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2024-07-18opcodes: aarch64: add flags to denote subclasses of ldst insnsIndu Bhagat1-43/+43
The existing iclass information tells us the general shape and purpose of the instructions. In some cases, however, we need to further disect the iclass on the basis of other finer-grain information. E.g., for the purpose of SCFI, we need to know whether a given insn with iclass of ldst_* is a load or a store. At the moment, specify subclasses for only those iclasses relevant to SCFI: ldst_imm9, ldst_pos, ldstpair_indexed, ldstpair_off and ldstnapair_offs. Some insns are best tagged with F_SUBCLASS_OTHER rather than F_LDST_LOAD or F_LDST_STORE: - stg* ops (as they store tag only), - prfm, - ldpsw, ldrsw (32-bit loads with signed extended value. Not useful for restore operations in context of SCFI.) - Use F_SUBCLASS_OTHER for all QL_LDST_R8 and QL_LDST_R16 operands. Also use F_SUBLASS_OTHER for strb/ldrb, strh/ldrh opcodes. These are not full loads and stores and cannot be allowed for register save / restore for the purpose of SCFI. opcodes/ * aarch64-tbl.h: Use the new F_LDST_* flags.
2024-07-18include: opcodes: aarch64: define new subclassesIndu Bhagat1-1/+31
The existing iclass information tells us the general shape and purpose of the instructions. In some cases, however, we need to further disect the iclass on the basis of other finer-grain information. E.g., for the purpose of SCFI, we need to know whether a given insn with iclass of ldst_* is a load or a store. Similarly, whether a particular arithmetic insn is an add or sub or mov, etc. This patch defines new flags to demarcate the insns. Also provide an access function for subclass lookup. Later, we will enforce (in aarch64-gen.c) that if an iclass has at least one instruction with a non-zero subclass, all instructions of the iclass must have a non-zero subclass information. If none of the defined subclasses are applicable (or not required for SCFI purposes), F_SUBCLASS_OTHER can be used for such instructions. include/ * opcode/aarch64.h (F_SUBCLASS): New flag. (F_SUBCLASS_OTHER): Likewise. (F_LDST_LOAD): Likewise. (F_LDST_STORE): Likewise. (F_ARITH_ADD): Likewise. (F_ARITH_SUB): Likewise. (F_ARITH_MOV): Likewise. (F_BRANCH_CALL): Likewise. (F_BRANCH_RET): Likewise. (F_DP_TAG_ONLY): Likewise. (aarch64_opcode_subclass_p): New definition.
2024-07-18gas: scfi: make scfi_state_restore_reg function more preciseIndu Bhagat1-4/+5
When the SCFI machinery detects that a register has been restored from stack, it makes some state changes in the SCFI state object. Prior to the patch, scfi_state_restore_reg () was setting a value of (reg, CFI_IN_REG) for (base, state) respectively. This was causing issues in the cmp_scfi_state () function: - The default state of all (callee-saved) regs at the beginning of function is set to (0, CFI_UNDEFINED). - If a register is saved and restored on some control path, the state of reg is (reg, CFI_IN_REG) on that path. - On another control path where the register was perhaps not used (or saved/restored on stack) remains (0, CFI_UNDEFINED). - The two states should be treated equal, however, at the point in program after the register has been restored. Fix this by resetting the state to (0, CFI_UNDEFINED) in scfi_state_restore_reg (). A testcase (scfi-cfg-4.s) for this is added in a subsequent commit. gas/ * scfi.c (scfi_state_restore_reg): Reset to 0, CFI_UNDEFINED for base, state.
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2024-07-18gas: minor reformatting in command line help and docMatthieu Longo3-17/+20
- help message: add a comma between the short and long option - as doc: - brief summary of how to invoke gas: separate [-w] [-x] on a new line as those two options have nothing to do with the warning options. - reordering of the warning options to have the same order as the listing. - no-warn option description: change an "and" to a "or", as it is either the short or long option to use, but not both at the same time. - remove trailing whitespaces.
