[PATCH 0/9] x86: further adjustments to {,E}VEX.{W,L} handling

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 18:33:00 GMT 2018


On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 8:49 AM Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>
> Despite the recent changes, there was still quite some room for
> improvement; some of the VexW=1 additions actually need to be
> undone. See the individual patches.
>
> 1: XOP VPHADD* / VPHSUB* are VEX.W0
> 2: add more VexWIG
> 3: allow {store} to select alternative {,}PEXTRW encoding
> 4: fix various non-LIG templates
> 5: adjust {,E}VEX.W handling outside of 64-bit mode
> 6: adjust {,E}VEX.W handling for PEXTR* / PINSR*
> 7: correctly handle KMOVD with VEX.W set outside of 64-bit mode
> 8: correctly handle VMOVD with EVEX.W set outside of 64-bit mode
> 9: correctly handle VPBROADCASTD with EVEX.W set outside of 64-bit mode
>

OK for the series.  SSE2AVX is legacy.  Lleave it alone is safer.

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.



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