linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V2 3/7] x86/insn: perf tools: Pedantically tweak opcode map for MPX instructions

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Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2015 16:01:36 +0000
From:	平松雅巳 / HIRAMATU，MASAMI 
	<masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	"'Adrian Hunter'" <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Qiaowei Ren <qiaowei.ren@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 3/7] x86/insn: perf tools: Pedantically tweak opcode
 map for MPX instructions

> From: Adrian Hunter [mailto:adrian.hunter@...el.com]
> 
> The MPX instructions are presently not described in the SDM
> opcode maps, and there are not encoding characters for bnd
> registers, address method or operand type.  So the kernel
> opcode map is using 'Gv' for bnd registers and 'Ev' for
> everything else.  That is fine because the instruction
> decoder does not use that information anyway, except as
> an indication that there is a ModR/M byte.
> 
> Nevertheless, in some cases the 'Gv' and 'Ev' are the wrong
> way around, BNDLDX and BNDSTX have 2 operands not 3, and it
> wouldn't hurt to identify the mandatory prefixes.
> 
> This has no effect on the decoding of valid instructions,
> but the addition of the mandatory prefixes will cause some
> invalid instructions to error out that wouldn't have
> previously.
> 
> Note that perf tools has a copy of the instruction decoder
> and provides a test for new instructions which includes MPX
> instructions e.g.
> 
> 	$ perf test "x86 ins"
> 	39: Test x86 instruction decoder - new instructions          : Ok
> 
> Or to see the details:
> 
> 	$ perf test -v "x86 ins"

Thanks for fixing it :)

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>


> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt                     | 8 ++++++--
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt | 8 ++++++--
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt b/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
> index 816488c0b97e..a02a195d219c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
> @@ -353,8 +353,12 @@ AVXcode: 1
>  17: vmovhps Mq,Vq (v1) | vmovhpd Mq,Vq (66),(v1)
>  18: Grp16 (1A)
>  19:
> -1a: BNDCL Ev,Gv | BNDCU Ev,Gv | BNDMOV Gv,Ev | BNDLDX Gv,Ev,Gv
> -1b: BNDCN Ev,Gv | BNDMOV Ev,Gv | BNDMK Gv,Ev | BNDSTX Ev,GV,Gv
> +# Intel SDM opcode map does not list MPX instructions. For now using Gv for
> +# bnd registers and Ev for everything else is OK because the instruction
> +# decoder does not use the information except as an indication that there is
> +# a ModR/M byte.
> +1a: BNDCL Gv,Ev (F3) | BNDCU Gv,Ev (F2) | BNDMOV Gv,Ev (66) | BNDLDX Gv,Ev
> +1b: BNDCN Gv,Ev (F2) | BNDMOV Ev,Gv (66) | BNDMK Gv,Ev (F3) | BNDSTX Ev,Gv
>  1c:
>  1d:
>  1e:
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt
> index 816488c0b97e..a02a195d219c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt
> @@ -353,8 +353,12 @@ AVXcode: 1
>  17: vmovhps Mq,Vq (v1) | vmovhpd Mq,Vq (66),(v1)
>  18: Grp16 (1A)
>  19:
> -1a: BNDCL Ev,Gv | BNDCU Ev,Gv | BNDMOV Gv,Ev | BNDLDX Gv,Ev,Gv
> -1b: BNDCN Ev,Gv | BNDMOV Ev,Gv | BNDMK Gv,Ev | BNDSTX Ev,GV,Gv
> +# Intel SDM opcode map does not list MPX instructions. For now using Gv for
> +# bnd registers and Ev for everything else is OK because the instruction
> +# decoder does not use the information except as an indication that there is
> +# a ModR/M byte.
> +1a: BNDCL Gv,Ev (F3) | BNDCU Gv,Ev (F2) | BNDMOV Gv,Ev (66) | BNDLDX Gv,Ev
> +1b: BNDCN Gv,Ev (F2) | BNDMOV Ev,Gv (66) | BNDMK Gv,Ev (F3) | BNDSTX Ev,Gv
>  1c:
>  1d:
>  1e:
> --
> 1.9.1