2024-07-18gdb: check for multiple matching build-id filesAndrew Burgess6-46/+516
Within the debug-file-directory GDB looks for the existence of a .build-id directory. Within the .build-id directory GDB looks for files with the form: .build-id/ff/4b4142d62b399499844924d53e33d4028380db.debug which contain the debug information for the objfile with the build-id ff4b4142d62b399499844924d53e33d4028380db. There appear to be two strategies for populating the .build-id directory. Ubuntu takes the approach of placing the actual debug information in this directory, so 4b4142d62b399499844924d53e33d4028380db.debug is an actual file containing the debug information. Fedora, RHEL, and SUSE take a slightly different approach, placing the debug information elsewhere, and then creating symlinks in the .build-id directory back to the original debug information file. The actual debug information is arranged in a mirror of the filesystem within the debug directory, as an example, if the debug-file-directory is /usr/lib/debug, then the debug information for /bin/foo can be found in /usr/lib/debug/bin/foo.debug. Where this gets interesting is that in some cases a package will install a single binary with multiple names, in this case a single binary will be install with either hard-links, or symlinks providing the alternative names. The debug information for these multiple binaries will then be placed into the /usr/lib/debug/ tree, and again, links are created so a single file can provide debug information for each of the names that binary presents as. An example file system might look like this (the [link] could be symlinks, but are more likely hard-links): /bin/ foo bar -> foo [ HARD LINK ] baz -> foo [ HARD LINK ] /usr/ lib/ debug/ bin/ foo.debug bar.debug -> foo.debug [ HARD LINK ] baz.debug -> foo.debug [ HARD LINK ] In the .build-id tree though we have a problem. Do we have a single entry that links to one of the .debug files? This would work; a user debugging any of the binaries will find the debug information based on the build-id, and will get the correct information, after all the .debug files are identical (same file linked together). But there is one problem with this approach. Sometimes, for *reasons* it's possible that one or more the linked binaries might get removed, along with its associated debug information. I'm honestly not 100% certain under what circumstances this can happen, but what I observe is that sometime a single name for a binary, and its corresponding .debug entry, can be missing. If this happens to be the entry that the .build-id link is pointing at, then we have a problem. The user can no longer find the debug information based on the .build-id link. The solution that Fedora, RHEL, & SUSE have adopted is to add multiple entries in the .build-id tree, with each entry pointing to a different name within the debug/ tree, a sequence number is added to the build-id to distinguish the multiple entries. Thus, we might end up with a layout like this: /bin/ foo bar -> foo [ HARD LINK ] baz -> foo [ HARD LINK ] /usr/ lib/ debug/ bin/ foo.debug bar.debug -> foo.debug [ HARD LINK ] baz.debug -> foo.debug [ HARD LINK ] .build-id/ a3/ 4b4142d62b399499844924d53e33d4028380db.debug -> ../../debug/bin/foo.debug [ SYMLINK ] 4b4142d62b399499844924d53e33d4028380db.1.debug -> ../../debug/bin/bar.debug [ SYMLINK ] 4b4142d62b399499844924d53e33d4028380db.2.debug -> ../../debug/bin/baz.debug [ SYMLINK ] With current master GDB, debug information will only ever be looked up via the 4b4142d62b399499844924d53e33d4028380db.debug link. But if 'foo' and its corresponding 'foo.debug' are ever removed, then master GDB will fail to find the debug information. Ubuntu seems to have a much better approach for debug information handling; they place the debug information directly into the .build-id tree, so there only ever needs to be a single entry for any one build-id. I wonder if/how they handle the case where multiple names might share a single .debug file, if one of those names is then uninstalled, how do they know the .debug file should be retained or not ... but I assume that problem either doesn't exist or has been solved. Anyway, for a while Fedora has carried a patch that handles the build-id sequence number logic. What's presented here is inspired by the Fedora patch, but has some changes to fix some issues. I'm aware that this is a patch that applies to only some (probably a minority) of distros. However, the logic is contained to only a single function in build-id.c, and isn't too complex, so I'm hoping that there wont be too many objections. For distros that don't have build-id sequence numbers there should be no impact. The sequence number approach still leaves the first file without a sequence number, and this is the first file that GDB (after this patch) checks for. The new logic only kicks in if the non-sequence numbered first file exists, but is a symlink to a non existent file; in this case GDB checks for the sequence numbered files instead. Tests are included. There is a small fix needed for gdb.base/sysroot-debug-lookup.exp, after this commit GDB now treats a target: sysroot where the target file system is local to GDB the same as if the sysroot had no target: prefix. The consequence of this is that GDB now resolves a symlink back to the real filename in the sysroot-debug-lookup.exp test where it didn't previously. As this behaviour is inline with the case where there is no target: prefix I think this is fine.
2024-07-18gdbserver: add gdbserver support for vFile::stat packetAndrew Burgess1-0/+38
After the previous two commits, this commit adds support for the vFile::stat packet to gdbserver. This is pretty similar to the handling for vFile::fstat, but instead calls 'lstat'. There's still no users of target_fileio_stat in GDB, that will come in a later commit.
