sim: mips: Only truncate sign extension bits for 32-bit target models
64-bit BFD for MIPS applies a standard sign extension on all addresses assuming 64-bit target. These bits are required for 64-bit and can only be safely truncated for 32-bit target models. This partially reverts commit b36d953b The sign-extension logic modeled by BFD is an integral part of the MIPS64 architecture spec. It appears in the virtual address map, where sign extension allows for 32-bit compatibility segments [1] with 64-bit addressing. Truncating these addresses prematurely (commit models (-DWITH_TARGET_WORD_BITSIZE=64). In the ISA itself, direct addressing (Load-Upper-Immediate) and indirect addressing (Load-Word) both automatically sign-extend their results. These instructions regenerate the sign-extended addresses even if we don't start with one (see pr gdb/19447). Moreover, some instructions like ADD*/SUB* have unpredictable behaviour when an operand is not correctly sign extended [3]. This affects PC-relative addressing in particular, so arithmetic on the link-address generated in the return address register by a jump-and-link is no longer possible, neither is the use of the PC-relative addressing instructions provided by MIPSR6. [1] "MIPS64 Architecture for Programmers Volume III: The MIPS64 Privileged Resource Architecture", Document Number: MD00091, Revision 6.02, December 10, 2015, Section 4.3 "Virtual Address Spaces", pp. 29-31 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/downloads-mips/documents/MD00091-2B-MIPS64PRA-AFP-06.03.pdf [2] "MIPS64 Architecture for Programmers Volume II-A: The MIPS64 Instruction Set Reference Manual", Document Number: MD00087, Revision 6.06, December 15, 2016, Section 3.2 "Alphabetical List of Instructions", pp. 321 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/downloads-mips/documents/MD00087-2B-MIPS64BIS-AFP-6.06.pdf [3] "MIPS64 Architecture for Programmers Volume II-A: The MIPS64 Instruction Set Reference Manual", Document Number: MD00087, Revision 6.06, December 15, 2016, Section 3.2 "Alphabetical List of Instructions", pp. 56 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/downloads-mips/documents/MD00087-2B-MIPS64BIS-AFP-6.06.pdf 2021-04-23 Faraz Shahbazker <fshahbazker@wavecomp.com> sim/mips/ChangeLog: * interp.c (sim_create_inferior): Only truncate sign extension bits for 32-bit target models .
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