[hurd,commited] x86-64: Use 32-bit zero idiom for shorter encoding
Samuel Thibault
samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org
Mon Feb 9 19:23:35 GMT 2026
From: George Hu <integral@archlinux.org>
Replace the 64-bit zero idiom with the 32-bit form. In 64-bit mode,
zeroing the lower 32 bits of a GPR implicitly clears the entire
register. The 32-bit encoding is one byte shorter while preserving
identical semantics.
Reviewed-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
---
sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/static-start.S | 2 +-
sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/tst-sig-redzone.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/static-start.S b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/static-start.S
index ec9c50239e..d670d45210 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/static-start.S
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/static-start.S
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ _start:
movq %rsp, %rdi
call _hurd_stack_setup
- xorq %rdx, %rdx
+ xorl %edx, %edx
jmp _start1
#define _start _start1
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/tst-sig-redzone.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/tst-sig-redzone.c
index 32c7ab90f4..24b510c0aa 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/tst-sig-redzone.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/x86_64/tst-sig-redzone.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ asm (
"repe scasq\n"
" jne fail\n"
-" xor %rax,%rax\n"
+" xor %eax,%eax\n"
" ret\n"
"fail:\n"
" movq $1,%rax\n"
--
2.51.0
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