2024-07-18gdb: add GDB side target_ops::fileio_stat implementationAndrew Burgess5-11/+105
This commit adds the GDB side of target_ops::fileio_stat. There's an implementation for inf_child_target, which just calls 'lstat', and there's an implementation for remote_target, which sends a new vFile:stat packet. The new packet is documented. There's still no users of target_fileio_stat as I have not yet added support for vFile::stat to gdbserver. If these packets are currently sent to gdbserver then they will be reported as not supported and the ENOSYS error code will be returned. Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
2024-07-18gdb: add target_fileio_stat, but no implementations yetAndrew Burgess2-0/+47
In a later commit I want target_fileio_stat, that is a call that operates on a filename rather than an open file descriptor as target_fileio_fstat does. This commit adds the initial framework for target_fileio_stat, I've added the top level target function and the virtual target_ops methods in the target_ops base class. At this point no actual targets override target_ops::fileio_stat, so any attempts to call this function will return ENOSYS error code.
2024-07-18X86: Update gas/NEWS for Intel APX.Cui, Lili1-1/+1
gas/ChangeLog: * NEWS: Added "APX_F is fully supportted" to gas/NEWS.
2024-07-18Automatic date update in version.inGDB Administrator1-1/+1
2024-07-17[gdb/testsuite] Fix gdb.arch/arm-pseudo-unwind.exp with unix/mthumbTom de Vries2-2/+16
When running test-case gdb.arch/arm-pseudo-unwind.exp with target board unix/mthumb, we run into: ... (gdb) continue^M Continuing.^M ^M Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.^M 0x00400f38 in ?? ()^M (gdb) FAIL: $exp: continue to breakpoint: continue to callee ... The test-case attempts to force arm-pseudo-unwind.c to be compiled in arm mode using additional_flags=-marm, but that's overridden by using target board unix/mthumb. This causes function main to be in thumb mode, and consequently function caller (which is called from main) is is executed as if it's in thumb mode, while it's actually in arm mode. Fix this by adding an intermediate function caller_trampoline in arm-pseudo-unwind.c, and hardcoding it to arm mode using __attribute__((target("arm"))). Likewise for test-case gdb.arch/arm-pseudo-unwind-legacy.exp. Tested on arm-linux. Approved-By: Luis Machado <luis.machado@arm.com>
2024-07-16gas: scfi: testsuite: refresh the READMEIndu Bhagat1-9/+12
Update some stale text in the README. Add few more notes to guide future maintenance of the testsuite. gas/testsuite/ * gas/scfi/README: Update text.
2024-07-17Automatic date update in version.inGDB Administrator1-1/+1
2024-07-16gdb, gdbserver, gdbsupport: use [[noreturn]] instead of ATTRIBUTE_NORETURNSimon Marchi26-80/+75
C++ 11 has a built-in attribute for this, no need to use a compat macro. Change-Id: I90e4220d26e8f3949d91761f8a13cd9c37da3875 Reviewed-by: Lancelot Six <lancelot.six@amd.com>
2024-07-16gdb: fix indentation in remote.cSimon Marchi1-1/+1
Change-Id: If344acdf703fdd3892f73f75fc891d5473808b79
2024-07-16gdb: add ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN to remote_unpush_targetSimon Marchi1-1/+1
My IDE (well, clangd) suggested this. It doesn't hurt to have it. Change-Id: If6001983c17dbed3dceebac3078c8deb12c04d6b
2024-07-16[gdb/testsuite] Simplify gdb.base/complex-parts.expTom de Vries1-39/+42
I noticed a lot of escaping in test-case gdb.base/complex-parts.exp. Make the test-case more readable by using: - string_to_regexp, and - {} instead of "". Tested on x86_64-linux and aarch64-linux.
