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From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, pp-manager@sdl.hitachi.co.jp
Subject: Re: Typo transferred from Intel manual
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:28:04 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F136F14.9050107@hitachi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOPLpQc_TfvtfJ0NL+4fsi2r_eW+4qWX+WbXrZ9BjGn44nAmBw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Ulrich,

(2012/01/14 7:24), Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> The arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt file contains the line
> 
> af: SCAS/W/D/Q rAX,Xv
> 
> 
> This is what the Intel manuals show, but it's not correct.  The 'X' stands for
> 
> Memory addressed by the DS:rSI register pair (for example, MOVS, CMPS,
> OUTS, or LODS).
> 
> 
> On the other hand 'Y' means (also see the ae byte entry for SCASB):
> 
> Memory addressed by the ES:rDI register pair (for example, MOVS, CMPS,
> INS, STOS, or SCAS).

I see, thanks for reporting :)

> Hence the following patch should be applied:

Could you add a comment line above the fix in x86-opcode-map.txt?
I just consider the case that someone may confuse the fix itself
is typo.

Thank you!

> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gmail.com>
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt b/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
> index 5b83c51..c292885 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
> @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ ab: STOS/W/D/Q Yv,rAX
>  ac: LODS/B AL,Xb
>  ad: LODS/W/D/Q rAX,Xv
>  ae: SCAS/B AL,Yb
> -af: SCAS/W/D/Q rAX,Xv
> +af: SCAS/W/D/Q rAX,Yv
>  # 0xb0 - 0xbf
>  b0: MOV AL/R8L,Ib
>  b1: MOV CL/R9L,Ib
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-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com

  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-16  0:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-13 22:24 Typo transferred from Intel manual Ulrich Drepper
2012-01-16  0:28 ` Masami Hiramatsu [this message]
2012-01-16  0:31 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-16  0:40   ` Ulrich Drepper
2012-01-16  8:41     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-16  9:02     ` [tip:perf/urgent] x86/kprobes: Fix typo " tip-bot for Ulrich Drepper

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