Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:51:14 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86/asm/entry/64: use smaller insns |
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On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 10:37:32AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > But here GAS generates the 10-byte opcode even if 'mov $0x12345678, > %rdi' is used, which is an unforced error.
7 bytes:
48 c7 c7 78 56 34 12 mov $0x12345678,%rdi
which is REX + opcode C7 + ModRM + 4-byte immediate.
If it used the bX opcodes, it would have to use REX prefix too for the %rdi register which would generate a 10-byte insn then:
0: 48 bf 78 56 43 12 00 mov $0x12435678,%rdi 7: 00 00 00
REX + opcode BF + 8 bytes immediate.
So I think using the REX register "rdi" forces it to use the REX prefix and thus the longer instructions.
All IMHO of course.
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