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* [PATCH] i386: [APX] Document inline asm behavior and new switch for APX
@ 2024-01-09  7:07 Hongyu Wang
  2024-01-10  8:10 ` Hongtao Liu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Hongyu Wang @ 2024-01-09  7:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-patches; +Cc: hongtao.liu

Hi,

For APX, the inline asm behavior was not mentioned in any document
before. Add description for it.

Ok for trunk?

gcc/ChangeLog:

	* config/i386/i386.opt: Adjust document.
	* doc/invoke.texi: Add description for
	-mapx-inline-asm-use-gpr32.
---
 gcc/config/i386/i386.opt | 3 +--
 gcc/doc/invoke.texi      | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386.opt b/gcc/config/i386/i386.opt
index a38e92baf92..5b4f1bff25f 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/i386.opt
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386.opt
@@ -1357,8 +1357,7 @@ Enum(apx_features) String(all) Value(apx_all) Set(1)
 
 mapx-inline-asm-use-gpr32
 Target Var(ix86_apx_inline_asm_use_gpr32) Init(0)
-Enable GPR32 in inline asm when APX_EGPR enabled, do not
-hook reg or mem constraint in inline asm to GPR16.
+Enable GPR32 in inline asm when APX_F enabled.
 
 mevex512
 Target Mask(ISA2_EVEX512) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 68d1f364ac0..47fd96648d8 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -35272,6 +35272,13 @@ r8-r15 registers so that the call and jmp instruction length is 6 bytes
 to allow them to be replaced with @samp{lfence; call *%r8-r15} or
 @samp{lfence; jmp *%r8-r15} at run-time.
 
+@opindex mapx-inline-asm-use-gpr32
+@item -mapx-inline-asm-use-gpr32
+When APX_F enabled, EGPR usage was by default disabled to prevent
+unexpected EGPR generation in instructions that does not support it.
+To invoke EGPR usage in inline asm, use this switch to allow EGPR in
+inline asm, while user should ensure the asm actually supports EGPR.
+
 @end table
 
 These @samp{-m} switches are supported in addition to the above
-- 
2.31.1


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