Landing: e97333273584

Project / Subsystem

binutils / binutils/aarch64

Date

2026-05-15

Author

Alice Carlotti <acarlotti@sourceware.org>

Commit

e97333273584bd64de8b4b538173d679c163eee8

Source

public_inbox

Perf win

No

Breaking

No

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binutils
subsystem
binutils/aarch64
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commit_hash
e97333273584bd64de8b4b538173d679c163eee8
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public_inbox
headline
AArch64: Make comparison to QLF_NIL more explicit.
tldr
Replaces implicit zero comparison with explicit `AARCH64_OPND_QLF_NIL` comparison for operand qualifiers.
author
Alice Carlotti <acarlotti@sourceware.org>
outcome
committed
performance_win
false
breaking_change
false
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tags
  • aarch64
  • opcode
  • readability
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date
2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

This commit improves code clarity in the AArch64 opcode handling by explicitly comparing operand qualifiers to AARCH64_OPND_QLF_NIL instead of relying on an implicit zero comparison. This change enhances code readability and avoids potential issues if the value of AARCH64_OPND_QLF_NIL were to change in the future.