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authorIlya Tocar <ilya.tocar@intel.com>2014-08-01 17:58:32 +0400
committerH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2014-08-06 08:32:01 -0700
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Add -momit_lock_prefix=[no|yes] option
This option serves as a workaround for processors, which fail on lock prefix. gas/ * config/tc-i386.c (omit_lock_prefix): New. (output_insn): Omit lock prefix if omit_lock_prefix is true. (OPTION_omit_lock_prefix): New. (md_longopts): Add momit-lock-prefix. (md_parse_option): Handle momit-lock-prefix. (md_show_usage): Add momit-lock-prefix=[no|yes]. * doc/c-i386.texi (momit-lock-prefix): Document. gas/testsuite/ * gas/i386/i386.exp: Run new tests. * gas/i386/omit-lock-no.d: New. * gas/i386/omit-lock-yes.d: Ditto. * gas/i386/omit-lock.s: Ditto.
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@@ -291,6 +291,18 @@ if such prefix was not explicitly specified in the source code.
On x86-64 PE/COFF target this option forces the use of big object file
format, which allows more than 32768 sections.
+@cindex @samp{-momit-lock-prefix=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-momit-lock-prefix=} option, x86-64
+@item -momit-lock-prefix=@var{no}
+@itemx -momit-lock-prefix=@var{yes}
+These options control how the assembler should encode lock prefix.
+This option is intended as a workaround for processors, that fail on
+lock prefix. This option can only be safely used with single-core,
+single-thread computers
+@option{-momit-lock-prefix=@var{yes}} will omit all lock prefixes.
+@option{-momit-lock-prefix=@var{no}} will encode lock prefix as usual,
+which is the default.
+
@end table
@c man end