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Project / Subsystem

binutils / binutils/aarch64

Date

2026-05-15

Author

Alice Carlotti <acarlotti@sourceware.org>

Commit

e71bf6aa5a92ad40a4e0b2980f4c6e2955f86025

Source

public_inbox

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No

Breaking

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binutils
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binutils/aarch64
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e71bf6aa5a92ad40a4e0b2980f4c6e2955f86025
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AArch64: Add an assert to inherent_reg_qualifier.
tldr
The default case in `inherent_reg_qualifier` is unreachable, so replace it with an assert.
author
Alice Carlotti <acarlotti@sourceware.org>
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committed
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  • aarch64
  • assembler
  • bugfix
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date
2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

In the AArch64 assembler, the inherent_reg_qualifier function determines the operand qualifier associated with a given register. The default case in this function should be unreachable. This commit replaces the default case with an assert to catch unexpected behavior during development.