feat(asm): add the wider EVEX set and the rounding, SAE and broadcast suffixes

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asm/assemble.go

@@ -23,16 +23,19 @@ import (
 // operands require relocations and are not yet supported; the SIMD (VEX/AVX2)
 // integer and shuffle/extract/permute/move set is in.
 func Assemble(t *ast.Text) ([]byte, map[string]int, error) {
-	code, _, labels, err := assemble(t, nil)
+	code, _, labels, _, err := assemble(t, nil)
 	return code, labels, err
 }
 
 // linkInfo carries file-level symbol context into a single-function assembly:
 // the set of static symbols a GLOBL in the same file defines.  A nil link
 // rejects SB operands outright (single-function assembly cannot resolve
-// them).
+// them).  When allowExternal is set, a reference to a symbol no GLOBL in the
+// file defines is recorded as an external relocation instead of failing —
+// the object-file emitters resolve it at link time.
 type linkInfo struct {
-	symbols map[string]bool
+	symbols       map[string]bool
+	allowExternal bool
 }
 
 // sbPatch is a function-relative static-symbol relocation: the disp32 field
@@ -45,9 +48,19 @@ type sbPatch struct {
 	addend int64
 }
 
+// spadjStep is one stack-adjustment boundary within a function: Value is the
+// SP delta from the entry state (just below the return address) in effect
+// from PC (function-relative) until the next step.  The steps feed the
+// pcsp table of the object-file emitters.
+type spadjStep struct {
+	pc    int
+	value int
+}
+
 // assemble encodes a TEXT body, returning the machine code, the static-symbol
-// patch sites (for the file-level layout to resolve) and the label table.
-func assemble(t *ast.Text, link *linkInfo) ([]byte, []sbPatch, map[string]int, error) {
+// patch sites (for the file-level layout to resolve), the label table and the
+// stack-adjustment boundaries.
+func assemble(t *ast.Text, link *linkInfo) ([]byte, []sbPatch, map[string]int, []spadjStep, error) {
 	fi := computeFrame(t)
 	chain := jumpChain(t)
 	resolve := func(name string) string {
@@ -71,7 +84,7 @@ func assemble(t *ast.Text, link *linkInfo) ([]byte, []sbPatch, map[string]int, e
 			case *ast.Instr:
 				sz, err := instrSize(s, fi, long[i], link)
 				if err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", s.Mnemonic.Text, err)
+					return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", s.Mnemonic.Text, err)
 				}
 				sizes[i] = sz
 				pcs[i] = pos
@@ -111,24 +124,42 @@ func assemble(t *ast.Text, link *linkInfo) ([]byte, []sbPatch, map[string]int, e
 	// Pass 2: emit.
 	out := append([]byte(nil), fi.prologue...)
 	var patches []sbPatch
+	var steps []spadjStep
+	if fi.useFP {
+		// PUSHQ BP saves the return-address-relative base (+8); the MOVQ
+		// changes nothing; SUBQ $size, SP completes the frame.
+		steps = append(steps,
+			spadjStep{1, 8},
+			spadjStep{len(fi.prologue), 8 + fi.size},
+		)
+	}
 	pos := len(fi.prologue)
 	for i, stmt := range t.Body {
 		s, ok := stmt.(*ast.Instr)
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
+		if strings.ToUpper(s.Mnemonic.Text) == "RET" && fi.useFP {
+			// The RET's epilogue prefix unwinds: ADDQ $size, SP restores
+			// the saved-BP-only stack, POPQ BP the entry state.
+			epi := len(fi.epilogue)
+			steps = append(steps,
+				spadjStep{pos + epi - 1, 8},
+				spadjStep{pos + epi, 0},
+			)
+		}
 		code, ps, err := encodeInstr(s, pos, offsets, fi, long[i], resolve, link)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", s.Mnemonic.Text, err)
+			return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", s.Mnemonic.Text, err)
 		}
 		if len(code) != sizes[i] {
-			return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: size mismatch (%d vs %d)", s.Mnemonic.Text, len(code), sizes[i])
+			return nil, nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: size mismatch (%d vs %d)", s.Mnemonic.Text, len(code), sizes[i])
 		}
 		patches = append(patches, ps...)
 		out = append(out, code...)
 		pos += len(code)
 	}
-	return out, patches, offsets, nil
+	return out, patches, offsets, steps, nil
 }
 
 // jumpChain precomputes jump-to-jump folding: a label whose first instruction
@@ -425,7 +456,9 @@ func operandFromAST(op *ast.Operand, size int, fi frameInfo, link *linkInfo) (Op
 				if a.Sym.Static {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("undefined symbol %q", a.Sym.Name)
 				}
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("external symbol %q needs object-file emission", a.Sym.Name)
+				if !link.allowExternal {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("external symbol %q needs object-file emission", a.Sym.Name)
+				}
 			}
 			return sbMem{size: size, name: a.Sym.Name, addend: a.Sym.Offset}, nil
 		}

asm/elf.go

@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+package asm
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// This file emits ELF64 relocatable objects (ET_REL) from an assembled
+// Image: a .text section holding the function bodies, a .data section
+// holding the GLOBL initialisers, a symbol table with one symbol per TEXT
+// and GLOBL (file-local <> symbols are STB_LOCAL, the rest STB_GLOBAL), and
+// a .rela.text relocation table — one R_X86_64_PC32 entry per static-symbol
+// reference, internal references resolving against the local data symbols
+// and external ones against undefined globals.  The output links with the
+// system toolchain (cc/ld) the way a hand-assembled .o would.
+
+// ELF constants (ELF64, little-endian, System V).
+const (
+	elfClass64 = 2
+	elfDataLSB = 1
+	elfVersion = 1
+
+	etREL   = 1 // relocatable object
+	emX8664 = 62
+
+	shtNull     = 0
+	shtProgbits = 1
+	shtSymtab   = 2
+	shtStrtab   = 3
+	shtRela     = 4
+
+	shfWrite     = 1
+	shfAlloc     = 2
+	shfExecInstr = 4
+
+	stbLocal  = 0
+	stbGlobal = 1
+
+	sttNotype   = 0
+	sttObject   = 1
+	sttFunc     = 2
+	sttSection  = 3
+	stInfoShift = 4
+
+	shnUndef = 0
+
+	rX8664PC32 = 2
+)
+
+// elfSym is one symbol-table entry in construction.
+type elfSym struct {
+	name  string
+	info  byte
+	shndx uint16
+	value uint64
+	size  uint64
+}
+
+// ELFObject returns the image as an ELF64 relocatable object file, ready for
+// the system linker.  Symbol names are the TEXT and GLOBL identifiers as
+// written (the middle dot stripped); a package prefix, when present, is
+// joined with a dot.  Every static-symbol reference becomes an
+// R_X86_64_PC32 relocation, so the code is position-independent and links
+// at any address.
+func (img *Image) ELFObject() ([]byte, error) {
+	le := binary.LittleEndian
+
+	// Section indices: 0 NULL, 1 .text, 2 .data; the tables follow.
+	const (
+		secText = 1
+		secData = 2
+	)
+
+	// Build the symbol table: the null entry and the two section symbols
+	// come first, then the local symbols (static TEXT and GLOBL), then the
+	// globals (exported TEXT and GLOBL, and the undefined externals) — ELF
+	// requires every local to precede every global, and sh_info records the
+	// boundary.  symIdx maps a symbol name to its index for the relocations.
+	var locals, globals []elfSym
+	for _, fn := range img.Funcs {
+		s := elfSym{
+			name:  objectName(fn.Pkg, fn.Name),
+			info:  sttFunc,
+			shndx: secText,
+			value: uint64(fn.Offset),
+			size:  uint64(fn.Size),
+		}
+		if fn.Static {
+			locals = append(locals, s)
+		} else {
+			s.info |= stbGlobal << stInfoShift
+			globals = append(globals, s)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, d := range img.DataSyms {
+		s := elfSym{
+			name:  objectName(d.Pkg, d.Name),
+			info:  sttObject,
+			shndx: secData,
+			value: uint64(d.Offset),
+			size:  uint64(d.Size),
+		}
+		if d.Static {
+			locals = append(locals, s)
+		} else {
+			s.info |= stbGlobal << stInfoShift
+			globals = append(globals, s)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, name := range img.Externals {
+		globals = append(globals, elfSym{name: name, info: stbGlobal << stInfoShift})
+	}
+	syms := []elfSym{
+		{}, // the mandatory null entry
+		{name: ".text", info: sttSection, shndx: secText},
+		{name: ".data", info: sttSection, shndx: secData},
+	}
+	syms = append(syms, locals...)
+	shInfo := len(syms) // first global symbol
+	syms = append(syms, globals...)
+	symIdx := map[string]int{}
+	for i, s := range syms {
+		symIdx[s.name] = i
+	}
+
+	// Build the relocations.
+	type elfRela struct {
+		off    uint64
+		sym    int
+		addend int64
+	}
+	var relas []elfRela
+	for _, fn := range img.Funcs {
+		for _, r := range fn.Relocs {
+			idx, ok := symIdx[r.Name]
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("relocation references unknown symbol %q", r.Name)
+			}
+			relas = append(relas, elfRela{
+				off: uint64(fn.Offset + r.Off),
+				sym: idx,
+				// R_X86_64_PC32 computes S + A − P with P the patch site; the
+				// assembler measures the symbol from the instruction end,
+				// After − Off bytes past the field, so the addend carries
+				// that distance with a negative sign.
+				addend: r.Addend - int64(r.After-r.Off),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Serialise the string tables.
+	stNames := newElfStrtab()
+	for _, s := range syms {
+		stNames.add(s.name)
+	}
+	stSections := newElfStrtab()
+	for _, n := range []string{".text", ".data", ".symtab", ".strtab", ".rela.text", ".shstrtab"} {
+		stSections.add(n)
+	}
+
+	// Section presence: .rela.text only when there are relocations.
+	hasRela := len(relas) > 0
+	nSections := 6 // NULL, .text, .data, .symtab, .strtab, .shstrtab
+	if hasRela {
+		nSections = 7
+	}
+	secSymtab, secStrtab := 3, 4
+	secShstr := nSections - 1
+
+	// Lay the file out: header, section data, section headers.
+	var out []byte
+	out = append(out, make([]byte, 64)...) // ELF header, filled last
+
+	align := func(n int) {
+		for len(out)%n != 0 {
+			out = append(out, 0)
+		}
+	}
+
+	align(16)
+	textOff := len(out)
+	out = append(out, img.Code...)
+
+	align(16)
+	dataOff := len(out)
+	out = append(out, img.Data...)
+
+	align(8)
+	symtabOff := len(out)
+	for _, s := range syms {
+		var b [24]byte
+		le.PutUint32(b[0:], uint32(stNames.at(s.name)))
+		b[4] = s.info
+		b[5] = 0 // st_other
+		le.PutUint16(b[6:], s.shndx)
+		le.PutUint64(b[8:], s.value)
+		le.PutUint64(b[16:], s.size)
+		out = append(out, b[:]...)
+	}
+
+	strtabOff := len(out)
+	out = append(out, stNames.bytes()...)
+
+	var relaOff int
+	if hasRela {
+		align(8)
+		relaOff = len(out)
+		for _, r := range relas {
+			var b [24]byte
+			le.PutUint64(b[0:], r.off)
+			le.PutUint64(b[8:], uint64(r.sym)<<32|rX8664PC32)
+			le.PutUint64(b[16:], uint64(r.addend))
+			out = append(out, b[:]...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	shstrOff := len(out)
+	out = append(out, stSections.bytes()...)
+
+	align(8)
+	shoff := len(out)
+
+	// Section headers.
+	putSh := func(name string, typ int, flags uint64, off, size int, link, info int, alignV, entsize uint64) {
+		var b [64]byte
+		le.PutUint32(b[0:], uint32(stSections.at(name)))
+		le.PutUint32(b[4:], uint32(typ))
+		le.PutUint64(b[8:], flags)
+		le.PutUint64(b[16:], 0) // sh_addr
+		le.PutUint64(b[24:], uint64(off))
+		le.PutUint64(b[32:], uint64(size))
+		le.PutUint32(b[40:], uint32(link))
+		le.PutUint32(b[44:], uint32(info))
+		le.PutUint64(b[48:], alignV)
+		le.PutUint64(b[56:], entsize)
+		out = append(out, b[:]...)
+	}
+	putSh("", shtNull, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+	putSh(".text", shtProgbits, shfAlloc|shfExecInstr, textOff, len(img.Code), 0, 0, 16, 0)
+	putSh(".data", shtProgbits, shfAlloc|shfWrite, dataOff, len(img.Data), 0, 0, 16, 0)
+	putSh(".symtab", shtSymtab, 0, symtabOff, 24*len(syms), secStrtab, shInfo, 8, 24)
+	putSh(".strtab", shtStrtab, 0, strtabOff, len(stNames.bytes()), 0, 0, 1, 0)
+	if hasRela {
+		putSh(".rela.text", shtRela, 0, relaOff, 24*len(relas), secSymtab, secText, 8, 24)
+	}
+	putSh(".shstrtab", shtStrtab, 0, shstrOff, len(stSections.bytes()), 0, 0, 1, 0)
+
+	// The ELF header.
+	hdr := out[:64]
+	copy(hdr[0:], []byte{0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F', elfClass64, elfDataLSB, elfVersion, 0})
+	le.PutUint16(hdr[16:], etREL)
+	le.PutUint16(hdr[18:], emX8664)
+	le.PutUint32(hdr[20:], elfVersion)
+	le.PutUint64(hdr[24:], 0)             // e_entry
+	le.PutUint64(hdr[32:], 0)             // e_phoff
+	le.PutUint64(hdr[40:], uint64(shoff)) // e_shoff
+	le.PutUint32(hdr[48:], 0)             // e_flags
+	le.PutUint16(hdr[52:], 64)            // e_ehsize
+	le.PutUint16(hdr[54:], 0)             // e_phentsize
+	le.PutUint16(hdr[56:], 0)             // e_phnum
+	le.PutUint16(hdr[58:], 64)            // e_shentsize
+	le.PutUint16(hdr[60:], uint16(nSections))
+	le.PutUint16(hdr[62:], uint16(secShstr))
+
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// objectName renders a symbol's object-file name: the identifier as written,
+// with an explicit package prefix joined by a dot.
+func objectName(pkg, name string) string {
+	if pkg == "" {
+		return name
+	}
+	return pkg + "." + name
+}
+
+// elfStrtab is an ELF string table under construction.
+type elfStrtab struct {
+	buf []byte
+	off map[string]int
+}
+
+func newElfStrtab() *elfStrtab {
+	return &elfStrtab{buf: []byte{0}, off: map[string]int{"": 0}}
+}
+
+func (s *elfStrtab) add(name string) {
+	if _, ok := s.off[name]; ok {
+		return
+	}
+	s.off[name] = len(s.buf)
+	s.buf = append(s.buf, name...)
+	s.buf = append(s.buf, 0)
+}
+
+func (s *elfStrtab) at(name string) int { return s.off[name] }
+
+func (s *elfStrtab) bytes() []byte { return s.buf }

