Re: [PATCH] WTF is VLI?

[Avi Kivity <avi@argo.co.il>]

Keith Owens wrote:

>So for VLI code, ksymoops splits the code line into two separate pieces
>and processes each one seperately.  ksymoops prints the first bit with
>a warning that it may not be reliable.  The second bit, and all the
>code line for non-VLI architectures, is reliable and is printed without
>a warning.
>
>  
>
ksymoops can disasemble the entire code line, but starting at different 
offsets (up to the maximum instruction length) from the start. the first 
disassembly to include the program counter in the output would be deemed 
correct.

this would work for all architectures, and might improve reliability for 
i386.

in case I'm not communicating well:

for (offset = 0; offset < max_instr_len; ++offset) {
    create_object_file(code + offset, len - offset);
    disassemble();
    if (disassembly_includes_eip())
        break;
}

the likelyhood of the first section containing garbage is reduced; and 
the code works for VLI and FLI.

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