[PATCH 03/23] aarch64: Remove unused operand ADDR_SIMM9_2

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Project / Subsystem

binutils / aarch64

Date

2026-05-07

Proposer

Alice Carlotti <alice.carlotti@arm.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

—/10

Technical tradeoffs

• Improved code clarity by removing an unused operand.
• No performance impact.

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project: binutils
subsystem: aarch64
patch_id: —
discussion_id: cbc5fff6-7983-c2a6-7c2e-4aac23134934@e124511.cambridge.arm.com
source_type: public_inbox
title: [PATCH 03/23] aarch64: Remove unused operand ADDR_SIMM9_2
headline: Aarch64: Remove unused operand ADDR_SIMM9_2
tldr: Removes the unused `AARCH64_OPND_ADDR_SIMM9_2` operand from the AArch64 assembler.
proposer: Alice Carlotti <alice.carlotti@arm.com>
consensus: Proposed
outcome: proposed
sentiment_score: —
technical_tradeoffs: • Improved code clarity by removing an unused operand.
• No performance impact.
series_id: binutils:aarch64: remove unused operand addr_simm9_2
series_role: reply
series_parts: []
tags: • aarch64
• assembler
• unused operand
• code cleanup
url: https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/cbc5fff6-7983-c2a6-7c2e-4aac23134934@e124511.cambridge.arm.com
bugzilla_url: —
date: 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

[PATCH 03/23] aarch64: Remove unused operand ADDR_SIMM9_2

This patch removes the AARCH64_OPND_ADDR_SIMM9_2 operand, which has been unused since commit c8f89a3423101b25. This operand related to load/store register (unscaled) instructions. Removing the dead code simplifies the code base.