[PATCH v2] x86/Intel: avoid infinite recursion in i386_intel_simplify_symbol() (again)

[Jan Beulich]

On 20.05.2026 01:44, Alan Modra wrote:
> I poked at this problem a little yesterday, and came up with the
> following patch that passes for all the testcases I threw at it.
> 
> ===
> Commit 22f8905d9f38 reintroduced pr30308.  This fix resolves equates
> safely in the presence of symbol loops by using symbol_equated_to.
> Symbols aren't prematurely modified by copying their value
> expressions before i386_intel_simplify does its work.  I figure that
> it is safer to do this for all symbols rather than just the particular
> case of equates, so the in_equate parameter can disappear.

Oh, one other thing: Would you mind either picking the testcase from my
patch and include it here, or extend that to your liking, or make an
entirely different one?

Jan