aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/gas/NEWS
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2017-02-14 20:38:21 +1030
committerAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2017-02-14 21:12:07 +1030
commit7e0de605cbacbbbb2531bb70506c0843aea13111 (patch)
tree70e16baeeedac264df23c6d884e95743dcbc570f /gas/NEWS
parent606a935e3a9066ab11308b8c934c9bdec7f128d3 (diff)
PowerPC register expression checks
This stops powerpc gas blithely accepting such nonsense as "addi %f4,%cr3,%r31". PR 21118 gas/ * NEWS: Mention powerpc register checks. * config/tc-ppc.c (struct pd_reg): Make value a short. Add flags. (pre_defined_registers): Delete fpscr and pmr entries. Set register type in flags. (cr_names): Set type in flags. (reg_name_search): Return pointer to struct pd_reg rather than value. (register_name): Adjust to suit. Set X_md from flags. (ppc_parse_name): Likewise. (ppc_optimize_expr): New function. (md_assemble): Verify expresion reg flags match operand. * config/tc-ppc.h (md_optimize_expr): Define. (ppc_optimize_expr): Declare. include/ * opcode/ppc.h (PPC_OPERAND_*): Reassign values, regs first. (PPC_OPERAND_SPR, PPC_OPERAND_GQR): Define. opcodes/ * ppc-opc.c (powerpc_operands): Flag SPR, SPRG and TBR entries with PPC_OPERAND_SPR. Flag PSQ and PSQM with PPC_OPERAND_GQR.
Diffstat (limited to 'gas/NEWS')
-rw-r--r--gas/NEWS4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index e95a9d8779..ef0780dd59 100644
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-*- text -*-
+* PowerPC gas now checks that the correct register class is used in
+ instructions. For instance, "addi %f4,%cr3,%r31" is now rejected
+ rather than silently producing "addi r4,r3,31".
+
* Add support for the Texas Instruments PRU processor.
Changes in 2.28: