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1# `asm_experimental_arch`
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5099ac24 3The tracking issue for this feature is: [#93335]
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5099ac24 5[#93335]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/93335
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7------------------------
8
9This feature tracks `asm!` and `global_asm!` support for the following architectures:
10- NVPTX
11- PowerPC
12- Hexagon
13- MIPS32r2 and MIPS64r2
14- wasm32
15- BPF
16- SPIR-V
17- AVR
5099ac24 18- MSP430
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20## Register classes
21
22| Architecture | Register class | Registers | LLVM constraint code |
23| ------------ | -------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------------- |
24| MIPS | `reg` | `$[2-25]` | `r` |
25| MIPS | `freg` | `$f[0-31]` | `f` |
26| NVPTX | `reg16` | None\* | `h` |
27| NVPTX | `reg32` | None\* | `r` |
28| NVPTX | `reg64` | None\* | `l` |
29| Hexagon | `reg` | `r[0-28]` | `r` |
30| PowerPC | `reg` | `r[0-31]` | `r` |
31| PowerPC | `reg_nonzero` | `r[1-31]` | `b` |
32| PowerPC | `freg` | `f[0-31]` | `f` |
33| PowerPC | `cr` | `cr[0-7]`, `cr` | Only clobbers |
34| PowerPC | `xer` | `xer` | Only clobbers |
35| wasm32 | `local` | None\* | `r` |
36| BPF | `reg` | `r[0-10]` | `r` |
37| BPF | `wreg` | `w[0-10]` | `w` |
38| AVR | `reg` | `r[2-25]`, `XH`, `XL`, `ZH`, `ZL` | `r` |
39| AVR | `reg_upper` | `r[16-25]`, `XH`, `XL`, `ZH`, `ZL` | `d` |
40| AVR | `reg_pair` | `r3r2` .. `r25r24`, `X`, `Z` | `r` |
41| AVR | `reg_iw` | `r25r24`, `X`, `Z` | `w` |
42| AVR | `reg_ptr` | `X`, `Z` | `e` |
5099ac24 43| MSP430 | `reg` | `r[0-15]` | `r` |
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45> **Notes**:
46> - NVPTX doesn't have a fixed register set, so named registers are not supported.
47>
48> - WebAssembly doesn't have registers, so named registers are not supported.
49
50# Register class supported types
51
52| Architecture | Register class | Target feature | Allowed types |
53| ------------ | ------------------------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------- |
54| MIPS32 | `reg` | None | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `f32` |
55| MIPS32 | `freg` | None | `f32`, `f64` |
56| MIPS64 | `reg` | None | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `i64`, `f32`, `f64` |
57| MIPS64 | `freg` | None | `f32`, `f64` |
58| NVPTX | `reg16` | None | `i8`, `i16` |
59| NVPTX | `reg32` | None | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `f32` |
60| NVPTX | `reg64` | None | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `f32`, `i64`, `f64` |
61| Hexagon | `reg` | None | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `f32` |
62| PowerPC | `reg` | None | `i8`, `i16`, `i32` |
63| PowerPC | `reg_nonzero` | None | `i8`, `i16`, `i32` |
64| PowerPC | `freg` | None | `f32`, `f64` |
65| PowerPC | `cr` | N/A | Only clobbers |
66| PowerPC | `xer` | N/A | Only clobbers |
67| wasm32 | `local` | None | `i8` `i16` `i32` `i64` `f32` `f64` |
68| BPF | `reg` | None | `i8` `i16` `i32` `i64` |
69| BPF | `wreg` | `alu32` | `i8` `i16` `i32` |
70| AVR | `reg`, `reg_upper` | None | `i8` |
71| AVR | `reg_pair`, `reg_iw`, `reg_ptr` | None | `i16` |
5099ac24 72| MSP430 | `reg` | None | `i8`, `i16` |
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74## Register aliases
75
76| Architecture | Base register | Aliases |
77| ------------ | ------------- | --------- |
78| Hexagon | `r29` | `sp` |
79| Hexagon | `r30` | `fr` |
80| Hexagon | `r31` | `lr` |
81| BPF | `r[0-10]` | `w[0-10]` |
82| AVR | `XH` | `r27` |
83| AVR | `XL` | `r26` |
84| AVR | `ZH` | `r31` |
85| AVR | `ZL` | `r30` |
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86| MSP430 | `r0` | `pc` |
87| MSP430 | `r1` | `sp` |
88| MSP430 | `r2` | `sr` |
89| MSP430 | `r3` | `cg` |
90| MSP430 | `r4` | `fp` |
91
92> **Notes**:
93> - TI does not mandate a frame pointer for MSP430, but toolchains are allowed
94 to use one; LLVM uses `r4`.
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96## Unsupported registers
97
98| Architecture | Unsupported register | Reason |
99| ------------ | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
100| All | `sp` | The stack pointer must be restored to its original value at the end of an asm code block. |
5099ac24 101| All | `fr` (Hexagon), `$fp` (MIPS), `Y` (AVR), `r4` (MSP430) | The frame pointer cannot be used as an input or output. |
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102| All | `r19` (Hexagon) | This is used internally by LLVM as a "base pointer" for functions with complex stack frames. |
103| MIPS | `$0` or `$zero` | This is a constant zero register which can't be modified. |
104| MIPS | `$1` or `$at` | Reserved for assembler. |
105| MIPS | `$26`/`$k0`, `$27`/`$k1` | OS-reserved registers. |
106| MIPS | `$28`/`$gp` | Global pointer cannot be used as inputs or outputs. |
107| MIPS | `$ra` | Return address cannot be used as inputs or outputs. |
108| Hexagon | `lr` | This is the link register which cannot be used as an input or output. |
109| AVR | `r0`, `r1`, `r1r0` | Due to an issue in LLVM, the `r0` and `r1` registers cannot be used as inputs or outputs. If modified, they must be restored to their original values before the end of the block. |
5099ac24 110|MSP430 | `r0`, `r2`, `r3` | These are the program counter, status register, and constant generator respectively. Neither the status register nor constant generator can be written to. |
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112## Template modifiers
113
114| Architecture | Register class | Modifier | Example output | LLVM modifier |
115| ------------ | -------------- | -------- | -------------- | ------------- |
116| MIPS | `reg` | None | `$2` | None |
117| MIPS | `freg` | None | `$f0` | None |
118| NVPTX | `reg16` | None | `rs0` | None |
119| NVPTX | `reg32` | None | `r0` | None |
120| NVPTX | `reg64` | None | `rd0` | None |
121| Hexagon | `reg` | None | `r0` | None |
122| PowerPC | `reg` | None | `0` | None |
123| PowerPC | `reg_nonzero` | None | `3` | `b` |
124| PowerPC | `freg` | None | `0` | None |
125
126# Flags covered by `preserves_flags`
127
128These flags registers must be restored upon exiting the asm block if the `preserves_flags` option is set:
129- AVR
130 - The status register `SREG`.
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131- MSP430
132 - The status register `r2`.