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From: Amol <suratiamol@gmail.com>
To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: ppc64le: gcc forces -many on gas
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:25:24 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+nuEB-8ybNNKTg23n60SnnGh7rJgyK+Qx7MWj6nPQiyxz+WHA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hello,

When compiling the following lines with ppc64le-linux-gnu-gcc, version 11.2.0,
an incorrect instruction is assembled.

unsigned long val;
asm volatile ("mfpir %0" : "=r"(val));
// ppc64le-linux-gnu-gcc -mcpu=power9 a.c

The output binary contains
mfspr r9, 286

instead of

mfspr r9, 1023

----
It turns out that the assembler doesn't actually recognize the mfpir
opcode, but,
since gcc forces -many on the assembler, it is coaxed into assembling an
instruction that isn't the correct one for the power9 arch. The resulting binary
misbehaves. Another instance of this problem at [1].

Is there a way gcc can be told to not force -many on the assembler,
or, otherwise
be made to correctly support mfpir?

gcc configured with:
--enable-languages=c,c++ --with-long-double-128 --disable-nls --disable-multilib

Thank you,
Amol

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=960e30029863db95ec79a71009272d
[2] https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/reference-manual/E500CORERM.pdf

             reply	other threads:[~2021-08-11  2:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-11  2:55 Amol [this message]
2021-08-11 10:42 ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-08-16  5:55   ` Kewen.Lin

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