asm/elf_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+package asm
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"debug/elf"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+)
+
+// The object-file tests share one source: two exported functions, one
+// file-local constant reached through a relocation, and one external symbol
+// the linker must resolve.  The functions take their arguments in the System
+// V registers (not the Go stack ABI) so a C driver can call them directly.
+const elfTestSrc = `
+#include "textflag.h"
+
+TEXT ·addq(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	LEAQ (DI)(SI*1), AX
+	RET
+
+TEXT ·getanswer(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	MOVQ answer<>(SB), AX
+	RET
+
+TEXT ·useextern(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	MOVQ extvar(SB), AX
+	RET
+
+GLOBL answer<>(SB), RODATA, $8
+DATA answer<>+0(SB)/8, $42
+`
+
+func elfTestImage(t *testing.T) *Image {
+	t.Helper()
+	f, errs := parser.Parse("t_amd64.s", elfTestSrc)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", errs)
+	}
+	img, err := AssembleFile(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AssembleFile: %v", err)
+	}
+	return img
+}
+
+// TestAssembleFileExternals checks that a reference to a symbol no GLOBL
+// defines is recorded as an external relocation instead of failing — the
+// raw image leaves the displacement zero, the object emitters carry it.
+func TestAssembleFileExternals(t *testing.T) {
+	img := elfTestImage(t)
+	if len(img.Externals) != 1 || img.Externals[0] != "extvar" {
+		t.Fatalf("Externals = %v, want [extvar]", img.Externals)
+	}
+	var ext, local int
+	for _, fn := range img.Funcs {
+		for _, r := range fn.Relocs {
+			if r.External {
+				ext++
+				if r.Name != "extvar" {
+					t.Errorf("external reloc names %q, want extvar", r.Name)
+				}
+			} else {
+				local++
+				if r.Name != "answer" {
+					t.Errorf("local reloc names %q, want answer", r.Name)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if ext != 1 || local != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("relocs = %d external, %d local; want 1 and 1", ext, local)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestELFObject checks the structure of the emitted ELF64 relocatable
+// object: sections, the symbol table (bindings, types, values, sizes) and
+// the .rela.text relocations, parsed back with debug/elf.
+func TestELFObject(t *testing.T) {
+	img := elfTestImage(t)
+	obj, err := img.ELFObject()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ELFObject: %v", err)
+	}
+	f, err := elf.NewFile(bytes.NewReader(obj))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse emitted object: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	if f.Type != elf.ET_REL || f.Machine != elf.EM_X86_64 {
+		t.Errorf("type/machine = %v/%v, want ET_REL/EM_X86_64", f.Type, f.Machine)
+	}
+
+	text := f.Section(".text")
+	data := f.Section(".data")
+	if text == nil || data == nil {
+		t.Fatal("missing .text or .data section")
+	}
+	if text.Flags&elf.SHF_EXECINSTR == 0 || text.Flags&elf.SHF_ALLOC == 0 {
+		t.Errorf(".text flags = %v", text.Flags)
+	}
+	if data.Flags&elf.SHF_WRITE == 0 {
+		t.Errorf(".data flags = %v", data.Flags)
+	}
+	textData, err := text.Data()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(textData, img.Code) {
+		t.Errorf(".text contents differ from the image code")
+	}
+
+	syms, err := f.Symbols()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("symbols: %v", err)
+	}
+	byName := map[string]elf.Symbol{}
+	for _, s := range syms {
+		byName[s.Name] = s
+	}
+	wantSym := func(name string, bind elf.SymBind, typ elf.SymType, section elf.SectionIndex, size uint64) {
+		t.Helper()
+		s, ok := byName[name]
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("symbol %q not found", name)
+			return
+		}
+		if elf.ST_BIND(s.Info) != bind || elf.ST_TYPE(s.Info) != typ {
+			t.Errorf("%s: bind/type = %v/%v, want %v/%v", name, elf.ST_BIND(s.Info), elf.ST_TYPE(s.Info), bind, typ)
+		}
+		if s.Section != section {
+			t.Errorf("%s: section = %v, want %v", name, s.Section, section)
+		}
+		if s.Size != size {
+			t.Errorf("%s: size = %d, want %d", name, s.Size, size)
+		}
+	}
+	// The emitted layout is fixed: 0 NULL, 1 .text, 2 .data.
+	if f.Sections[1].Name != ".text" || f.Sections[2].Name != ".data" {
+		t.Fatalf("section layout = %s, %s; want .text, .data", f.Sections[1].Name, f.Sections[2].Name)
+	}
+	textIdx := elf.SectionIndex(1)
+	dataIdx := elf.SectionIndex(2)
+	wantSym("addq", elf.STB_GLOBAL, elf.STT_FUNC, textIdx, 5)
+	wantSym("getanswer", elf.STB_GLOBAL, elf.STT_FUNC, textIdx, 8)
+	wantSym("useextern", elf.STB_GLOBAL, elf.STT_FUNC, textIdx, 8)
+	wantSym("answer", elf.STB_LOCAL, elf.STT_OBJECT, dataIdx, 8)
+	wantSym("extvar", elf.STB_GLOBAL, elf.STT_NOTYPE, elf.SHN_UNDEF, 0)
+
+	// Relocations: one for the file-local constant (resolving against the
+	// local data symbol) and one for the external (against the undefined
+	// global), both R_X86_64_PC32 with the −4 addend the PC-relative form
+	// needs.  debug/elf does not surface rela entries, so read the section
+	// directly.
+	relaSec := f.Section(".rela.text")
+	if relaSec == nil {
+		t.Fatal("missing .rela.text")
+	}
+	raw, err := relaSec.Data()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(raw)%24 != 0 || len(raw)/24 != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf(".rela.text has %d bytes, want two 24-byte entries", len(raw))
+	}
+	// Symbol names straight from the raw tables: r_info carries an index
+	// into .symtab including the null entry, which debug/elf's Symbols()
+	// slice may not mirror.
+	symtabRaw, err := f.Section(".symtab").Data()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	strtabRaw, err := f.Section(".strtab").Data()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	symName := func(idx int) string {
+		stName := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(symtabRaw[idx*24:])
+		end := bytes.IndexByte(strtabRaw[stName:], 0)
+		return string(strtabRaw[stName : int(stName)+end])
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		e := raw[i*24 : (i+1)*24]
+		off := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(e[0:])
+		info := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(e[8:])
+		addend := int64(binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(e[16:]))
+		typ := info & 0xffffffff
+		sym := int(info >> 32)
+		if typ != uint64(elf.R_X86_64_PC32) {
+			t.Errorf("reloc %d: type %d, want R_X86_64_PC32", i, typ)
+		}
+		if addend != -4 {
+			t.Errorf("reloc %d: addend %d, want -4", i, addend)
+		}
+		if name := symName(sym); name != "answer" && name != "extvar" {
+			t.Errorf("reloc %d: symbol %q, want answer or extvar", i, name)
+		}
+		// The relocation offset lands on the disp32 field: the four bytes
+		// before a RET-terminated eight-byte MOVQ.
+		if off+4 > uint64(len(textData)) {
+			t.Errorf("reloc %d: offset %d outside .text", i, off)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestELFObjectNoRelocations checks a file with no static-symbol references
+// emits a valid object without a .rela.text section.
+func TestELFObjectNoRelocations(t *testing.T) {
+	f, errs := parser.Parse("n_amd64.s", `
+#include "textflag.h"
+TEXT ·nop(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	RET
+`)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", errs)
+	}
+	img, err := AssembleFile(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AssembleFile: %v", err)
+	}
+	obj, err := img.ELFObject()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ELFObject: %v", err)
+	}
+	ef, err := elf.NewFile(bytes.NewReader(obj))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse emitted object: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer ef.Close()
+	if ef.Section(".rela.text") != nil {
+		t.Error("unexpected .rela.text section")
+	}
+	syms, err := ef.Symbols()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	found := false
+	for _, s := range syms {
+		if s.Name == "nop" && elf.ST_TYPE(s.Info) == elf.STT_FUNC {
+			found = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Error("function symbol nop not found")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestELFLinkAndRun is the end-to-end check: assemble the test functions,
+// link the emitted object with a C driver that defines the external symbol,
+// and run the result.  Skipped when no C compiler is available.
+func TestELFLinkAndRun(t *testing.T) {
+	cc, err := exec.LookPath("cc")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip("no C compiler available")
+	}
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+
+	img := elfTestImage(t)
+	obj, err := img.ELFObject()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ELFObject: %v", err)
+	}
+	objPath := filepath.Join(dir, "t.o")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(objPath, obj, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	const driver = `
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+long addq(long a, long b);
+long getanswer(void);
+long useextern(void);
+
+long extvar = 7;
+
+int main(void) {
+	printf("%ld %ld %ld\n", addq(41, 1), getanswer(), useextern());
+	return 0;
+}
+`
+	driverPath := filepath.Join(dir, "driver.c")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(driverPath, []byte(driver), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// -no-pie: the encoder emits R_X86_64_PC32 for external references,
+	// which a position-independent executable would reject (it wants
+	// PLT32/GOT relocations, a future increment).
+	appPath := filepath.Join(dir, "app")
+	out, err := exec.Command(cc, "-no-pie", "-o", appPath, driverPath, objPath).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("link failed: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	run, err := exec.Command(appPath).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("run failed: %v\n%s", err, run)
+	}
+	if got := string(run); got != "42 42 7\n" {
+		t.Errorf("output %q, want \"42 42 7\\n\"", got)
+	}
+}

asm/encode.go

@@ -51,16 +51,17 @@ func (e *enc) encode(mnem string, ops []Operand) error {
 
 	// VEX (AVX/AVX2) and EVEX (AVX-512) instructions: the trailing
 	// B/W/L/Q/D is part of the mnemonic, not a size suffix, so dispatch
-	// before splitSize.  A ".Z" suffix requests EVEX zeroing.
-	base, zeroing, err := stripEvexSuffix(upper)
+	// before splitSize.  EVEX suffixes (.Z, .SAE, rounding, .BCST) split
+	// off the mnemonic too.
+	base, sfx, err := parseEvexSuffix(upper)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if isVex(base) || isEvex(base) || base == "KMOVW" {
-		return e.encodeVec(base, ops, zeroing)
+	if isVex(base) || isEvex(base) || isKOp(base) || base == "KMOVW" || base == "KMOVQ" {
+		return e.encodeVec(base, ops, sfx)
 	}
-	if zeroing {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s: the .Z suffix requires an EVEX instruction", mnem)
+	if sfx.any() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: the suffix requires an EVEX instruction", mnem)
 	}
 
