[llvm] [X86][MC][AsmParser] Reject H-byte regs with VEX/EVEX-encoded 8-bit RR (NDD) (PR #160039)

Phoebe Wang via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Sep 24 01:03:54 PDT 2025


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@@ -4018,9 +4018,14 @@ bool X86AsmParser::validateInstruction(MCInst &Inst, const OperandVector &Ops) {
       return Error(Ops[0]->getStartLoc(), "all tmm registers must be distinct");
   }
 
-  // Check that we aren't mixing AH/BH/CH/DH with REX prefix. We only need to
-  // check this with the legacy encoding, VEX/EVEX/XOP don't use REX.
-  if ((TSFlags & X86II::EncodingMask) == 0) {
+  // High 8-bit regs (AH/BH/CH/DH) are incompatible with encodings that imply
+  // extended prefixes:
+  //  * Legacy path that would emit a REX (e.g. uses r8..r15 or sil/dil/bpl/spl)
+  //  * EVEX
+  //  * REX2
+  // VEX/XOP don't use REX; they are excluded from the legacy check.
+  const unsigned Enc = TSFlags & X86II::EncodingMask;
+  if (Enc != X86II::VEX && Enc != X86II::XOP) {
     MCRegister HReg;
     bool UsesRex = TSFlags & X86II::REX_W;
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phoebewang wrote:

I don't think we can specify REX_R/X/B in assemble.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/160039


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