[PATCH 2/7] aarch64: Use 64-bit variable to access the special registers
Wilco Dijkstra
Wilco.Dijkstra@arm.com
Thu Jan 2 16:59:12 GMT 2025
Hi Adhemerval/HJ,
> while tryng to use 32 bit variables with 'mrs' to get/set the
> fpsr, dczid_el0, and ctr. Since all of 64 bit register, use the
> expected variable size.
dczid_el0 and ctr_el0 are actually 32 bits, but 64-bit accesses work.
\
> + unsigned long int __fpcr; \
> Will ILP32 ever be supported? If not, please add a static assert of
> sizeof (long int) == 8.
Good point, this is not about pointer size, so using uint64_t would be better.
It's a shame that LLVM still doesn't support %w0 in inline assembler...
Cheers,
Wilco
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