 	// CMOVcc and SETcc carry the condition in the mnemonic (CMOVLGT, SETNE).
@@ -128,20 +129,26 @@ func splitSize(upper string) (base string, size int) {
 // its own direction-dependent opcodes; KTESTW is always VEX; everything else
 // takes EVEX when an operand demands it (a ZMM or K register, or an
 // EVEX-only mnemonic) and VEX otherwise.
-func (e *enc) encodeVec(upper string, ops []Operand, zeroing bool) error {
-	if upper == "KMOVW" {
-		if zeroing {
-			return fmt.Errorf("KMOVW takes no .Z suffix")
+func (e *enc) encodeVec(upper string, ops []Operand, sfx evexSuffix) error {
+	if upper == "KMOVW" || upper == "KMOVQ" {
+		if sfx.any() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s takes no EVEX suffixes", upper)
 		}
-		return e.encodeKmovw(ops)
+		return e.encodeKmov(upper, ops)
 	}
-	if upper == "KTESTW" || !evexRequired(upper, ops) {
-		if zeroing {
+	if isKOp(upper) {
+		if sfx.any() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s takes no EVEX suffixes", upper)
+		}
+		return e.encodeKOp(upper, ops)
+	}
+	if upper == "KTESTW" || (!evexRequired(upper, ops) && !sfx.evexOnly()) {
+		if sfx.any() {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s: the .Z suffix requires an EVEX instruction", upper)
 		}
 		return e.encodeVex(upper, ops)
 	}
-	return e.encodeEvex(upper, ops, zeroing)
+	return e.encodeEvex(upper, ops, sfx)
 }
 
 // --- instruction components -------------------------------------------------

asm/evex.go

@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import (
 // This file implements EVEX (AVX-512) instruction encoding: the four-byte
 // EVEX prefix with 5-bit vector register fields (Z0–Z31, X/Y 16–31), the
 // compressed disp8×N displacement, and the operand shapes the go-flac
-// AVX-512 kernels use.  Masking ({k}) and zeroing ({z}) are not supported —
-// the kernels do not use them.  K-register operands (mask destinations,
-// KMOVW, KTESTW) are.
+// AVX-512 kernels use plus the common floating-point and conversion set.
+// Masking follows the Go assembler's spelling: an explicit K1–K7 operand
+// anywhere among the operands (merging) plus a ".Z" mnemonic suffix for
+// zeroing.  K-register operands (mask destinations, KMOVW, KTESTW) are
+// supported too.
 
 // evexSpec describes one EVEX instruction's encoding parameters.  The form
 // field reuses the vexForm shapes, which carry over unchanged.
@@ -49,6 +51,38 @@ var evexTable = map[string]evexSpec{
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.66.0F.W1 — packed double arithmetic.
 	"VADDPD": {1, 0x58, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
 	"VMULPD": {1, 0x59, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VSUBPD": {1, 0x5C, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VDIVPD": {1, 0x5E, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VMINPD": {1, 0x5D, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VMAXPD": {1, 0x5F, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.128/256/512.0F.W0 — packed single arithmetic.
+	"VADDPS": {1, 0x58, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VMULPS": {1, 0x59, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VSUBPS": {1, 0x5C, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VDIVPS": {1, 0x5E, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VMINPS": {1, 0x5D, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VMAXPS": {1, 0x5F, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.128/256/512.66.0F.W1 — packed double unpack.
+	"VUNPCKLPD": {1, 0x14, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VUNPCKHPD": {1, 0x15, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+
+	// EVEX.128.F2.0F.W1 — scalar double arithmetic (the packed opcodes with
+	// an F2 pp; the EVEX forms exist for masked and zeroing use).  The
+	// memory operand is a single double, so disp8×N = 8.
+	"VADDSD": {1, 0x58, 1, 3, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+	"VSUBSD": {1, 0x5C, 1, 3, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+	"VMULSD": {1, 0x59, 1, 3, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+	"VDIVSD": {1, 0x5E, 1, 3, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+	"VMINSD": {1, 0x5D, 1, 3, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+	"VMAXSD": {1, 0x5F, 1, 3, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+
+	// EVEX.128.F3.0F.W0 — scalar single arithmetic (disp8×N = 4).
+	"VADDSS": {1, 0x58, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VSUBSS": {1, 0x5C, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VMULSS": {1, 0x59, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VDIVSS": {1, 0x5E, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VMINSS": {1, 0x5D, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VMAXSS": {1, 0x5F, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
 
 	// EVEX.512.66.0F3A — align (NDS + imm8).
 	"VALIGND": {3, 0x03, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
@@ -62,6 +96,144 @@ var evexTable = map[string]evexSpec{
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.F3.0F.W1 — signed qword to packed double (reg=dst,
 	// rm=src, no vvvv).
 	"VCVTQQ2PD": {1, 0xE6, 1, 2, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.128/256/512.F2.0F.W1 — duplicate the low double (reg=dst,
+	// rm=src, no vvvv): a 128-bit destination reads a single double from
+	// memory (disp8×8), the wider ones read the full operand.
+	"VMOVDDUP": {1, 0x12, 1, 3, -1, vexRM, [3]int{8, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.128/256/512.0F.W0 — signed dword to packed single (reg=dst,
+	// rm=src, no vvvv, no mandatory prefix — as in the VEX form).
+	"VCVTDQ2PS": {1, 0x5B, 0, 0, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.128/256/512.0F.W0 — packed single to packed double: the
+	// destination is twice the source width and sets the length; disp8×N
+	// follows the narrow memory source.  No F3 prefix: the Go assembler
+	// emits this instruction with pp = 00 (Intel's maps would call that
+	// undefined) and gasm reproduces the Go assembler's bytes — its machine
+	// code is the oracle, not the manual.
+	"VCVTPS2PD": {1, 0x5A, 0, 0, -1, vexRM, [3]int{8, 16, 32}},
+	// EVEX.128/256/512.F3.0F.W0 — signed dword to packed double (the EVEX
+	// form of the VEX instruction; the destination sets the length, disp8×N
+	// follows the narrow memory source).
+	"VCVTDQ2PD": {1, 0xE6, 0, 2, -1, vexRM, [3]int{8, 16, 32}},
+	// EVEX packed double → dword conversions: the source is the wide
+	// operand and the mnemonic fixes the length — the bare names are
+	// 512-bit only (ZMM source, XMM destination), the X/Y spellings are
+	// EVEX-128/256.  Exactly one slot of n is valid; it names the vector
+	// length (and the disp8×N multiplier) a register or memory source
+	// encodes.
+	"VCVTPD2DQ":   {1, 0xE6, 1, 3, -1, vexRMSrcLen, [3]int{0, 0, 64}},
+	"VCVTTPD2DQ":  {1, 0xE6, 1, 1, -1, vexRMSrcLen, [3]int{0, 0, 64}},
+	"VCVTPD2DQX":  {1, 0xE6, 1, 3, -1, vexRMSrcLen, [3]int{16, 0, 0}},
+	"VCVTPD2DQY":  {1, 0xE6, 1, 3, -1, vexRMSrcLen, [3]int{0, 32, 0}},
+	"VCVTTPD2DQX": {1, 0xE6, 1, 1, -1, vexRMSrcLen, [3]int{16, 0, 0}},
+	"VCVTTPD2DQY": {1, 0xE6, 1, 1, -1, vexRMSrcLen, [3]int{0, 32, 0}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F3A — ternary logic and lane shuffles (NDS + imm8).
+	"VPTERNLOGD": {3, 0x25, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPTERNLOGQ": {3, 0x25, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VSHUFI32X4": {3, 0x43, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VSHUFI64X2": {3, 0x43, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VSHUFF32X4": {3, 0x23, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VSHUFF64X2": {3, 0x23, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPALIGNR":   {3, 0x0F, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F — the EVEX forms of the VEX two-source shuffle.
+	"VSHUFPD": {1, 0xC6, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VSHUFPS": {1, 0xC6, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F3A — lane insert ($imm, xsrc, zsrc1, zdst).
+	"VINSERTF32X4": {3, 0x18, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{0, 16, 32}},
+	"VINSERTF32X8": {3, 0x1A, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{0, 0, 32}},
+	"VINSERTF64X2": {3, 0x18, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{0, 16, 32}},
+	"VINSERTF64X4": {3, 0x1A, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{0, 0, 32}},
+	"VINSERTI32X4": {3, 0x38, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{0, 16, 32}},
+	"VINSERTI32X8": {3, 0x3A, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{0, 0, 32}},
+	"VINSERTI64X2": {3, 0x38, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{0, 16, 32}},
+	"VINSERTI64X4": {3, 0x3A, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{0, 0, 32}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F3A — lane extract (reg=source, rm=XMM/YMM destination,
+	// imm8).
+	"VEXTRACTF32X4": {3, 0x19, 0, 1, -1, vexExtract, [3]int{0, 16, 16}},
+	"VEXTRACTF32X8": {3, 0x1B, 0, 1, -1, vexExtract, [3]int{0, 0, 32}},
+	"VEXTRACTF64X2": {3, 0x19, 1, 1, -1, vexExtract, [3]int{0, 16, 16}},
+	"VEXTRACTI32X4": {3, 0x39, 0, 1, -1, vexExtract, [3]int{0, 16, 16}},
+	"VEXTRACTI32X8": {3, 0x3B, 0, 1, -1, vexExtract, [3]int{0, 0, 32}},
+	"VEXTRACTI64X2": {3, 0x39, 1, 1, -1, vexExtract, [3]int{0, 16, 16}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F — compare with an opmask destination ($imm, src2, src1,
+	// kdst): NDS3Imm with the K register in the reg field.
+	"VCMPPD": {1, 0xC2, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VCMPPS": {1, 0xC2, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VCMPSD": {1, 0xC2, 1, 3, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+	"VCMPSS": {1, 0xC2, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3Imm, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F38 — permutes (NDS form).
+	"VPERMB":    {2, 0x8D, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPERMW":    {2, 0x8D, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPERMI2D":  {2, 0x76, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPERMI2Q":  {2, 0x76, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPERMT2D":  {2, 0x7E, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPERMT2Q":  {2, 0x7E, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPERMT2PD": {2, 0x7F, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F — the wider integer set (NDS form).
+	"VPMADDWD":   {1, 0xF5, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPMULHUW":   {1, 0xE4, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPMADDUBSW": {2, 0x04, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPSLLVW":    {2, 0x12, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPSRLVW":    {2, 0x11, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPACKSSWB":  {1, 0x63, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPACKUSWB":  {1, 0x67, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPACKSSDW":  {1, 0x6B, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPACKUSDW":  {2, 0x2B, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F38 — absolute values and replicating moves (reg=dst,
+	// rm=src).
+	"VPABSB": {2, 0x1C, 0, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPABSW": {2, 0x1D, 0, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPABSD": {2, 0x1E, 0, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPABSQ": {2, 0x1F, 1, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.F3.0F — replicate even/odd singles.
+	"VMOVSLDUP": {1, 0x12, 0, 2, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VMOVSHDUP": {1, 0x16, 0, 2, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.66.0F38 — sign/zero-extending moves; the memory source is the
+	// narrow half (here byte to word).
+	"VPMOVSXBW": {2, 0x20, 0, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{8, 16, 32}},
+	"VPMOVZXBW": {2, 0x30, 0, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{8, 16, 32}},
+	// EVEX.66.0F — packed single conversions (reg=dst, rm=src).
+	"VCVTPS2DQ":  {1, 0x5B, 0, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VCVTTPS2DQ": {1, 0x5B, 0, 2, -1, vexRM, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.66.0F38 — broadcast a single/double to all lanes (reg=dst,
+	// rm=scalar memory; disp8×N is the element size).
+	"VBROADCASTSS": {2, 0x18, 0, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VBROADCASTSD": {2, 0x19, 1, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{0, 8, 8}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F38 — expand loads (rm → vector register destination).
+	"VEXPANDPD": {2, 0x88, 1, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+	"VEXPANDPS": {2, 0x88, 0, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VPEXPANDD": {2, 0x89, 0, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VPEXPANDQ": {2, 0x89, 1, 1, -1, vexRM, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F38 — compress stores (vector register source → rm), and the
+	// remaining narrowing stores.
+	"VCOMPRESSPD": {2, 0x8A, 1, 1, -1, vexRMRev, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+	"VCOMPRESSPS": {2, 0x8A, 0, 1, -1, vexRMRev, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VPCOMPRESSD": {2, 0x8B, 0, 1, -1, vexRMRev, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
+	"VPCOMPRESSQ": {2, 0x8B, 1, 1, -1, vexRMRev, [3]int{8, 8, 8}},
+	"VPMOVWB":     {2, 0x30, 0, 2, -1, vexRMRev, [3]int{8, 16, 32}},
+	"VPMOVQB":     {2, 0x32, 0, 2, -1, vexRMRev, [3]int{2, 4, 8}},
+
+	// EVEX.66.0F — rotates (immediate form: /0 right, /1 left).
+	"VPRORD": {1, 0x72, 0, 1, 0, vexShiftImm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPRORQ": {1, 0x72, 1, 1, 0, vexShiftImm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPROLD": {1, 0x72, 0, 1, 1, vexShiftImm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPROLQ": {1, 0x72, 1, 1, 1, vexShiftImm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX word shifts.
+	"VPSRLW": {1, 0x71, 0, 1, 2, vexShiftImm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPSRAW": {1, 0x71, 0, 1, 4, vexShiftImm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPSLLW": {1, 0x71, 0, 1, 6, vexShiftImm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX W1 qword shifts.
+	"VPSRLQ": {1, 0x73, 1, 1, 2, vexShiftImm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VPSLLQ": {1, 0x73, 1, 1, 6, vexShiftImm, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.66.0F38.W0 — sign-extend dwords to qwords; the memory
 	// operand is the narrow source, so disp8×N follows its size (8/16/32 for
 	// the xmm/ymm/zmm destination lengths).
@@ -143,6 +315,10 @@ var evexBcastTable = map[string]evexBcastSpec{
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.66.0F38 — broadcast a dword/qword to all lanes.
 	"VPBROADCASTD": {2, 0x7C, 0x58, 0, 4},
 	"VPBROADCASTQ": {2, 0x7C, 0x59, 1, 8},
+	// EVEX.128/256/512.66.0F38 — broadcast a byte/word (GPR or memory
+	// source) to all lanes.
+	"VPBROADCASTB": {2, 0x7A, 0x78, 0, 1},
+	"VPBROADCASTW": {2, 0x7B, 0x79, 0, 2},
 }
 
