[PATCH] x86: %riz, %rip, and %eip don't require REX

Jan Beulich jbeulich@suse.com
Tue Jun 18 08:08:16 GMT 2024


On 18.06.2024 09:46, Hu, Lin1 wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 2:37 PM
>>
>> I'm inclined to reduce RegRex64 use in the register table as well (checking of
>> the possibility of which actually made me spot the issue addressed here):
>> With a little bit of care in tc-i386.c it should really only be %axl through %dil
>> which need this attribute. All others are sufficiently distinguishable by having
>> RegRex / RegRex2.
> 
> We may need the RegRex64 modifier of r8b-r31b for a day.

I'm afraid I don't understand your reply. See in particular the last sentence of
my remark.

Jan


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