https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29728
Bug ID: 29728
Summary: bpf: support LLVM BPF pseudo-C assembly syntax
Product: binutils
Version: unspecified
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: gas
Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
Reporter: jose.marchesi at oracle dot com
Target Milestone: ---
The GNU assembler supports a conventional syntax for BPF assembly. This
contrasts with the BPF LLVM backend, which uses a bizarre pseudo-C syntax
(assignments for `mov' instructions, goto statements for branch instructions,
etc).
While we don't want to abandon the conventional assembly syntax (it has a lot
of advantages, like for example proper integration in debuggers, disassemblers,
etc that, well, expect an assembly-like syntax in assembly languages) this
divergence with LLVM is a blocker, since kernel headers contain inline `asm'
instructions that use the pseudo-C syntax.
So this bugzilla is for adding support for the pseudo-C assembly BPF syntax to
the GNU assembler.
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