-@c Copyright (C) 1991-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1991-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c This is part of the GAS manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file as.texinfo.
@c man end
@item -n
By default, x86 GAS replaces multiple nop instructions used for
alignment within code sections with multi-byte nop instructions such
-as leal 0(%esi,1),%esi. This switch disables the optimization.
+as leal 0(%esi,1),%esi. This switch disables the optimization if a single
+byte nop (0x90) is explicitly specified as the fill byte for alignment.
@cindex @samp{--divide} option, i386
@item --divide
@code{bdver3},
@code{bdver4},
@code{znver1},
+@code{znver2},
@code{btver1},
@code{btver2},
@code{generic32} and
@code{no287},
@code{no387},
@code{no687},
+@code{cmov},
+@code{nocmov},
+@code{fxsr},
+@code{nofxsr},
@code{mmx},
@code{nommx},
@code{sse},
@code{sha},
@code{rdpid},
@code{ptwrite},
+@code{cet},
+@code{gfni},
+@code{vaes},
+@code{vpclmulqdq},
@code{prefetchwt1},
@code{clflushopt},
@code{se1},
@code{clwb},
+@code{movdiri},
+@code{movdir64b},
+@code{enqcmd},
@code{avx512f},
@code{avx512cd},
@code{avx512er},
@code{avx512_4fmaps},
@code{avx512_4vnniw},
@code{avx512_vpopcntdq},
+@code{avx512_vbmi2},
+@code{avx512_vnni},
+@code{avx512_bitalg},
+@code{avx512_bf16},
@code{noavx512f},
@code{noavx512cd},
@code{noavx512er},
@code{noavx512_4fmaps},
@code{noavx512_4vnniw},
@code{noavx512_vpopcntdq},
+@code{noavx512_vbmi2},
+@code{noavx512_vnni},
+@code{noavx512_bitalg},
+@code{noavx512_vp2intersect},
+@code{noavx512_bf16},
+@code{noenqcmd},
@code{vmx},
@code{vmfunc},
@code{smx},
@code{clflush},
@code{mwaitx},
@code{clzero},
+@code{wbnoinvd},
+@code{pconfig},
+@code{waitpkg},
+@code{cldemote},
@code{lwp},
@code{fma4},
@code{xop},
@option{-mavxscalar=@var{256}} will encode scalar AVX instructions
with 256bit vector length.
+WARNING: Don't use this for production code - due to CPU errata the
+resulting code may not work on certain models.
+
+@cindex @samp{-mvexwig=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-mvexwig=} option, x86-64
+@item -mvexwig=@var{0}
+@itemx -mvexwig=@var{1}
+These options control how the assembler should encode VEX.W-ignored (WIG)
+VEX instructions. @option{-mvexwig=@var{0}} will encode WIG VEX
+instructions with vex.w = 0, which is the default.
+@option{-mvexwig=@var{1}} will encode WIG EVEX instructions with
+vex.w = 1.
+
+WARNING: Don't use this for production code - due to CPU errata the
+resulting code may not work on certain models.
+
@cindex @samp{-mevexlig=} option, i386
@cindex @samp{-mevexlig=} option, x86-64
@item -mevexlig=@var{128}
relocations. The default can be controlled by a configure option
@option{--enable-x86-relax-relocations}.
+@cindex @samp{-mx86-used-note=} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-mx86-used-note=} option, x86-64
+@item -mx86-used-note=@var{no}
+@itemx -mx86-used-note=@var{yes}
+These options control whether the assembler should generate
+GNU_PROPERTY_X86_ISA_1_USED and GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_2_USED
+GNU property notes. The default can be controlled by the
+@option{--enable-x86-used-note} configure option.
+
@cindex @samp{-mevexrcig=} option, i386
@cindex @samp{-mevexrcig=} option, x86-64
@item -mevexrcig=@var{rne}
This option specifies that the assembler should accept only AMD64 or
Intel64 ISA in 64-bit mode. The default is to accept both.
