Re: [PATCH] s390/test_unwind: use raw opcode instead of invalid instruction

From: Heiko Carstens
Date: Fri Nov 19 2021 - 06:09:37 EST


On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 11:57:05AM +0100, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> > > > > - " mvcl %%r1,%%r1\n"
> > > > > + " .insn e,0x0e11\n" /* mvcl %%r1,%%r1" */
> >
> > Sorry, I disagree with this. As you said above rr would be the correct
> > format for this instruction. If we go for the e format then we should
> > also use an instruction with e format.
> > Which in this case would simply be an illegal opcode, which would be
> > sufficient for what this code is good for: ".insn e,0x0000".
>
> Why not simply use .short then?

.short bypasses all sanity checks while .insn does not, so I think
that should be preferred. But I don't care too much.