[PATCH] x86: Add int1 as one byte opcode 0xf1

Jan Beulich jbeulich@suse.com
Thu Jul 15 12:11:12 GMT 2021


On 15.07.2021 13:56, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 11:29 PM Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 14.07.2021 23:28, H.J. Lu via Binutils wrote:
>>> Also change the x86 disassembler to disassemble 0xf1 as int1, instead of
>>> icebp.
>>
>> Is there a reason for this additional aspect? "icebp" is what this insn
>> is commonly referred to, after all. I also find "int1" too similar to
>> "int3" considering the significantly different behavior of both insns.
> 
> "int1" is documented in Intel SDM.

And a footnote says "icebp" is also commonly used. Anyway, I would have
thought keeping names which are familiar to people would be preferable,
but you appear to be thinking differently.

Jan



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