+@cindex @samp{-O0} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-O0} option, x86-64
+@cindex @samp{-O} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-O} option, x86-64
+@cindex @samp{-O1} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-O1} option, x86-64
+@cindex @samp{-O2} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-O2} option, x86-64
+@cindex @samp{-Os} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-Os} option, x86-64
+@item -O0 | -O | -O1 | -O2 | -Os
+Optimize instruction encoding with smaller instruction size. @samp{-O}
+and @samp{-O1} encode 64-bit register load instructions with 64-bit
+immediate as 32-bit register load instructions with 31-bit or 32-bits
+immediates, encode 64-bit register clearing instructions with 32-bit
+register clearing instructions, encode 256-bit/512-bit VEX/EVEX vector
+register clearing instructions with 128-bit VEX vector register
+clearing instructions, encode 128-bit/256-bit EVEX vector
+register load/store instructions with VEX vector register load/store
+instructions, and encode 128-bit/256-bit EVEX packed integer logical
+instructions with 128-bit/256-bit VEX packed integer logical.
+
+@samp{-O2} includes @samp{-O1} optimization plus encodes
+256-bit/512-bit EVEX vector register clearing instructions with 128-bit
+EVEX vector register clearing instructions. In 64-bit mode VEX encoded
+instructions with commutative source operands will also have their
+source operands swapped if this allows using the 2-byte VEX prefix form
+instead of the 3-byte one. Certain forms of AND as well as OR with the
+same (register) operand specified twice will also be changed to TEST.
+
+@samp{-Os} includes @samp{-O2} optimization plus encodes 16-bit, 32-bit
+and 64-bit register tests with immediate as 8-bit register test with
+immediate. @samp{-O0} turns off this optimization.
+
@end table
@c man end
This directive is only available for COFF based x86 targets.
+@cindex @code{largecomm} directive, ELF
+@item .largecomm @var{symbol} , @var{length}[, @var{alignment}]
+This directive behaves in the same way as the @code{comm} directive
+except that the data is placed into the @var{.lbss} section instead of
+the @var{.bss} section @ref{Comm}.
+
+The directive is intended to be used for data which requires a large
+amount of space, and it is only available for ELF based x86_64
+targets.
+
@c FIXME: Document other x86 specific directives ? Eg: .code16gcc,
-@c .largecomm
@end table
In AT&T syntax the size of memory operands is determined from the last
character of the instruction mnemonic. Mnemonic suffixes of @samp{b},
@samp{w}, @samp{l} and @samp{q} specify byte (8-bit), word (16-bit), long
-(32-bit) and quadruple word (64-bit) memory references. Intel syntax accomplishes
-this by prefixing memory operands (@emph{not} the instruction mnemonics) with
-@samp{byte ptr}, @samp{word ptr}, @samp{dword ptr} and @samp{qword ptr}. Thus,
-Intel @samp{mov al, byte ptr @var{foo}} is @samp{movb @var{foo}, %al} in AT&T
-syntax.
+(32-bit) and quadruple word (64-bit) memory references. Mnemonic suffixes
+of @samp{x}, @samp{y} and @samp{z} specify xmm (128-bit vector), ymm
+(256-bit vector) and zmm (512-bit vector) memory references, only when there's
+no other way to disambiguate an instruction. Intel syntax accomplishes this by
+prefixing memory operands (@emph{not} the instruction mnemonics) with
+@samp{byte ptr}, @samp{word ptr}, @samp{dword ptr}, @samp{qword ptr},
+@samp{xmmword ptr}, @samp{ymmword ptr} and @samp{zmmword ptr}. Thus, Intel
+syntax @samp{mov al, byte ptr @var{foo}} is @samp{movb @var{foo}, %al} in AT&T
+syntax. In Intel syntax, @samp{fword ptr}, @samp{tbyte ptr} and
+@samp{oword ptr} specify 48-bit, 80-bit and 128-bit memory references.
In 64-bit code, @samp{movabs} can be used to encode the @samp{mov}
instruction with the 64-bit displacement or immediate operand.
logical line number directive (@pxref{Comments}) or a preprocessor
control command (@pxref{Preprocessing}).
-If the @option{--divide} command line option has not been specified
+If the @option{--divide} command-line option has not been specified
then the @samp{/} character appearing anywhere on a line also
introduces a line comment.
@cindex encoding options, i386
@cindex encoding options, x86-64
-Different encoding options can be specified via optional mnemonic
-suffix. @samp{.s} suffix swaps 2 register operands in encoding when
-moving from one register to another. @samp{.d8} or @samp{.d32} suffix
-prefers 8bit or 32bit displacement in encoding.
+Different encoding options can be specified via pseudo prefixes:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+@samp{@{disp8@}} -- prefer 8-bit displacement.
+
+@item
+@samp{@{disp32@}} -- prefer 32-bit displacement.