 // evexMoveSpec describes an EVEX move (load and store opcodes, like the VEX
@@ -171,6 +347,15 @@ var evexMoveTable = map[string]evexMoveSpec{
 	"VMOVDQU16": {1, 3, 0x6F, 0x7F, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
 	// EVEX.128/256/512.66.0F.W1 — unaligned packed double move.
 	"VMOVUPD": {1, 1, 0x10, 0x11, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.128/256/512 — aligned packed moves.
+	"VMOVAPS": {1, 0, 0x28, 0x29, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VMOVAPD": {1, 1, 0x28, 0x29, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.128/256/512.66.0F — aligned integer moves.
+	"VMOVDQA32": {1, 1, 0x6F, 0x7F, 0, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	"VMOVDQA64": {1, 1, 0x6F, 0x7F, 1, [3]int{16, 32, 64}},
+	// EVEX.128.F3.0F.W0 — scalar single move, memory operands (the
+	// three-operand register form is not supported).
+	"VMOVSS": {1, 2, 0x10, 0x11, 0, [3]int{4, 4, 4}},
 }
 
 // isEvex reports whether the mnemonic has an EVEX encoding we handle.
@@ -203,18 +388,93 @@ func evexRequired(upper string, ops []Operand) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// stripEvexSuffix splits a ".Z" zeroing suffix off the mnemonic.  It is the
-// only EVEX suffix supported; Go writes masking as an explicit K operand, not
-// a suffix.
-func stripEvexSuffix(mnem string) (base string, zeroing bool, err error) {
-	i := strings.LastIndexByte(mnem, '.')
+// evexSuffix carries the EVEX mnemonic suffixes the Go assembler accepts:
+// zeroing (.Z), a rounding mode (.RN_SAE, .RD_SAE, .RU_SAE, .RZ_SAE),
+// suppress-all-exceptions (.SAE) and memory broadcast (.BCST).  Masking is
+// not a suffix — Go writes it as an explicit K operand.
+type evexSuffix struct {
+	zeroing  bool
+	sae      bool
+	bcst     bool
+	rounding int // -1 = none; otherwise the EVEX rc value (0 RN, 1 RD, 2 RU, 3 RZ)
+}
+
+// any reports whether any suffix is present.
+func (s evexSuffix) any() bool {
+	return s.zeroing || s.sae || s.bcst || s.rounding >= 0
+}
+
+// evexOnly reports whether the suffix forces the EVEX encoding (everything
+// but plain zeroing, which the dispatch checks separately).
+func (s evexSuffix) evexOnly() bool {
+	return s.sae || s.bcst || s.rounding >= 0
+}
+
+// parseEvexSuffix splits the EVEX suffix chain off the mnemonic
+// ("VADDPD.RN_SAE.Z" → base "VADDPD", rounding RN, zeroing), validating the
+// combinations the Go assembler allows: .Z last, no duplicates, no
+// broadcast together with rounding/SAE.
+func parseEvexSuffix(mnem string) (string, evexSuffix, error) {
+	sfx := evexSuffix{rounding: -1}
+	i := strings.IndexByte(mnem, '.')
 	if i < 0 {
-		return mnem, false, nil
+		return mnem, sfx, nil
 	}
-	if mnem[i+1:] == "Z" {
-		return mnem[:i], true, nil
+	base := mnem[:i]
+	parts := strings.Split(mnem[i+1:], ".")
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for j, p := range parts {
+		if seen[p] {
+			return "", sfx, fmt.Errorf("duplicate EVEX suffix %q", p)
+		}
+		seen[p] = true
+		switch p {
+		case "Z":
+			if j != len(parts)-1 {
+				return "", sfx, fmt.Errorf("the .Z suffix must come last in %q", mnem[i+1:])
+			}
+			sfx.zeroing = true
+		case "SAE":
+			sfx.sae = true
+		case "BCST":
+			sfx.bcst = true
+		case "RN_SAE":
+			sfx.rounding = 0
+		case "RD_SAE":
+			sfx.rounding = 1
+		case "RU_SAE":
+			sfx.rounding = 2
+		case "RZ_SAE":
+			sfx.rounding = 3
+		default:
+			return "", sfx, fmt.Errorf("unsupported EVEX suffix %q", p)
+		}
 	}
-	return "", false, fmt.Errorf("unsupported EVEX suffix %q", mnem[i+1:])
+	if sfx.bcst && (sfx.sae || sfx.rounding >= 0) {
+		return "", sfx, fmt.Errorf("cannot combine .BCST with rounding or SAE in %q", mnem[i+1:])
+	}
+	return base, sfx, nil
+}
+
+// evexRound lists the instructions that accept a rounding mode or .SAE.
+var evexRound = map[string]bool{
+	"VADDPD": true, "VSUBPD": true, "VMULPD": true, "VDIVPD": true,
+	"VMINPD": true, "VMAXPD": true,
+	"VADDPS": true, "VSUBPS": true, "VMULPS": true, "VDIVPS": true,
+	"VMINPS": true, "VMAXPS": true,
+	"VADDSD": true, "VSUBSD": true, "VMULSD": true, "VDIVSD": true,
+	"VMINSD": true, "VMAXSD": true,
+	"VADDSS": true, "VSUBSS": true, "VMULSS": true, "VDIVSS": true,
+	"VMINSS": true, "VMAXSS": true,
+}
+
+// evexBcstN maps an instruction accepting .BCST to the broadcast element
+// size — the disp8×N multiplier for its memory operand.
+var evexBcstN = map[string]int{
+	"VADDPD": 8, "VSUBPD": 8, "VMULPD": 8, "VDIVPD": 8,
+	"VMINPD": 8, "VMAXPD": 8,
+	"VADDPS": 4, "VSUBPS": 4, "VMULPS": 4, "VDIVPS": 4,
+	"VMINPS": 4, "VMAXPS": 4,
 }
 
 // splitMask extracts an explicit mask register (K1–K7) from the operand list,
@@ -241,20 +501,52 @@ func splitMask(ops []Operand) ([]Operand, int, error) {
 
 // encodeEvex encodes an EVEX instruction with operands in Plan 9 order.  The
 // mask, when present, is an explicit K1–K7 operand anywhere among the
-// operands; zeroing comes from the .Z mnemonic suffix and requires a mask.
-func (e *enc) encodeEvex(mnemUpper string, ops []Operand, zeroing bool) error {
-	// Mask-destination comparisons (VPCMPEQD …, K1): the last operand is the
-	// destination K register, and any mask sits among the preceding operands.
-	if spec, ok := evexTable[mnemUpper]; ok && spec.form == vexNDS3 && len(ops) > 0 {
-		if dst, ok := ops[len(ops)-1].(Reg); ok && dst.mask {
-			rest, mask, err := splitMask(ops[:len(ops)-1])
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+// operands; the mnemonic suffix carries zeroing, rounding/SAE and
+// broadcast.
+func (e *enc) encodeEvex(mnemUpper string, ops []Operand, sfx evexSuffix) error {
+	spec, inTable := evexTable[mnemUpper]
+	if inTable {
+		if (sfx.rounding >= 0 || sfx.sae) && !evexRound[mnemUpper] {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: rounding/SAE is not supported for this instruction", mnemUpper)
+		}
+		if sfx.bcst {
+			n, ok := evexBcstN[mnemUpper]
+			if !ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%s: broadcast is not supported for this instruction", mnemUpper)
 			}
-			if zeroing && mask == 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("%s: zeroing (.Z) requires a mask register", mnemUpper)
+			spec.n = [3]int{n, n, n}
+		}
+	} else if sfx.evexOnly() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: the instruction does not take rounding/SAE/broadcast suffixes", mnemUpper)
+	}
+
+	// Mask-destination comparisons (VPCMPEQD, VCMPPD $imm, …): the last
+	// operand is the destination K register, and any mask sits among the
+	// preceding operands.
+	kdst := func(encode func(evexSpec, []Operand, int, evexSuffix) error) error {
+		dst, ok := ops[len(ops)-1].(Reg)
+		if !ok || !dst.mask {
+			return nil // not a K-destination form; fall through
+		}
+		rest, mask, err := splitMask(ops[:len(ops)-1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if sfx.zeroing && mask == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: zeroing (.Z) requires a mask register", mnemUpper)
+		}
+		return encode(spec, append(rest, dst), mask, sfx)
+	}
+	if inTable && len(ops) > 0 {
+		switch spec.form {
+		case vexNDS3:
+			if dst, ok := ops[len(ops)-1].(Reg); ok && dst.mask {
+				return kdst(e.encodeEvexNDS3)
+			}
+		case vexNDS3Imm:
+			if dst, ok := ops[len(ops)-1].(Reg); ok && dst.mask {
+				return kdst(e.encodeEvexNDS3Imm)
 			}
-			return e.encodeEvexNDS3(spec, append(rest, dst), mask, zeroing)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -262,36 +554,43 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvex(mnemUpper string, ops []Operand, zeroing bool) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if zeroing && mask == 0 {
+	if sfx.zeroing && mask == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s: zeroing (.Z) requires a mask register", mnemUpper)
 	}
 	ops = rest
 
