[10] RFR(M): 8176506: C2: loop unswitching and unsafe accesses cause crash

[Vladimir Kozlov]

NativeIllegalInstruction from nativeInst_<arch>.hpp

x86: 0x0B0F,    // Real byte order is: 0x0F, 0x0B

But I CCing to Intel for verification. Vivek, is it still true that 
these 2 bytes sequence will cause SIGILL? Or you have other sequence?

X86 Manual says:

"Use the 0F0B opcode (UD2 instruction) or the 0FB9H opcode when 
deliberately trying to generate an invalid opcode exception (#UD)."

Vladimir

On 5/5/17 7:17 AM, Roland Westrelin wrote:
>
>> Can use SIGILL (illegal instruction) on all platforms? It should be
>> correctly processed on all platforms and generate hs_err file.
>
> Ok. Do you have a instruction sequence to recommend to trigger SIGILL on
> x86?
>
> Roland.
>