[PATCH 3/6] x86/MPX: suppress base/index swapping in Intel mode for bndmk, bndldx, and bndstx

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Tue Oct 8 15:34:00 GMT 2013


On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>>>> On 08.10.13 at 17:16, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>>> bndmk, bndldx, and bndstx assign special meaning to base and index
>>> registers, and hence silently swapping the registers should be
>>> suppressed.
>>>
>>> gas/
>>> 2013-10-08  Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
>>>
>>>         * tc-i386.c (i386_intel_simplify_register): Suppress base/index
>>>         swapping for bndmk, bndldx, and bndstx.
>>>
>>> --- 2013-10-07/gas/config/tc-i386-intel.c
>>> +++ 2013-10-07/gas/config/tc-i386-intel.c
>>> @@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ i386_intel_simplify_register (expression
>>>    else if (!intel_state.index)
>>>      {
>>>        if (intel_state.in_scale
>>> +          || current_templates->start->base_opcode == 0xf30f1b /* bndmk */
>>> +          || (current_templates->start->base_opcode & ~1) == 0x0f1a /* bnd{ld,st}x */
>>>           || i386_regtab[reg_num].reg_type.bitfield.baseindex)
>>>         intel_state.index = i386_regtab + reg_num;
>>>        else
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> We need a testcase for this.
>
> Which is included in patch 1!

Does that mean I got "make check" failure with patch 1 applied?
A patch shouldn't introduce a "make check" failure and a testcase
should be together with the change.


-- 
H.J.



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