 	if bs, ok := evexBcastTable[mnemUpper]; ok {
-		return e.encodeEvexBcast(bs, ops, mask, zeroing)
+		if sfx.evexOnly() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: broadcast instructions take no rounding/SAE/broadcast suffix", mnemUpper)
+		}
+		return e.encodeEvexBcast(bs, ops, mask, sfx)
 	}
 	if ms, ok := evexMoveTable[mnemUpper]; ok {
-		return e.encodeEvexMove(mnemUpper, ms, ops, mask, zeroing)
+		if sfx.evexOnly() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: moves take no rounding/SAE/broadcast suffix", mnemUpper)
+		}
+		return e.encodeEvexMove(mnemUpper, ms, ops, mask, sfx)
 	}
-	spec, ok := evexTable[mnemUpper]
-	if !ok {
+	if !inTable {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported instruction %q for ZMM/K operands", mnemUpper)
 	}
 	switch spec.form {
 	case vexNDS3:
-		return e.encodeEvexNDS3(spec, ops, mask, zeroing)
+		return e.encodeEvexNDS3(spec, ops, mask, sfx)
 	case vexRM:
-		return e.encodeEvexRM(spec, ops, mask, zeroing)
+		return e.encodeEvexRM(spec, ops, mask, sfx)
 	case vexRMRev:
-		return e.encodeEvexRMRev(spec, ops, mask, zeroing)
+		return e.encodeEvexRMRev(spec, ops, mask, sfx)
 	case vexImmRM:
-		return e.encodeEvexImmRM(spec, ops, mask, zeroing)
+		return e.encodeEvexImmRM(spec, ops, mask, sfx)
 	case vexShiftImm:
-		return e.encodeEvexShiftImm(spec, ops, mask, zeroing)
+		return e.encodeEvexShiftImm(spec, ops, mask, sfx)
 	case vexNDS3Imm:
-		return e.encodeEvexNDS3Imm(spec, ops, mask, zeroing)
+		return e.encodeEvexNDS3Imm(spec, ops, mask, sfx)
 	case vexExtract:
-		return e.encodeEvexExtract(spec, ops, mask, zeroing)
+		return e.encodeEvexExtract(spec, ops, mask, sfx)
+	case vexRMSrcLen:
+		return e.encodeEvexRMSrcLen(spec, ops, mask, sfx)
 	}
 	return fmt.Errorf("unhandled EVEX form for %s", mnemUpper)
 }
@@ -299,7 +598,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvex(mnemUpper string, ops []Operand, zeroing bool) error {
 // encodeEvexNDS3 encodes the three-operand NDS form: OP src2, src1, dst.  The
 // destination may be an opmask register (VPCMPEQD), in which case the vector
 // length comes from the sources.
-func (e *enc) encodeEvexNDS3(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexNDS3(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) != 3 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("EVEX NDS instruction expects 3 operands, got %d", len(ops))
 	}
@@ -319,12 +618,12 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexNDS3(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing boo
 			ll = r.vecLenBit()
 		}
 	}
-	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, ll, dstReg.idx, vvvvReg.idx, src2, mask, zeroing)
+	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, ll, dstReg.idx, vvvvReg.idx, src2, mask, sfx)
 }
 
 // encodeEvexRM encodes the two-operand form: OP src, dst (reg=dst, rm=src,
 // no vvvv), e.g. VCVTQQ2PD.
-func (e *enc) encodeEvexRM(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexRM(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) != 2 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("EVEX two-operand instruction expects 2 operands, got %d", len(ops))
 	}
@@ -333,12 +632,12 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexRM(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool)
 	if !ok || !dstReg.isVec() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("EVEX destination must be a vector register")
 	}
-	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, dstReg.vecLenBit(), dstReg.idx, -1, src, mask, zeroing)
+	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, dstReg.vecLenBit(), dstReg.idx, -1, src, mask, sfx)
 }
 
 // encodeEvexImmRM encodes the immediate shuffle form: OP $imm, src, dst
 // (reg = dst, rm = src, imm8), e.g. VPSHUFD.
-func (e *enc) encodeEvexImmRM(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexImmRM(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) != 3 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("shuffle expects 3 operands ($imm, src, dst), got %d", len(ops))
 	}
@@ -359,7 +658,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexImmRM(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bo
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := e.emitEvexFields(spec, ll, dstReg.idx, -1, src, mask, zeroing); err != nil {
+	if err := e.emitEvexFields(spec, ll, dstReg.idx, -1, src, mask, sfx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	e.out = append(e.out, immByte)
@@ -368,7 +667,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexImmRM(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bo
 
 // encodeEvexShiftImm encodes an immediate shift: OP $imm, src, dst
 // (ModRM.reg = /digit, vvvv = dst, rm = src, imm8), e.g. VPSRAD $31, Z3, Z5.
-func (e *enc) encodeEvexShiftImm(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexShiftImm(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) != 3 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("EVEX shift expects 3 operands ($imm, src, dst), got %d", len(ops))
 	}
@@ -389,7 +688,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexShiftImm(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := e.emitEvexFields(spec, dstReg.vecLenBit(), spec.opdigit, dstReg.idx, srcReg, mask, zeroing); err != nil {
+	if err := e.emitEvexFields(spec, dstReg.vecLenBit(), spec.opdigit, dstReg.idx, srcReg, mask, sfx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	e.out = append(e.out, immByte)
@@ -397,8 +696,10 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexShiftImm(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing
 }
 
 // encodeEvexNDS3Imm encodes OP $imm, src2, src1, dst (reg=dst, vvvv=src1,
-// rm=src2, imm8), e.g. VALIGND.
-func (e *enc) encodeEvexNDS3Imm(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+// rm=src2, imm8), e.g. VALIGND.  The destination may be an opmask register
+// (VCMPPD and friends), in which case the vector length comes from the
+// sources.
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexNDS3Imm(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) != 4 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("instruction expects 4 operands ($imm, src2, src1, dst), got %d", len(ops))
 	}
@@ -408,8 +709,8 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexNDS3Imm(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing
 		return fmt.Errorf("shuffle control must be an immediate")
 	}
 	dstReg, ok := dst.(Reg)
-	if !ok || !dstReg.isVec() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("destination must be a vector register")
+	if !ok || (!dstReg.isVec() && !dstReg.mask) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("destination must be a vector or mask register")
 	}
 	vvvvReg, ok := src1.(Reg)
 	if !ok || !vvvvReg.isVec() {
@@ -419,7 +720,14 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexNDS3Imm(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := e.emitEvexFields(spec, dstReg.vecLenBit(), dstReg.idx, vvvvReg.idx, src2, mask, zeroing); err != nil {
+	ll := dstReg.vecLenBit()
+	if dstReg.mask {
+		ll = vvvvReg.vecLenBit()
+		if r, ok := src2.(Reg); ok && r.isVec() {
+			ll = r.vecLenBit()
+		}
+	}
+	if err := e.emitEvexFields(spec, ll, dstReg.idx, vvvvReg.idx, src2, mask, sfx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	e.out = append(e.out, immByte)
@@ -428,7 +736,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexNDS3Imm(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing
 
 // encodeEvexExtract encodes OP $imm, zsrc, ydst (reg=ZMM source, rm=YMM/memory
 // destination, imm8), e.g. VEXTRACTI64X4.
-func (e *enc) encodeEvexExtract(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexExtract(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) != 3 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("extract expects 3 operands ($imm, zsrc, ydst), got %d", len(ops))
 	}
@@ -445,7 +753,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexExtract(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := e.emitEvexFields(spec, srcReg.vecLenBit(), srcReg.idx, -1, dst, mask, zeroing); err != nil {
+	if err := e.emitEvexFields(spec, srcReg.vecLenBit(), srcReg.idx, -1, dst, mask, sfx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	e.out = append(e.out, immByte)
@@ -455,7 +763,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexExtract(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing
 // encodeEvexMove encodes a two-operand EVEX move; a vector→vector move uses
 // the store-form opcode (reg = source, rm = destination), matching the Go
 // assembler.
-func (e *enc) encodeEvexMove(mnem string, ms evexMoveSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexMove(mnem string, ms evexMoveSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) != 2 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("EVEX move expects 2 operands, got %d", len(ops))
 	}
@@ -484,7 +792,47 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexMove(mnem string, ms evexMoveSpec, ops []Operand, mask i
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s needs a vector register operand", mnem)
 	}
 	spec := evexSpec{mapSel: ms.mapSel, opcode: op, w: ms.w, pp: ms.pp, opdigit: -1, n: ms.n}
-	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, reg.vecLenBit(), reg.idx, -1, rm, mask, zeroing)
+	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, reg.vecLenBit(), reg.idx, -1, rm, mask, sfx)
+}
+
+// encodeEvexRMSrcLen encodes a length-narrowing conversion: OP src, dst with
+// the destination always XMM and the length fixed by the mnemonic — the
+// single valid slot of spec.n names the vector length (and the disp8×N
+// multiplier) a register or memory source encodes.
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexRMSrcLen(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
+	if len(ops) != 2 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("conversion expects 2 operands, got %d", len(ops))
+	}
+	src, dst := ops[0], ops[1]
+	dstReg, ok := dst.(Reg)
+	if !ok || !dstReg.isVec() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("EVEX destination must be a vector register")
+	}
+	ll, err := soleLen(spec.n)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, ll, dstReg.idx, -1, src, mask, sfx)
+}
+
+// soleLen returns the vector-length index of the single valid slot of n —
+// the length a length-fixed mnemonic (the EVEX conversion spellings) encodes
+// regardless of its operands.
+func soleLen(n [3]int) (int, error) {
+	ll := -1
+	for i, v := range n {
+		if v == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if ll >= 0 {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("ambiguous vector-length table %v", n)
+		}
+		ll = i
+	}
+	if ll < 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("empty vector-length table")
+	}
+	return ll, nil
 }
 
 // memOperand reports whether op is a memory reference (including a
@@ -499,7 +847,7 @@ func memOperand(op Operand) bool {
 
 // encodeEvexRMRev encodes the narrowing-store form: OP src, dst with the wide
 // source in the reg field and the narrow destination in r/m (VPMOVDW/QD).
-func (e *enc) encodeEvexRMRev(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexRMRev(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) != 2 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("EVEX store instruction expects 2 operands, got %d", len(ops))
 	}
@@ -508,12 +856,12 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexRMRev(spec evexSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bo
 	if !ok || !srcReg.isVec() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("EVEX source must be a vector register")
 	}
-	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, srcReg.vecLenBit(), srcReg.idx, -1, dst, mask, zeroing)
+	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, srcReg.vecLenBit(), srcReg.idx, -1, dst, mask, sfx)
 }
 
