THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2026
loongarch — Proposed
LoongArch: Add new option annotate for objdump
Adds 'objdump -dM annotate' to display disassembly with annotations for LoongArch dbar instructions.
This patch introduces a new ‘annotate’ option for the LoongArch objdump tool. When used with ‘-dM annotate’, it will display disassembly along with specific annotations for ‘dbar’ instructions, providing more detailed insight into their usage and behavior.
In Details
This patch adds a new disassembly annotation option to objdump for the LoongArch architecture. The 'annotate' mode specifically targets 'dbar' instructions, providing meta-information about their operands or behavior during disassembly.
For Context
- objdump
- A utility that displays information from object files, including disassembly of machine code.
- LoongArch
- A RISC-ISA instruction set architecture developed in China.
- dbar
- Likely refers to a specific instruction in the LoongArch architecture, possibly related to data buffering or synchronization.