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x86/segment: Use MOVL when reading segment registers
authorUros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Mon, 5 Jan 2026 09:02:32 +0000 (10:02 +0100)
committerBorislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:34:58 +0000 (12:34 +0100)
commit53ed3d91a141f5c8b3bce45b0004fbbfefe77956
tree11d84d35cfb529750bcd3406066a34e0fd5fb75e
parent59cac9d52b885cbeba45fa455417b03dfb03eaa7
x86/segment: Use MOVL when reading segment registers

Use MOVL when reading segment registers to avoid 0x66 operand-size override
insn prefix. The segment value is always 16-bit and gets zero-extended to the
full 32-bit size.

Example:

  4e4:       66 8c c0                mov    %es,%ax
  4e7:       66 89 83 80 0b 00 00    mov    %ax,0xb80(%rbx)

  4e4:       8c c0                   mov    %es,%eax
  4e6:       66 89 83 80 0b 00 00    mov    %ax,0xb80(%rbx)

Also, use the %k0 modifier which generates the SImode (signed integer)
register name for the target register.

  [ bp: Extend and clarify commit message. ]

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
Tested-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260105090422.6243-1-ubizjak@gmail.com
arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h