 // encodeEvexBcast encodes VPBROADCASTD/Q: OP src, dst with the GPR or memory
 // source broadcast to every lane of the vector destination.
-func (e *enc) encodeEvexBcast(bs evexBcastSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+func (e *enc) encodeEvexBcast(bs evexBcastSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if len(ops) != 2 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("broadcast expects 2 operands, got %d", len(ops))
 	}
@@ -532,7 +880,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexBcast(bs evexBcastSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("broadcast source must be a register or memory")
 	}
-	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, dstReg.vecLenBit(), dstReg.idx, -1, src, mask, zeroing)
+	return e.emitEvexFields(spec, dstReg.vecLenBit(), dstReg.idx, -1, src, mask, sfx)
 }
 
 // emitEvexFields emits the EVEX prefix, opcode, ModR/M, SIB and displacement
@@ -540,7 +888,7 @@ func (e *enc) encodeEvexBcast(bs evexBcastSpec, ops []Operand, mask int, zeroing
 // unextended reg-field register index, or a /digit (0–7); vvvvIdx is the
 // vvvv register index, or -1 when unused.  mask (K1–K7, 0 = unmasked) and
 // zeroing fill the aaa and z bits of the P2 byte.
-func (e *enc) emitEvexFields(spec evexSpec, ll, regIdx, vvvvIdx int, rm Operand, mask int, zeroing bool) error {
+func (e *enc) emitEvexFields(spec evexSpec, ll, regIdx, vvvvIdx int, rm Operand, mask int, sfx evexSuffix) error {
 	if ll > 2 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid vector length")
 	}
@@ -603,12 +951,22 @@ func (e *enc) emitEvexFields(spec evexSpec, ll, regIdx, vvvvIdx int, rm Operand,
 	}
 
 	z := 0
-	if zeroing {
+	if sfx.zeroing {
 		z = 1
 	}
+	// The b bit and the L'L field carry the rounding/SAE/broadcast mode:
+	// a rounding mode replaces L'L with the rc value, plain SAE and
+	// broadcast keep the vector length.
+	b, ll := 0, ll
+	switch {
+	case sfx.rounding >= 0:
+		b, ll = 1, sfx.rounding
+	case sfx.sae || sfx.bcst:
+		b = 1
+	}
 	p0 := byte(rBar<<7 | xBar<<6 | bBar<<5 | rPrimeBar<<4 | spec.mapSel)
 	p1 := byte(spec.w<<7 | vBar<<3 | 1<<2 | spec.pp)
-	p2 := byte(z<<7 | ll<<5 | vPrimeBar<<3 | mask) // z, L'L, b=0, V', aaa
+	p2 := byte(z<<7 | ll<<5 | b<<4 | vPrimeBar<<3 | mask) // z, L'L/rc, b, V', aaa
 	e.out = append(e.out, 0x62, p0, p1, p2, spec.opcode, byte(modrm))
 	if sib >= 0 {
 		e.out = append(e.out, byte(sib))
@@ -676,24 +1034,40 @@ func memComponentsEvex(regField int, m Mem, n int) (modrm, sib int, disp []byte,
 	return mod<<6 | regField<<3 | (m.Base.idx & 7), -1, disp, 1, bBar, nil
 }
 
-// encodeKmovw encodes KMOVW, whose opcode depends on the operand direction:
-// 90 (k/mem → K), 91 (K → mem), 92 (GPR → K), 93 (K → GPR); k → k uses 90.
-func (e *enc) encodeKmovw(ops []Operand) error {
+// kmovSpec describes a KMOV width: the opcode depends on the operand
+// direction — kk (k/mem → K is 90, k → k uses the same), kmem (K → mem),
+// gprk (GPR/mem → K), kgpr (K → GPR) — and the GPR forms carry a mandatory
+// prefix and W for the wider widths.
+type kmovSpec struct {
+	kk, kmem, gprk, kgpr byte
+	gprPP                int
+	w                    int
+}
+
+var kmovTable = map[string]kmovSpec{
+	"KMOVW": {0x90, 0x91, 0x92, 0x93, 0, 0},
+	"KMOVQ": {0x90, 0x91, 0x92, 0x93, 3, 1},
+}
+
+// encodeKmov encodes a KMOV width, selecting the opcode by direction.
+func (e *enc) encodeKmov(upper string, ops []Operand) error {
 	if len(ops) != 2 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("KMOVW expects 2 operands, got %d", len(ops))
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 2 operands, got %d", upper, len(ops))
 	}
+	ks := kmovTable[upper]
 	src, dst := ops[0], ops[1]
 	srcReg, srcIsReg := src.(Reg)
 	dstReg, dstIsReg := dst.(Reg)
 	srcK := srcIsReg && srcReg.mask
 	dstK := dstIsReg && dstReg.mask
-	spec := vexSpec{mapSel: 1, w: 0, pp: 0, opdigit: -1}
+	spec := vexSpec{mapSel: 1, w: ks.w, pp: 0, opdigit: -1}
 	switch {
 	case srcK && dstK:
-		spec.opcode = 0x90 // k ← k: reg = dst, rm = src
+		spec.opcode = ks.kk // k ← k: reg = dst, rm = src
 		return e.emitVexFields(spec, 0, dstReg.idx&7, 0, 15, src)
 	case srcK && dstIsReg:
-		spec.opcode = 0x93 // GPR ← k: reg = dst, rm = src
+		spec.opcode = ks.kgpr // GPR ← k: reg = dst, rm = src
+		spec.pp = ks.gprPP
 		rBit := 0
 		if dstReg.idx >= 8 {
 			rBit = 1
@@ -701,13 +1075,126 @@ func (e *enc) encodeKmovw(ops []Operand) error {
 		return e.emitVexFields(spec, 0, dstReg.idx&7, rBit, 15, src)
 	case srcK:
 		if _, ok := dst.(Mem); !ok {
-			return fmt.Errorf("KMOVW: invalid destination operand")
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid destination operand", upper)
 		}
-		spec.opcode = 0x91 // mem ← k: reg = src, rm = dst
+		spec.opcode = ks.kmem // mem ← k: reg = src, rm = dst
 		return e.emitVexFields(spec, 0, srcReg.idx&7, 0, 15, dst)
 	case dstK:
-		spec.opcode = 0x92 // k ← GPR/mem: reg = dst, rm = src
+		spec.opcode = ks.gprk // k ← GPR/mem: reg = dst, rm = src
+		spec.pp = ks.gprPP
 		return e.emitVexFields(spec, 0, dstReg.idx&7, 0, 15, src)
 	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("KMOVW requires a K register operand")
+	return fmt.Errorf("%s requires a K register operand", upper)
+}
+
+// kOpSpec describes the VEX encoding of an opmask-register instruction: the
+// L bit and the W/pp pair select the operand width, and the form the
+// operand layout.
+type kOpSpec struct {
+	mapSel int
+	opcode byte
+	w      int
+	pp     int
+	ll     int
+	form   vexForm
+}
+
+var kOpsTable = map[string]kOpSpec{
+	// k ← k OP k: reg = dst, vvvv = src1, rm = src2 (three opmask
+	// registers).
+	"KANDB":    {1, 0x41, 0, 1, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KANDW":    {1, 0x41, 0, 0, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KANDQ":    {1, 0x41, 1, 0, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KORB":     {1, 0x45, 0, 1, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KORD":     {1, 0x45, 1, 1, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KXNORW":   {1, 0x46, 0, 0, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KXNORQ":   {1, 0x46, 1, 0, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KUNPCKBW": {1, 0x4B, 0, 1, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KUNPCKDQ": {1, 0x4B, 1, 0, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KADDB":    {1, 0x4A, 0, 1, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KADDW":    {1, 0x4A, 0, 0, 1, vexNDS3},
+	"KADDQ":    {1, 0x4A, 1, 0, 1, vexNDS3},
+	// k ← OP k (KNOT) and flags ← k OP k (KORTEST): reg = dst, rm = src.
+	"KNOTB":    {1, 0x44, 0, 1, 0, vexRM},
+	"KORTESTD": {1, 0x98, 1, 1, 0, vexRM},
+	// OP $imm, src, dst: reg = dst, rm = src, imm8.
+	"KSHIFTLW": {3, 0x32, 1, 1, 0, vexImmRM},
+}
+
+// isKOp reports whether the mnemonic is an opmask-register instruction.
+func isKOp(upper string) bool {
+	_, ok := kOpsTable[upper]
+	return ok
+}
+
+// encodeKOp encodes an opmask-register instruction; every operand is a K
+// register and the vector length is fixed by the instruction.
+func (e *enc) encodeKOp(upper string, ops []Operand) error {
+	ks := kOpsTable[upper]
+	spec := vexSpec{mapSel: ks.mapSel, opcode: ks.opcode, w: ks.w, pp: ks.pp, opdigit: -1}
+	kreg := func(op Operand, what string) (Reg, error) {
+		r, ok := op.(Reg)
+		if !ok || !r.mask {
+			return Reg{}, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s must be an opmask register", upper, what)
+		}
+		return r, nil
+	}
+	switch ks.form {
+	case vexNDS3:
+		if len(ops) != 3 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 3 operands, got %d", upper, len(ops))
+		}
+		src2, err := kreg(ops[0], "first source")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		src1, err := kreg(ops[1], "second source")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		dst, err := kreg(ops[2], "destination")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return e.emitVexFields(spec, ks.ll, dst.idx, 0, 15-src1.idx, src2)
+	case vexRM:
+		if len(ops) != 2 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 2 operands, got %d", upper, len(ops))
+		}
+		src, err := kreg(ops[0], "source")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		dst, err := kreg(ops[1], "destination")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return e.emitVexFields(spec, ks.ll, dst.idx, 0, 15, src)
+	case vexImmRM:
+		if len(ops) != 3 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s expects 3 operands ($imm, src, dst), got %d", upper, len(ops))
+		}
+		immVal, ok := ops[0].(Imm)
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: shift count must be an immediate", upper)
+		}
+		src, err := kreg(ops[1], "source")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		dst, err := kreg(ops[2], "destination")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		immByte, err := imm8(int64(immVal))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := e.emitVexFields(spec, ks.ll, dst.idx, 0, 15, src); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		e.out = append(e.out, immByte)
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("unhandled opmask form for %s", upper)
 }

