Re: [PATCH] gas: add flex mode to .bundle_lock
Project / Subsystem
binutils / gas
Date
2026-10-04
Proposer
Abhay Kandpal <abhay@linux.ibm.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Increased flexibility in instruction sequencing.
- • Requires documentation updates and justification for use cases.
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- binutils
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- Re: [PATCH] gas: add flex mode to .bundle_lock
- headline
- gas: add flex mode to .bundle_lock
- tldr
- Reviewer welcomes a patch adding 'flex' mode to .bundle_lock but requests documentation and justification for oversized sequences.
- proposer
- Abhay Kandpal <abhay@linux.ibm.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
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- • Increased flexibility in instruction sequencing.
- • Requires documentation updates and justification for use cases.
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- • binutils
- • gas
- • assembler
- • instruction bundling
- • documentation
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- date
- 2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
Re: [PATCH] gas: add flex mode to .bundle_lock
Abhay Kandpal welcomes Sarvesh Chandra’s first patch to binutils, which adds a ‘flex’ mode to the .bundle_lock directive in the assembler (gas). This mode allows sequences larger than the standard bundle size. The reviewer finds the format acceptable but asks for clarification on why oversized locked sequences are needed and requests documentation updates for as.texi and a gas/NEWS entry.