[patch, avr, applied] PR34307: Fix illegal opcode diagnostic

Georg-Johann Lay avr@gjlay.de
Sun Jun 21 16:47:20 GMT 2026


When there is an AVR instruction in include/opcode/avr.h that is not 
supported by a specific core, then gas will diagnose with the mnemonic 
of the next instruction:

     mul 1,2
     mulsu 1,1
     lat

$ avr-as x.sx
x.sx: Assembler messages:
x.sx:1: Error: illegal opcode or for mcu avr2
x.sx:2: Error: illegal opcode fmul for mcu avr2
x.sx:3: Error: illegal opcode movw for mcu avr2

The reason is that in gas/config/tc-avr.c::md_assemble() we have this loop:

    while ((opcode->isa & avr_mcu->isa) != opcode->isa)
      {
        opcode++;

        if (opcode->name && strcmp(op, opcode->name))
          {
            as_bad (_("illegal opcode %s for mcu %s"),
                    opcode->name, avr_mcu->name);
            return;
          }
      }

which in the as_bad case prints the next instruction's mnemonic due to 
the opcode++ above.

Applied as obvious.

Johann

--

     AVR: PR34307 - Fix diagnostic for unknown ISA opcode

     When there is an AVR instruction in include/opcode/avr.h that
     is not supported by a specific MCU, then gas will diagnose
     with the mnemonic of the next instruction:

         mul 1,2
         mulsu 1,1
         lat

     $ avr-as x.sx
     x.sx: Assembler messages:
     x.sx:1: Error: illegal opcode or for mcu avr2
     x.sx:2: Error: illegal opcode fmul for mcu avr2
     x.sx:3: Error: illegal opcode movw for mcu avr2

     The reason is that in gas/config/tc-avr.c::md_assemble() we have:

        while ((opcode->isa & avr_mcu->isa) != opcode->isa)
          {
            opcode++;

            if (opcode->name && strcmp(op, opcode->name))
              {
                as_bad (_("illegal opcode %s for mcu %s"),
                        opcode->name, avr_mcu->name);
                return;
              }
          }

     which in the as_bad case prints the next instruction's mnemonic
     due to the opcode++ above.

     gas/
             * config/tc-avr.c (md_assemble): Use right index to diagnose
             an opcode that are not supported by the MCU.
             * testsuite/gas/avr/pr34307-1.d: New test.
             * testsuite/gas/avr/pr34307-1.s: New test source.
             * testsuite/gas/avr/pr34307-2.d: New test.
             * testsuite/gas/avr/pr34307-2.s: New test source.
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