2024-07-16Automatic date update in version.inGDB Administrator1-1/+1
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to overlay_invalidate_allSimon Marchi1-7/+5
Make the current program space bubble up one level. Change-Id: I5ac1e3290ad266730465cd60aa3672d45ffa6475
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to objfile::makeSimon Marchi4-8/+10
Make the current program space reference bubble up one level. Change-Id: Iee8b11c853c76e539c991c4785737c69e6a1925c Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to objfile::objfileSimon Marchi2-4/+7
Make the current program space reference bubble up one level. Change-Id: I81e45e89e0cfd87c308f801d49ae811a941348b7 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to entry_point_addressSimon Marchi5-7/+9
Make the current program space reference bubble up one level. Change-Id: Ifc9b8186abaefb10caf99f79ae09e526fa65c882 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to entry_point_address_querySimon Marchi4-8/+11
Make the current program space bubble up one level. Change-Id: Ic3ad0869ca1afe41854f605a6f7eb092fca29ff8 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to objfiles_changedSimon Marchi3-7/+8
Make the current program space reference bubble up one level. Change-Id: I9b33c9e0d22c171eb1bb59ce480621b02c7b7bf7 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to get_current_source_symtab_and_lineSimon Marchi16-39/+51
Make the current program space reference bubble up one level. Change-Id: I6ba6dc4a2cb188720cbb61b84ab5c954aac105c6 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to have_{full,partial}_symbolsSimon Marchi15-37/+48
Make the current program space reference bubble up one level. Change-Id: I19c4fc2ca955f9c828ef426a077b43983865697b Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: bool-ify a few functions in objfiles.{c,h}Simon Marchi2-50/+50
Change return types to bool, and make a few stylistic adjustments. Change-Id: I784c3c33af0394a77c25064b06eb3e128e69222f Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to clear_current_source_symtab_and_lineSimon Marchi5-6/+7
Make the current program space reference bubble up one level. Change-Id: I692554474d17e4f4708fd8ad662bf6c0bb964726 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: make `program_space::free_all_objfiles` use `this`Simon Marchi1-1/+1
Use `this` instead of `current_program_space`. Presumably, the method wants to check the solibs of "this" program space, not the current global program space (although they are likely always the same at the moment). Change-Id: Iaf0534f36bfd47c04c53ed0657da332bdb8fb906 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to no_shared_librariesSimon Marchi8-13/+13
Make the current program space reference bubble up one level. Pass `current_program_space` everywhere, except in some cases where we can get the pspace another way, and it's relatively obvious that it's the same as the current program space. Change-Id: Id86b79f1e44f92a398f49d137d57457174dfa96d Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: split no_shared_libraries, command vs implementationSimon Marchi9-19/+27
The `no_shared_libraries` function is currently used to implement the `nosharedlibrary` command, but it also used internally by other functions. This does not make a very good internal API. Add the `no_shared_libraries_command` function to implement the CLI command. Remove the unused parameters from `no_shared_libraries`. Remove the `from_tty` parameter of `target_pre_inferior`, since it's now unused. Change-Id: I4fcba5ee1e0f7d250aab1a7b62b9ea16265fe962 Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: pass program space to objfile_purge_solibsSimon Marchi3-9/+7
Make the current program space reference bubble up one level. Change-Id: I08cfa77a0351c9602131ed2a294eabb1f1f59a6e Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: use objfile::pspace in objfile::unlinkSimon Marchi2-2/+2
I think it would make sense to use objfile::pspace instead of the current program space here. It reduces the risks of calling this method with the wrong current program space set. Change-Id: Id4f3644719f232640c83a1c7f4aa92eaa6af6c5c Approved-By: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> Reviewed-By: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
2024-07-15gdb: remove some trivial uses of current_program_spaceSimon Marchi2-4/+4
It is obvious that pspace is the same as current_program_space in these cases, due to the set_current_program_space call just above. The rest of the functions probably care about the current program space though, so leave the set_cset_current_program_space calls there. Change-Id: I3c300decbf2c2fe5f25aa7f697ebcb524432394f
2024-07-15Fix loading a saved recordingHannes Domani2-0/+3
Currently you get this assertion failure if you try to execute the inferior after loading a saved recording, when no recording was done earlier in the same gdb session: ``` $ gdb -q c -ex "record restore test.rec" Reading symbols from c... [New LWP 26428] Core was generated by `/tmp/c'. Restored records from core file /tmp/test.rec. (gdb) c Continuing. ../../gdb/inferior.c:293: internal-error: inferior* find_inferior_pid(process_stratum_target*, int): Assertion `pid != 0' failed. A problem internal to GDB has been detected, further debugging may prove unreliable. ``` The change in step-precsave.exp triggers this bug, since now the recording is loaded in a new gdb session, where record_full_resume_ptid was never set. The fix is to simply set record_full_resume_ptid when resuming a loaded recording. Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31971 Approved-By: Guinevere Larsen <blarsen@redhat.com>
2024-07-15gdb: make objfile::pspace privateSimon Marchi16-44/+49
Rename to m_pspace, add getter. An objfile's pspace never changes, so no setter is necessary. Change-Id: If4dfb300cb90dc0fb9776ea704ff92baebb8f626
2024-07-15aarch64: Fix --no-apply-dynamic-relocs for RELRSzabolcs Nagy1-2/+0
The option only makes sense for RELA relative relocs where the addend is present, not for RELR relative relocs. Fixes bug 31924.
