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authorJan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>2023-12-01 08:29:11 +0100
committerJan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>2023-12-01 08:29:11 +0100
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x86: adjust NOP generation after potential non-insn
Just like avoiding to do certain transformations potentially affected by stand-alone prefixes or direct data emission, also avoid emitting optimized NOPs right afterwards; insert a plain old NOP first in such cases.
-rw-r--r--gas/config/tc-i386.c8
-rw-r--r--gas/config/tc-i386.h6
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-i386.c b/gas/config/tc-i386.c
index e984923..4f3864f 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-i386.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-i386.c
@@ -1529,6 +1529,14 @@ i386_generate_nops (fragS *fragP, char *where, offsetT count, int limit)
else if (fragP->fr_type != rs_machine_dependent)
fragP->fr_var = count;
+ /* Emit a plain NOP first when the last thing we saw may not have been
+ a proper instruction (e.g. a stand-alone prefix or .byte). */
+ if (!fragP->tc_frag_data.last_insn_normal)
+ {
+ *where++ = 0x90;
+ --count;
+ }
+
if ((count / max_single_nop_size) > max_number_of_nops)
{
/* Generate jump over NOPs. */
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-i386.h b/gas/config/tc-i386.h
index c302214..6d6f0b9 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-i386.h
+++ b/gas/config/tc-i386.h
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ struct i386_tc_frag_data
unsigned int branch_type : 3;
unsigned int cpunop : 1;
unsigned int isanop : 1;
+ unsigned int last_insn_normal : 1;
};
/* We need to emit the right NOP pattern in .align frags. This is
@@ -347,7 +348,10 @@ struct i386_tc_frag_data
(FRAGP)->tc_frag_data.cmp_size = 0; \
(FRAGP)->tc_frag_data.classified = 0; \
(FRAGP)->tc_frag_data.branch_type = 0; \
- (FRAGP)->tc_frag_data.mf_type = 0; \
+ (FRAGP)->tc_frag_data.mf_type = 0; \
+ (FRAGP)->tc_frag_data.last_insn_normal \
+ = (seg_info(now_seg)->tc_segment_info_data.last_insn.kind \
+ == last_insn_other); \
} \
while (0)