Re: RFC: Annotate immediates in x86 disassembly

Project / Subsystem

binutils / rfc

Date

2026-05-15

Proposer

Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

/10

Technical tradeoffs

  • Adds a variable definition to a test script to resolve an error.

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binutils
subsystem
rfc
patch_id
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25dd2e82-33ca-465a-aa7c-052c77b7114e@suse.com
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public_inbox
title
Re: RFC: Annotate immediates in x86 disassembly
headline
RFC: Annotate immediates in x86 disassembly
tldr
Fixes a testsuite error in x86-64 mode by defining the `exe` variable.
proposer
Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
consensus
Proposed
outcome
proposed
sentiment_score
technical_tradeoffs
  • Adds a variable definition to a test script to resolve an error.
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[]
tags
  • binutils
  • testsuite
  • x86-64
  • Tcl
  • build fix
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date
2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

Re: RFC: Annotate immediates in x86 disassembly

This patch addresses an error encountered when running the binutils testsuite in x86-64 mode. The error arises because the exe variable, representing the executable extension, is not defined in the x86-64.exp test script. The patch resolves this by explicitly setting exe using [exeext], ensuring the testsuite functions correctly in x86-64 environments. The change restores the functionality of the testsuite.