sure there are still corner cases which aren't taken care of
correctly. It's also quite possible that I've overlooked further places
in pre-existing code which need tweaking for .insn. People taking a
close look and/or playing with the new functionality would be much
appreciated.

The last patch in the series is strictly RFC, as I'm uncertain whether
we actually want this kind of a testcase.

01: introduce .insn directive
02: parse VEX and alike specifiers for .insn
03: parse special opcode modifiers for .insn
04: use set_rex_vrex() also for short-form handling
05: move more disp processing out of md_assemble()
06: adjust REX-prefix part of SSE2AVX test
07: re-work build_modrm_byte()'s register assignment
08: VexVVVV is now merely a boolean
09: drop "shimm" special case template expansions
10: AT&T: restrict recognition of the "absolute branch" prefix character
11: process instruction operands for .insn
12: decouple broadcast type and bytes fields
13: handle EVEX Disp8 for .insn
14: allow for multiple immediates in output_disp()
15: handle immediate operands for .insn
16: document .insn
17: convert testcases to use .insn
18: .insn example - VEX-encoded instructions of original Xeon Phi

Jan

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2023-03-03 12:54 [PATCH 00/18] x86: new .insn directive Jan Beulich
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2023-03-03 12:57 ` [PATCH 02/18] x86: parse VEX and alike specifiers for .insn Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 12:57 ` [PATCH 03/18] x86: parse special opcode modifiers " Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 12:58 ` [PATCH 04/18] x86: use set_rex_vrex() also for short-form handling Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 12:58 ` [PATCH 05/18] x86: move more disp processing out of md_assemble() Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 12:59 ` [PATCH 06/18] x86-64: adjust REX-prefix part of SSE2AVX test Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:00 ` [PATCH 07/18] x86: re-work build_modrm_byte()'s register assignment Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:00 ` [PATCH 08/18] x86: VexVVVV is now merely a boolean Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:01 ` [PATCH 09/18] x86: drop "shimm" special case template expansions Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:01 ` [PATCH 10/18] x86/AT&T: restrict recognition of the "absolute branch" prefix character Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:02 ` [PATCH 11/18] x86: process instruction operands for .insn Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:03 ` [PATCH 12/18] x86: decouple broadcast type and bytes fields Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:03 ` [PATCH 13/18] x86: handle EVEX Disp8 for .insn Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:04 ` [PATCH 14/18] x86: allow for multiple immediates in output_disp() Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:05 ` [PATCH 15/18] x86: handle immediate operands for .insn Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:05 ` [PATCH 16/18] x86: document .insn Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:06 ` [PATCH 17/18] x86: convert testcases to use .insn Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 13:06 ` [PATCH RFC 18/18] x86: .insn example - VEX-encoded instructions of original Xeon Phi Jan Beulich
2023-03-03 16:50 ` [PATCH 00/18] x86: new .insn directive H.J. Lu
2023-03-06  9:26   ` Jan Beulich
2023-03-07 20:33     ` H.J. Lu
2023-03-08  7:54       ` Jan Beulich
2023-03-08  8:09         ` Jiang, Haochen
2023-03-09  6:52           ` Kong, Lingling
2023-03-05 10:07 ` Jiang, Haochen
2023-03-06  9:01   ` Jan Beulich

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