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x86/segment: Use MOVL when reading segment registers
Use MOVL when reading segment registers to avoid 0x66 operand-size override insn prefix. The segment value is always 16-bit and gets zero-extended to the full 32-bit size. Example: 4e4: 66 8c c0 mov %es,%ax 4e7: 66 89 83 80 0b 00 00 mov %ax,0xb80(%rbx) 4e4: 8c c0 mov %es,%eax 4e6: 66 89 83 80 0b 00 00 mov %ax,0xb80(%rbx) Also, use the %k0 modifier which generates the SImode (signed integer) register name for the target register. [ bp: Extend and clarify commit message. ] Signed-off-by:Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Reviewed-by:
H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com> Tested-by:
Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260105090422.6243-1-ubizjak@gmail.com