# `asm_experimental_arch`

The tracking issue for this feature is: [#72016]

[#72016]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/72016

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This feature tracks `asm!` and `global_asm!` support for the following architectures:
- NVPTX
- PowerPC
- Hexagon
- MIPS32r2 and MIPS64r2
- wasm32
- BPF
- SPIR-V
- AVR

## Register classes

| Architecture | Register class | Registers                          | LLVM constraint code |
| ------------ | -------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| MIPS         | `reg`          | `$[2-25]`                          | `r`                  |
| MIPS         | `freg`         | `$f[0-31]`                         | `f`                  |
| NVPTX        | `reg16`        | None\*                             | `h`                  |
| NVPTX        | `reg32`        | None\*                             | `r`                  |
| NVPTX        | `reg64`        | None\*                             | `l`                  |
| Hexagon      | `reg`          | `r[0-28]`                          | `r`                  |
| PowerPC      | `reg`          | `r[0-31]`                          | `r`                  |
| PowerPC      | `reg_nonzero`  | `r[1-31]`                          | `b`                  |
| PowerPC      | `freg`         | `f[0-31]`                          | `f`                  |
| PowerPC      | `cr`           | `cr[0-7]`, `cr`                    | Only clobbers        |
| PowerPC      | `xer`          | `xer`                              | Only clobbers        |
| wasm32       | `local`        | None\*                             | `r`                  |
| BPF          | `reg`          | `r[0-10]`                          | `r`                  |
| BPF          | `wreg`         | `w[0-10]`                          | `w`                  |
| AVR          | `reg`          | `r[2-25]`, `XH`, `XL`, `ZH`, `ZL`  | `r`                  |
| AVR          | `reg_upper`    | `r[16-25]`, `XH`, `XL`, `ZH`, `ZL` | `d`                  |
| AVR          | `reg_pair`     | `r3r2` .. `r25r24`, `X`, `Z`       | `r`                  |
| AVR          | `reg_iw`       | `r25r24`, `X`, `Z`                 | `w`                  |
| AVR          | `reg_ptr`      | `X`, `Z`                           | `e`                  |

> **Notes**:
> - NVPTX doesn't have a fixed register set, so named registers are not supported.
>
> - WebAssembly doesn't have registers, so named registers are not supported.

# Register class supported types

| Architecture | Register class                  | Target feature | Allowed types                           |
| ------------ | ------------------------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| MIPS32       | `reg`                           | None           | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `f32`               |
| MIPS32       | `freg`                          | None           | `f32`, `f64`                            |
| MIPS64       | `reg`                           | None           | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `i64`, `f32`, `f64` |
| MIPS64       | `freg`                          | None           | `f32`, `f64`                            |
| NVPTX        | `reg16`                         | None           | `i8`, `i16`                             |
| NVPTX        | `reg32`                         | None           | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `f32`               |
| NVPTX        | `reg64`                         | None           | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `f32`, `i64`, `f64` |
| Hexagon      | `reg`                           | None           | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`, `f32`               |
| PowerPC      | `reg`                           | None           | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`                      |
| PowerPC      | `reg_nonzero`                   | None           | `i8`, `i16`, `i32`                      |
| PowerPC      | `freg`                          | None           | `f32`, `f64`                            |
| PowerPC      | `cr`                            | N/A            | Only clobbers                           |
| PowerPC      | `xer`                           | N/A            | Only clobbers                           |
| wasm32       | `local`                         | None           | `i8` `i16` `i32` `i64` `f32` `f64`      |
| BPF          | `reg`                           | None           | `i8` `i16` `i32` `i64`                  |
| BPF          | `wreg`                          | `alu32`        | `i8` `i16` `i32`                        |
| AVR          | `reg`, `reg_upper`              | None           | `i8`                                    |
| AVR          | `reg_pair`, `reg_iw`, `reg_ptr` | None           | `i16`                                   |

## Register aliases

| Architecture | Base register | Aliases   |
| ------------ | ------------- | --------- |
| Hexagon      | `r29`         | `sp`      |
| Hexagon      | `r30`         | `fr`      |
| Hexagon      | `r31`         | `lr`      |
| BPF          | `r[0-10]`     | `w[0-10]` |
| AVR          | `XH`          | `r27`     |
| AVR          | `XL`          | `r26`     |
| AVR          | `ZH`          | `r31`     |
| AVR          | `ZL`          | `r30`     |

## Unsupported registers

| Architecture | Unsupported register                    | Reason                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All          | `sp`                                    | The stack pointer must be restored to its original value at the end of an asm code block.                                                                                           |
| All          | `fr` (Hexagon), `$fp` (MIPS), `Y` (AVR) | The frame pointer cannot be used as an input or output.                                                                                                                             |
| All          | `r19` (Hexagon)                         | This is used internally by LLVM as a "base pointer" for functions with complex stack frames.                                                                                        |
| MIPS         | `$0` or `$zero`                         | This is a constant zero register which can't be modified.                                                                                                                           |
| MIPS         | `$1` or `$at`                           | Reserved for assembler.                                                                                                                                                             |
| MIPS         | `$26`/`$k0`, `$27`/`$k1`                | OS-reserved registers.                                                                                                                                                              |
| MIPS         | `$28`/`$gp`                             | Global pointer cannot be used as inputs or outputs.                                                                                                                                 |
| MIPS         | `$ra`                                   | Return address cannot be used as inputs or outputs.                                                                                                                                 |
| Hexagon      | `lr`                                    | This is the link register which cannot be used as an input or output.                                                                                                               |
| 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. |

## Template modifiers

| Architecture | Register class | Modifier | Example output | LLVM modifier |
| ------------ | -------------- | -------- | -------------- | ------------- |
| MIPS         | `reg`          | None     | `$2`           | None          |
| MIPS         | `freg`         | None     | `$f0`          | None          |
| NVPTX        | `reg16`        | None     | `rs0`          | None          |
| NVPTX        | `reg32`        | None     | `r0`           | None          |
| NVPTX        | `reg64`        | None     | `rd0`          | None          |
| Hexagon      | `reg`          | None     | `r0`           | None          |
| PowerPC      | `reg`          | None     | `0`            | None          |
| PowerPC      | `reg_nonzero`  | None     | `3`            | `b`           |
| PowerPC      | `freg`         | None     | `0`            | None          |

# Flags covered by `preserves_flags`

These flags registers must be restored upon exiting the asm block if the `preserves_flags` option is set:
- AVR
  - The status register `SREG`.