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x86/asm/decoder: Create artificial 3rd byte for 2-byte VEX

Before this patch, users need to do this to fetch vex.vvvv:

if (insn->vex_prefix.nbytes == 2) {
vex_vvvv = ((insn->vex_prefix.bytes[1] >> 3) & 0xf) ^ 0xf;
}
if (insn->vex_prefix.nbytes == 3) {
vex_vvvv = ((insn->vex_prefix.bytes[2] >> 3) & 0xf) ^ 0xf;
}

Make it so that insn->vex_prefix.bytes[2] always contains
vex.wvvvvLpp bits.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1423767879-31691-1-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

authored by

Denys Vlasenko and committed by
Ingo Molnar
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arch/x86/lib/insn.c
··· 164 164 /* VEX.W overrides opnd_size */ 165 165 insn->opnd_bytes = 8; 166 166 } else { 167 + /* 168 + * For VEX2, fake VEX3-like byte#2. 169 + * Makes it easier to decode vex.W, vex.vvvv, 170 + * vex.L and vex.pp. Masking with 0x7f sets vex.W == 0. 171 + */ 172 + insn->vex_prefix.bytes[2] = b2 & 0x7f; 167 173 insn->vex_prefix.nbytes = 2; 168 174 insn->next_byte += 2; 169 175 }