2024-07-15Synchronize config.[sub|guess] with the latest versions from the config project.Nick Clifton3-12/+48
2024-07-15Automatic date update in version.inGDB Administrator1-1/+1
2024-07-14hppa: Fix handling of relocations that apply to dataJohn David Anglin1-37/+51
Commit d125f9675372b1ae01ceb1893c06ccb27bc7bf22 introduced a bug in handling relocations for data. The R_PARISC_DIR32 relocation operates on 32-bit data and not instructions. The HOWTO table needs to be used to determine the format of relocations that apply to data. The R_PARISC_SEGBASE relocation is another special case as it only changes segment base. This was noticed in Debian cmor package build. 2024-07-14 John David Anglin <danglin@gcc.gnu.org> bfd/ChangeLog: * elf32-hppa.c (final_link_relocate): Use HOWTO table to determine reload format for relocations that apply to data.
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2024-07-13Revert "MIPS: Use N64 by default for mips*64*-*-linux-gnuabi64"Maciej W. Rozycki4-11/+6
This reverts commit d49f2dd78b08efa4e1ee51f5df5058846c2eb4fa. It was applied unapproved.
2024-07-13Revert "MIPS/GAS: Omit LI 0 for condition trap"Maciej W. Rozycki4-35/+3
This reverts commit bfa257b407270d1c808b31fbd97da779e0fd20d2. It was applied unapproved.
2024-07-13LoongArch: Fix dwarf3 test cases from XPASS to PASSLulu Cai1-5/+0
In the past, the .align directive generated a label that did not match the regular expression, and we set it to XFAIL. But now it matches fine so it becomes XPASS. We fix it with PASS.
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2024-07-12libiberty: sync with gccSam James6-21/+118
This imports the following commits from GCC as of r15-1722-g7682d115402743: ca2f7c84927f libiberty: Invoke D demangler when --format=auto 94792057ad4a Fix up duplicated words mostly in comments, part 1 20e57660e64e libiberty: Fix error return value in pex_unix_exec_child [PR113957]. 52ac4c6be866 [libiberty] remove TBAA violation in iterative_hash, improve code-gen 53bb7145135c libiberty: Fix up libiberty_vprintf_buffer_size 65388b28656d c++, demangle: Implement https://github.com/itanium-cxx-abi/cxx-abi/issues/148 non-proposal
2024-07-12s390: Avoid reloc overflows on undefined weak symbols (cont)Jens Remus4-1/+75
This complements and reuses logic from Andreas Krebbel's commit 896a639babe2 ("s390: Avoid reloc overflows on undefined weak symbols"). Replace relative long addressing instructions of weak symbols, which will definitely resolve to zero, with either a load address of 0 or a a trapping insn. This prevents the PLT32DBL relocation from overflowing in case the binary will be loaded at 4GB or more. bfd/ * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_relocate_section): Replace instructions using undefined weak symbols with relative addressing to avoid relocation overflows. ld/ * testsuite/ld-s390/s390.exp: Add new test. * testsuite/ld-s390/weakundef-2.s: New test. * testsuite/ld-s390/weakundef-2.dd: Likewise. Reported-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com> Suggested-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com> Suggested-by: Andreas Krebbel <krebbel@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
2024-07-12s390: Do not replace brcth referencing undefined weak symbolJens Remus3-7/+5
Branch Relative on Count High (brcth) is a conditional branch relative instruction. It is not guaranteed that it only appears within loops that sooner or later will take the branch. It may very well be used to check a condition that will prevent the branch from ever being taken. bfd/ * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_relocate_section): Do not replace brcth referencing undefined weak symbol with a trap. ld/ * testsuite/ld-s390/weakundef-1.s: Update test case accordingly. * testsuite/ld-s390/weakundef-1.dd: Likewise. Fixes: 896a639babe2 ("s390: Avoid reloc overflows on undefined weak symbols") Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
2024-07-12aarch64: Add support for sme2.1 zero instructions.Srinath Parvathaneni10-210/+610
This patch adds support for following sme2.1 zero instructions and the spec is available here [1]. 1. ZERO (single-vector). 2. ZERO (double-vector). 3. ZERO (quad-vector). The VECTOR GROUP symbols VGx2 and VGx4 are optional for the assembler for most of the sme and sve instructions. But for few of the sme2.1 zero instruction variants VECTOR GROUP symbols VGx2 and VGx4 are mandatory. To address this a bit "F_VG_REQ" is introduced in this patch, on setting F_VG_REQ bit in flags of aarch64_opcode forces the assembler to accept instruction operand only having VECTOR GROUP symbols. [1]: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0602/2024-03/SME-Instructions?lang=en