asm/evex_test.go

@@ -101,6 +101,32 @@ func TestEvexGroundTruth(t *testing.T) {
 		{"VPBROADCASTQ AX,Z9", "VPBROADCASTQ", []Operand{AX, vreg(t, "Z9")}, "6272fd487cc8"},
 		// Register indices 16–31 exist only in EVEX encodings.
 		{"VPBROADCASTD AX,Y30", "VPBROADCASTD", []Operand{AX, vreg(t, "Y30")}, "62627d287cf0"},
+		// Packed double arithmetic / unpack (EVEX forms carry W=1).
+		{"VSUBPD Z1,Z2,Z3", "VSUBPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f1ed485cd9"},
+		{"VDIVPD Z4,Z5,Z6", "VDIVPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z4"), vreg(t, "Z5"), vreg(t, "Z6")}, "62f1d5485ef4"},
+		{"VMINPD Z7,Z8,Z9", "VMINPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z7"), vreg(t, "Z8"), vreg(t, "Z9")}, "6271bd485dcf"},
+		{"VMAXPD Z10,Z11,Z12", "VMAXPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z10"), vreg(t, "Z11"), vreg(t, "Z12")}, "6251a5485fe2"},
+		{"VUNPCKLPD Z1,Z2,Z3", "VUNPCKLPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f1ed4814d9"},
+		{"VUNPCKHPD Z1,Z2,Z3", "VUNPCKHPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f1ed4815d9"},
+		{"VSUBPD 64(AX),Z1,Z2", "VSUBPD", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 64, 64), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f1f5485c5001"},
+		{"VSUBPD Z17,Z18,Z19", "VSUBPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z17"), vreg(t, "Z18"), vreg(t, "Z19")}, "62a1ed405cd9"},
+		// VMOVDDUP — duplicate the low double; disp8×N = 64 at 512 bits, and
+		// X16/X17 force EVEX (the mod=11 rm[4] extension rides in X̄).
+		{"VMOVDDUP Z1,Z2", "VMOVDDUP", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f1ff4812d1"},
+		{"VMOVDDUP 64(AX),Z1", "VMOVDDUP", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 64, 64), vreg(t, "Z1")}, "62f1ff48124801"},
+		{"VMOVDDUP X16,X17", "VMOVDDUP", []Operand{vreg(t, "X16"), vreg(t, "X17")}, "62a1ff0812c8"},
+		// Conversions: DQ→PS, PS→PD (pp = 00, the Go assembler's choice),
+		// DQ→PD (the destination sets the length).
+		{"VCVTDQ2PS Z1,Z2", "VCVTDQ2PS", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17c485bd1"},
+		{"VCVTPS2PD Y1,Z2", "VCVTPS2PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17c485ad1"},
+		{"VCVTPS2PD 32(AX),Z2", "VCVTPS2PD", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 32, 32), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17c485a5001"},
+		{"VCVTDQ2PD Y1,Z2", "VCVTDQ2PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17e48e6d1"},
+		// PD→DQ conversions: the source is the wide operand and fixes the
+		// length (ZMM source → L'L = 10 even with an XMM destination; a
+		// memory source takes the length the mnemonic's spelling implies).
+		{"VCVTPD2DQ Z1,Y2", "VCVTPD2DQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "62f1ff48e6d1"},
+		{"VCVTPD2DQ 64(AX),Y2", "VCVTPD2DQ", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 64, 64), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "62f1ff48e65001"},
+		{"VCVTTPD2DQ Z3,Y4", "VCVTTPD2DQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z3"), vreg(t, "Y4")}, "62f1fd48e6e3"},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		want := strings.ReplaceAll(c.want, " ", "")
@@ -157,6 +183,18 @@ func TestEvexMasking(t *testing.T) {
 		{"VMOVDQU32 store", "VMOVDQU32", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "K4"), Ptr(DI, 0, 64)}, "62f17e4c7f0f"},
 		// Masked comparison with a K destination: dst K1, mask K2.
 		{"VPCMPEQD k-dst+mask", "VPCMPEQD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z0"), vreg(t, "Z3"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "K1")}, "62f1654a76c8"},
+		// Masked floating point: packed double, the scalar SD/SS forms (which
+		// exist under EVEX only for masked and zeroing use) and conversions.
+		{"VSUBPD.Z", "VSUBPD.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "K3"), vreg(t, "Z4")}, "62f1edcb5ce1"},
+		{"VADDSD merge", "VADDSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "K3"), vreg(t, "X4")}, "62f1ef0b58e1"},
+		{"VSUBSD.Z", "VSUBSD.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "K5"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "62f1ef8d5cd9"},
+		{"VADDSS merge", "VADDSS", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "62f16e0958d9"},
+		{"VCVTPD2DQ merge", "VCVTPD2DQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "62f1ff4ae6d9"},
+		{"VCVTTPD2DQ.Z", "VCVTTPD2DQ.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "62f1fdcae6d9"},
+		{"VCVTDQ2PS.Z", "VCVTDQ2PS.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "K4"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17ccc5bd1"},
+		{"VCVTDQ2PD merge", "VCVTDQ2PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "62f17e0ae6d9"},
+		{"VCVTDQ2PD.Z", "VCVTDQ2PD.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17ecae6d1"},
+		{"VCVTPS2PD.Z", "VCVTPS2PD.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "K3"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17ccb5ad1"},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		code, err := Encode(c.mnem, c.ops...)
@@ -192,7 +230,11 @@ func TestEvexMasking(t *testing.T) {
 		{"K0 mask", "VPADDD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "K0"), vreg(t, "Z3")}},
 		{"two masks", "VPADDD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}},
 		{".Z on VEX-only", "VPSHUFD.Z", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "X1")}},
-		{"unsupported suffix", "VPADDD.BCST", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}},
+		{"broadcast unsupported", "VPXORD.BCST", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}},
+		{"rounding unsupported", "VPXORD.RN_SAE", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}},
+		{"bcst with rounding", "VADDPD.BCST.RN_SAE", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}},
+		{"Z not last", "VADDPD.Z.RN_SAE", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}},
+		{"duplicate suffix", "VADDPD.Z.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}},
 		{"KMOVW.Z", "KMOVW.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "K2")}},
 	}
 	for _, c := range bad {
@@ -202,6 +244,126 @@ func TestEvexMasking(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestEvexExtendedGroundTruth covers the wider EVEX/AVX-512 set — ternary
+// logic, lane shuffles/inserts/extracts, compares with a K destination,
+// permutes, the wider integer families, expand/compress, broadcasts,
+// rotates and word shifts, the opmask instructions, the EVEX suffixes
+// (rounding/SAE/broadcast) and the aligned/scalar moves — byte for byte
+// against the Go assembler.
+func TestEvexExtendedGroundTruth(t *testing.T) {
+	mem64 := func(base Reg) Operand { return Ptr(base, 0, 64) }
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		mnem string
+		ops  []Operand
+		want string
+	}{
+		// Ternary logic and lane shuffles (NDS + imm8).
+		{"VPTERNLOGD", "VPTERNLOGD", []Operand{Imm(0xE8), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f36d4825d9e8"},
+		{"VPTERNLOGQ", "VPTERNLOGQ", []Operand{Imm(0x96), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f3ed4825d996"},
+		{"VSHUFI32X4", "VSHUFI32X4", []Operand{Imm(0x4E), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "62f36d2843d94e"},
+		{"VSHUFF64X2", "VSHUFF64X2", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f3ed4823d901"},
+		{"VPALIGNR", "VPALIGNR", []Operand{Imm(7), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f36d480fd907"},
+		// Permutes.
+		{"VPERMB", "VPERMB", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f26d488dd9"},
+		{"VPERMW", "VPERMW", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f2ed488dd9"},
+		{"VPERMI2D", "VPERMI2D", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f26d4876d9"},
+		{"VPERMT2PD", "VPERMT2PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f2ed487fd9"},
+		// Compare with a K destination (and an immediate predicate).
+		{"VCMPPD", "VCMPPD", []Operand{Imm(4), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "K3")}, "62f1ed48c2d904"},
+		{"VCMPPS", "VCMPPS", []Operand{Imm(0), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "K4")}, "62f16c28c2e100"},
+		{"VCMPSD", "VCMPSD", []Operand{Imm(17), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "K5")}, "62f1ef08c2e911"},
+		// Rounding / SAE / broadcast suffixes.
+		{"VADDPD.RN_SAE", "VADDPD.RN_SAE", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f1ed1858d9"},
+		{"VMULPD.RZ_SAE.Z", "VMULPD.RZ_SAE.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f1edf959d9"},
+		{"VMAXPD.SAE", "VMAXPD.SAE", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f1ed585fd9"},
+		{"VADDPD.BCST", "VADDPD.BCST", []Operand{mem64(AX), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f1f5585810"},
+		// Packed single arithmetic (same opcodes, no mandatory prefix) —
+		// ZMM, YMM and XMM widths, rounding and broadcast.
+		{"VADDPS", "VADDPS", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f16c4858d9"},
+		{"VMULPS", "VMULPS", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c5ec59d9"},
+		{"VMAXPS", "VMAXPS", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5e85fd9"},
+		{"VDIVPS.RD_SAE", "VDIVPS.RD_SAE", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f16c385ed9"},
+		{"VADDPS.BCST", "VADDPS.BCST", []Operand{mem64(AX), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f174585810"},
+		// Compress / expand.
+		{"VCOMPRESSPD", "VCOMPRESSPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), mem64(DI)}, "62f2fd488a0f"},
+		{"VEXPANDPS", "VEXPANDPS", []Operand{mem64(SI), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "62f27d288816"},
+		{"VPCOMPRESSD.Z", "VPCOMPRESSD.Z", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "K2"), mem64(DI)}, "62f27dca8b0f"},
+		// Broadcasts.
+		{"VPBROADCASTB gpr", "VPBROADCASTB", []Operand{BX, vreg(t, "Z1")}, "62f27d487acb"},
+		{"VPBROADCASTW mem", "VPBROADCASTW", []Operand{mem64(AX), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f27d487910"},
+		{"VBROADCASTSS", "VBROADCASTSS", []Operand{mem64(AX), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c4e27d1818"},
+		{"VBROADCASTSD", "VBROADCASTSD", []Operand{mem64(AX), vreg(t, "Z4")}, "62f2fd481920"},
+		// Wider integer families.
+		{"VPMADDWD", "VPMADDWD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f16d48f5d9"},
+		{"VPMADDUBSW", "VPMADDUBSW", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f26d4804d9"},
+		{"VPMULHUW", "VPMULHUW", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f16d48e4d9"},
+		{"VPSLLVW", "VPSLLVW", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f2ed4812d9"},
+		{"VPACKSSWB", "VPACKSSWB", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f16d4863d9"},
+		{"VPACKUSDW", "VPACKUSDW", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f26d482bd9"},
+		// Absolute values and replicating moves.
+		{"VPABSD", "VPABSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f27d481ed1"},
+		{"VPABSQ mem", "VPABSQ", []Operand{mem64(AX), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f2fd481f10"},
+		{"VMOVSLDUP", "VMOVSLDUP", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5fa12d1"},
+		{"VMOVSHDUP", "VMOVSHDUP", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17e4816d1"},
+		// Rotates and word/qword shifts.
+		{"VPROLD", "VPROLD", []Operand{Imm(5), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f16d4872c905"},
+		{"VPRORQ", "VPRORQ", []Operand{Imm(63), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f1ed4872c13f"},
+		{"VPSLLW", "VPSLLW", []Operand{Imm(9), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5e971f109"},
+		{"VPSRLQ", "VPSRLQ", []Operand{Imm(3), vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f1ed4873d103"},
+		// Opmask instructions (VEX-encoded, the width in the L/W/pp bits).
+		{"KANDW", "KANDW", []Operand{vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "K3")}, "c5ec41d9"},
+		{"KORD", "KORD", []Operand{vreg(t, "K4"), vreg(t, "K5"), vreg(t, "K6")}, "c4e1d545f4"},
+		{"KXNORQ", "KXNORQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "K3")}, "c4e1ec46d9"},
+		{"KNOTB", "KNOTB", []Operand{vreg(t, "K4"), vreg(t, "K5")}, "c5f944ec"},
+		{"KUNPCKBW", "KUNPCKBW", []Operand{vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "K3")}, "c5ed4bd9"},
+		{"KSHIFTLW", "KSHIFTLW", []Operand{Imm(2), vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "K2")}, "c4e3f932d102"},
+		{"KADDQ", "KADDQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "K2"), vreg(t, "K3")}, "c4e1ec4ad9"},
+		{"KORTESTD", "KORTESTD", []Operand{vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "K2")}, "c4e1f998d1"},
+		{"KMOVQ k,k", "KMOVQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "K1"), vreg(t, "K2")}, "c4e1f890d1"},
+		{"KMOVQ gpr,k", "KMOVQ", []Operand{BX, vreg(t, "K1")}, "c4e1fb92cb"},
+		// Lane extract / insert.
+		{"VEXTRACTF32X4", "VEXTRACTF32X4", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "62f37d2819ca01"},
+		{"VEXTRACTI64X2", "VEXTRACTI64X2", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "62f3fd2839ca01"},
+		{"VINSERTF32X8", "VINSERTF32X8", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f36d481ad901"},
+		{"VINSERTI64X4", "VINSERTI64X4", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Z2"), vreg(t, "Z3")}, "62f3ed483ad901"},
+		// Aligned moves and the scalar single move.
+		{"VMOVAPS", "VMOVAPS", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17c4829ca"},
+		{"VMOVDQA64 mem", "VMOVDQA64", []Operand{mem64(AX), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f1fd486f10"},
+		{"VMOVSS mem", "VMOVSS", []Operand{mem64(AX), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5fa1010"},
+		// Conversions and extending/narrowing moves.
+		{"VCVTPS2DQ", "VCVTPS2DQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17d485bd1"},
+		{"VCVTTPS2DQ", "VCVTTPS2DQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f17e485bd1"},
+		{"VPMOVZXBW", "VPMOVZXBW", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c4e27d30d1"},
+		{"VPMOVSXBW mem", "VPMOVSXBW", []Operand{mem64(AX), vreg(t, "Z2")}, "62f27d482010"},
+		{"VPMOVWB", "VPMOVWB", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "62f27e4830ca"},
+		{"VPMOVQB", "VPMOVQB", []Operand{vreg(t, "Z1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "62f27e4832ca"},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		code, err := Encode(c.mnem, c.ops...)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Encode: %v", c.name, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if got := hexCompact(code); got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: bytes %s, want %s", c.name, got, c.want)
+			continue
+		}
+		inst, err := x86asm.Decode(code, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Decode(%x): %v", c.name, code, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		want := c.mnem
+		if i := strings.IndexByte(want, '.'); i > 0 {
+			want = want[:i]
+		}
+		if inst.Op.String() != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: decoded as %s", c.name, inst.Op.String())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestEvexErrors checks the EVEX-specific error paths.
 func TestEvexErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {

