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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf, x32: Fix invalid instruction in BPF_LDX zero-extension
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 10:39 AM H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> x32 is not x86-32.  In Linux we generally call the latter "i386".

Agreed.  Most of the previous patches to this file use "x32" and this
one just wanted to be consistent.

> C7 /0 imm32 is a valid instruction on i386. However, it is also
> inefficient when the destination is a register, because B8+r imm32 is
> equivalent, and when the value is zero, XOR is indeed more efficient.
>
> The real error is using EMIT3() instead of EMIT2_off32(), but XOR is
> more efficient. However, let's make the bug statement *correct*, or it
> is going to confuse the Hades out of people in the future.

I don't see how the bug statement is incorrect, which merely points
out that "C7 C0 0" is an invalid instruction, regardless of whether
the JIT intended to emit C7 /0 imm32, B8+r imm32, 31 /r, 33 /r, or any
other equivalent form.