Re: RFC: Annotate immediates in x86 disassembly
Project / Subsystem
binutils / rfc
Date
2026-05-07
Proposer
Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • The patch may introduce new dependencies on the comment buffer framework.
- • There may be performance implications from using the new framework.
- • The changes may require updates to other parts of the disassembler.
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- binutils
- subsystem
- rfc
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- 87bjers66t.fsf@redhat.com
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- title
- Re: RFC: Annotate immediates in x86 disassembly
- headline
- Rfc: Annotate immediates in x86 disassembly
- tldr
- Nick Clifton proposes a patch to the x86 disassembler to use the comment buffer framework for printing addresses.
- proposer
- Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • The patch may introduce new dependencies on the comment buffer framework.
- • There may be performance implications from using the new framework.
- • The changes may require updates to other parts of the disassembler.
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- —
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- standalone
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- []
- tags
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- • binutils
- • disassembler
- • x86
- • assembly
- • comments
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- date
- 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
Re: RFC: Annotate immediates in x86 disassembly
Nick Clifton proposes a patch to the x86 disassembler to make it use the new comment buffer framework for printing addresses. The patch includes FIXME comments pointing out issues that may need to be addressed. The goal is to improve the readability and clarity of disassembled x86 code.