+
+@item
+@samp{@{load@}} -- prefer load-form instruction.
+
+@item
+@samp{@{store@}} -- prefer store-form instruction.
+
+@item
+@samp{@{vex2@}} -- prefer 2-byte VEX prefix for VEX instruction.
+
+@item
+@samp{@{vex3@}} -- prefer 3-byte VEX prefix for VEX instruction.
+
+@item
+@samp{@{evex@}} -- encode with EVEX prefix.
+
+@item
+@samp{@{rex@}} -- prefer REX prefix for integer and legacy vector
+instructions (x86-64 only). Note that this differs from the @samp{rex}
+prefix which generates REX prefix unconditionally.
+
+@item
+@samp{@{nooptimize@}} -- disable instruction size optimization.
+@end itemize
@cindex conversion instructions, i386
@cindex i386 conversion instructions
@item @samp{i486} @tab @samp{i586} @tab @samp{i686} @tab @samp{pentium}
@item @samp{pentiumpro} @tab @samp{pentiumii} @tab @samp{pentiumiii} @tab @samp{pentium4}
@item @samp{prescott} @tab @samp{nocona} @tab @samp{core} @tab @samp{core2}
-@item @samp{corei7} @tab @samp{l1om} @tab @samp{k1om} @samp{iamcu}
+@item @samp{corei7} @tab @samp{l1om} @tab @samp{k1om} @tab @samp{iamcu}
@item @samp{k6} @tab @samp{k6_2} @tab @samp{athlon} @tab @samp{k8}
@item @samp{amdfam10} @tab @samp{bdver1} @tab @samp{bdver2} @tab @samp{bdver3}
-@item @samp{bdver4} @tab @samp{znver1} @tab @samp{btver1} @tab @samp{btver2}
-@item @samp{generic32} @tab @samp{generic64}
-@item @samp{.mmx} @tab @samp{.sse} @tab @samp{.sse2} @tab @samp{.sse3}
+@item @samp{bdver4} @tab @samp{znver1} @tab @samp{znver2} @tab @samp{btver1}
+@item @samp{btver2} @tab @samp{generic32} @tab @samp{generic64}
+@item @samp{.cmov} @tab @samp{.fxsr} @tab @samp{.mmx}
+@item @samp{.sse} @tab @samp{.sse2} @tab @samp{.sse3}
@item @samp{.ssse3} @tab @samp{.sse4.1} @tab @samp{.sse4.2} @tab @samp{.sse4}
@item @samp{.avx} @tab @samp{.vmx} @tab @samp{.smx} @tab @samp{.ept}
@item @samp{.clflush} @tab @samp{.movbe} @tab @samp{.xsave} @tab @samp{.xsaveopt}
@item @samp{.avx512f} @tab @samp{.avx512cd} @tab @samp{.avx512er} @tab @samp{.avx512pf}
@item @samp{.avx512vl} @tab @samp{.avx512bw} @tab @samp{.avx512dq} @tab @samp{.avx512ifma}
@item @samp{.avx512vbmi} @tab @samp{.avx512_4fmaps} @tab @samp{.avx512_4vnniw}
-@item @samp{.avx512_vpopcntdq} @tab @samp{.clwb} @tab @samp{.rdpid} @tab @samp{.ptwrite}
+@item @samp{.avx512_vpopcntdq} @tab @samp{.avx512_vbmi2} @tab @samp{.avx512_vnni}
+@item @samp{.avx512_bitalg} @tab @samp{.avx512_bf16} @tab @samp{.avx512_vp2intersect}
+@item @samp{.clwb} @tab @samp{.rdpid} @tab @samp{.ptwrite} @tab @item @samp{.ibt}
+@item @samp{.wbnoinvd} @tab @samp{.pconfig} @tab @samp{.waitpkg} @tab @samp{.cldemote}
+@item @samp{.shstk} @tab @samp{.gfni} @tab @samp{.vaes} @tab @samp{.vpclmulqdq}
+@item @samp{.movdiri} @tab @samp{.movdir64b} @tab @samp{.enqcmd}
@item @samp{.3dnow} @tab @samp{.3dnowa} @tab @samp{.sse4a} @tab @samp{.sse5}
@item @samp{.syscall} @tab @samp{.rdtscp} @tab @samp{.svme} @tab @samp{.abm}
@item @samp{.lwp} @tab @samp{.fma4} @tab @samp{.xop} @tab @samp{.cx16}