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+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+package asm
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// This file emits GOOBJ — the Go toolchain's object format, which cmd/link
+// consumes directly — so gasm-assembled functions drop into a go build
+// without the Go assembler.  The layout follows cmd/internal/goobj: a
+// toolchain preamble ("go object ...\n!\n"), the go120ld header with its
+// block offsets, a string table, symbol definitions, the relocation /
+// aux / data index arrays, and the three blocks themselves.
+//
+// The object carries what the linker requires of an assembly object: the
+// functions (non-package symbols, as cmd/asm emits them), the GLOBL data,
+// one FuncInfo per function, and the pc-value tables (pcsp, pcfile,
+// pcline, pcinline).  DWARF and the implicit funcdata symbols are omitted;
+// the linker fills their defaults.
+
+// GOOBJ block indices (cmd/internal/goobj).
+const (
+	blkAutolib = iota
+	blkPkgIdx
+	blkFile
+	blkSymdef
+	blkHashed64def
+	blkHasheddef
+	blkNonpkgdef
+	blkNonpkgref
+	blkRefFlags
+	blkHash64
+	blkHash
+	blkRelocIdx
+	blkAuxIdx
+	blkDataIdx
+	blkReloc
+	blkAux
+	blkData
+	blkRefName
+	blkEnd
+)
+
+// Symbol kinds used by assembly objects (cmd/internal/objabi).
+const (
+	kindSTEXT   = 1
+	kindSRODATA = 3
+	kindSDATA   = 7
+)
+
+// Symbol flags (cmd/internal/goobj).
+const (
+	symFlagDupok   = 0x01
+	symFlagNoSplit = 0x10
+	symFlag2Link   = 0x10 // asm objects flag every named symbol as linkname
+	symABIStatic   = 0xffff
+)
+
+// Aux entry types (cmd/internal/goobj).
+const (
+	auxFuncInfo = 1
+	auxPcsp     = 7
+	auxPcfile   = 8
+	auxPcline   = 9
+	auxPcinline = 10
+)
+
+// FuncInfo flags (internal/abi).
+const (
+	funcFlagSPWrite = 2
+	funcFlagAsm     = 4
+)
+
+// Relocation types (cmd/internal/objabi).
+const relocPCRel = 14
+
+// Special package indices for symbol references.
+const (
+	pkgIdxNone = 0x7fffffff
+	pkgIdxSelf = 0x7ffffffb
+)
+
+const goobjMagic = "\x00go120ld"
+
+// goSym is one symbol definition under construction.
+type goSym struct {
+	name  string
+	abi   uint16
+	typ   uint8
+	flag  uint8
+	flag2 uint8
+	size  uint32
+	align uint32
+}
+
+func (s goSym) append(b []byte, strOff map[string]uint32) []byte {
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, uint32(len(s.name)))
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, strOff[s.name])
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint16(b, s.abi)
+	b = append(b, s.typ, s.flag, s.flag2)
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, s.size)
+	return binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, s.align)
+}
+
+// GOObject returns the image as a GOOBJ object file for the given package
+// path (the linker qualifies the exported symbols with it, the way cmd/asm
+// does with its -p flag).  srcPath names the source file recorded in the
+// object's file table and line tables.  The toolchain's object preamble is
+// captured from the installed go tool asm, so the output links with the
+// toolchain it was produced on — exactly like a real assembly object.
+func (img *Image) GOObject(pkgPath, srcPath string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if pkgPath == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("GOOBJ emission requires a package path (-p)")
+	}
+	pre, err := toolchainObjectPreamble()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// The symbol tables.  Package definitions: the GLOBL symbols, then one
+	// anonymous FuncInfo symbol per function.  Non-package definitions: the
+	// pc-value tables and the functions themselves, as cmd/asm lays them
+	// out.  defIdx maps a GLOBL's bare name to its definition index for the
+	// relocations; fnNpIdx maps a function to its non-package index.
+	var defs []goSym
+	var defData [][]byte
+	defIdx := map[string]int{}
+	for _, d := range img.DataSyms {
+		name := d.Name
+		if !d.Static {
+			name = pkgPath + "." + name
+		}
+		typ := uint8(kindSDATA)
+		if d.Rodata {
+			typ = kindSRODATA
+		}
+		flag := uint8(0)
+		if d.Dupok {
+			flag = symFlagDupok
+		}
+		abi := uint16(0)
+		if d.Static {
+			abi = symABIStatic
+		}
+		defIdx[d.Name] = len(defs)
+		defs = append(defs, goSym{name: name, abi: abi, typ: typ, flag: flag, flag2: symFlag2Link, size: uint32(d.Size)})
+		defData = append(defData, img.Data[d.Offset:d.Offset+d.Size])
+	}
+	fnFiIdx := make([]int, len(img.Funcs))
+	for i := range img.Funcs {
+		data := marshalFuncInfo(img.Funcs[i])
+		fnFiIdx[i] = len(defs)
+		defs = append(defs, goSym{typ: kindSDATA, size: uint32(len(data))})
+		defData = append(defData, data)
+	}
+
+	type npSym struct {
+		sym  goSym
+		data []byte
+	}
+	var nps []npSym
+	type pcRefs struct{ sp, file, line, inl int }
+	pcIdx := make([]pcRefs, len(img.Funcs))
+	fnNpIdx := make([]int, len(img.Funcs))
+	for i, fn := range img.Funcs {
+		tables := []struct {
+			data []byte
+			dst  *int
+		}{
+			{pcspTable(fn), &pcIdx[i].sp},
+			{pcValueFlat(0, fn.Size), &pcIdx[i].file},
+			{pcValueFlat(int32(fn.Line), fn.Size), &pcIdx[i].line},
+			{pcValueFlat(-1, fn.Size), &pcIdx[i].inl},
+		}
+		for _, t := range tables {
+			*t.dst = len(nps)
+			nps = append(nps, npSym{
+				sym:  goSym{typ: kindSRODATA, size: uint32(len(t.data)), align: 1},
+				data: t.data,
+			})
+		}
+		name := fn.Name
+		abi := uint16(0)
+		if fn.Static {
+			abi = symABIStatic
+		} else {
+			name = pkgPath + "." + name
+		}
+		flag := uint8(0)
+		if fn.NoSplit {
+			flag |= symFlagNoSplit
+		}
+		fnNpIdx[i] = len(nps)
+		code := append([]byte(nil), img.Code[fn.Offset:fn.Offset+fn.Size]...)
+		for _, r := range fn.Relocs {
+			// The linker writes the resolved displacement into the field;
+			// leave it zero, as cmd/asm's object does.
+			if r.Off >= 0 && r.Off+4 <= len(code) {
+				code[r.Off], code[r.Off+1], code[r.Off+2], code[r.Off+3] = 0, 0, 0, 0
+			}
+		}
+		nps = append(nps, npSym{
+			sym:  goSym{name: name, abi: abi, typ: kindSTEXT, flag: flag, flag2: symFlag2Link, size: uint32(fn.Size)},
+			data: code,
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Relocations, per defined symbol in definition order (package defs,
+	// then non-package defs).  Only file-local GLOBL references resolve;
+	// external symbols need the import machinery of a later increment.
+	nsyms := len(defs) + len(nps)
+	symRelocs := make([][]byte, nsyms) // flat 23-byte records
+	for i, fn := range img.Funcs {
+		si := len(defs) + fnNpIdx[i]
+		for _, r := range fn.Relocs {
+			if r.External {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("GOOBJ emission: external symbol %q is not supported yet", r.Name)
+			}
+			di, ok := defIdx[r.Name]
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("GOOBJ emission: reference to unknown symbol %q", r.Name)
+			}
+			var rec [23]byte
+			binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(rec[0:], uint32(int32(r.Off)))
+			rec[4] = 4 // field width
+			binary.LittleEndian.PutUint16(rec[5:], relocPCRel)
+			binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(rec[7:], uint64(r.Addend))
+			binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(rec[15:], pkgIdxSelf)
+			binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(rec[19:], uint32(di))
+			symRelocs[si] = append(symRelocs[si], rec[:]...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Aux entries per function: FuncInfo, then the four pc tables.
+	// References into the non-package table use pkgIdxNone.
+	symAux := make([][]byte, nsyms)
+	for i := range img.Funcs {
+		si := len(defs) + fnNpIdx[i]
+		aux := func(typ uint8, pkg, idx uint32) {
+			var rec [9]byte
+			rec[0] = typ
+			binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(rec[1:], pkg)
+			binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(rec[5:], idx)
+			symAux[si] = append(symAux[si], rec[:]...)
+		}
+		aux(auxFuncInfo, pkgIdxSelf, uint32(fnFiIdx[i]))
+		aux(auxPcsp, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs)+pcIdx[i].sp))
+		aux(auxPcfile, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs)+pcIdx[i].file))
+		aux(auxPcline, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs)+pcIdx[i].line))
+		aux(auxPcinline, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs)+pcIdx[i].inl))
+	}
+
+	// The string table.  Absolute offsets: it starts right after the
+	// 96-byte header (magic, fingerprint, flags, the 19 block offsets).
+	const headerSize = 8 + 8 + 4 + 4*(blkEnd+1)
+	strTab := []byte{}
+	strOff := map[string]uint32{}
+	addStr := func(s string) {
+		if _, ok := strOff[s]; ok {
+			return
+		}
+		strOff[s] = uint32(headerSize + len(strTab))
+		strTab = append(strTab, s...)
+	}
+	addStr("")
+	addStr(srcPath)
+	for _, s := range defs {
+		addStr(s.name)
+	}
+	for _, s := range nps {
+		addStr(s.sym.name)
+	}
+	stringRef := func(b []byte, s string) []byte {
+		b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, uint32(len(s)))
+		return binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, strOff[s])
+	}
+
+	// Serialise the block bodies.
+	var symdefBlk, npdefBlk []byte
+	for _, s := range defs {
+		symdefBlk = s.append(symdefBlk, strOff)
+	}
+	for _, s := range nps {
+		npdefBlk = s.sym.append(npdefBlk, strOff)
+	}
+	pkgIdxBlk := stringRef(nil, "") // index 0: the dummy invalid package
+	fileBlk := stringRef(nil, srcPath)
+
+	var relocBlk, auxBlk, dataBlk []byte
+	relocIdxBlk := make([]byte, 0, 4*(nsyms+1))
+	auxIdxBlk := make([]byte, 0, 4*(nsyms+1))
+	dataIdxBlk := make([]byte, 0, 4*(nsyms+1))
+	var nr, na, nd uint32
+	for si := 0; si < nsyms; si++ {
+		relocIdxBlk = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(relocIdxBlk, nr)
+		auxIdxBlk = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(auxIdxBlk, na)
+		dataIdxBlk = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(dataIdxBlk, nd)
+		relocBlk = append(relocBlk, symRelocs[si]...)
+		auxBlk = append(auxBlk, symAux[si]...)
+		var d []byte
+		if si < len(defData) {
+			d = defData[si]
+		} else {
+			d = nps[si-len(defData)].data
+		}
+		dataBlk = append(dataBlk, d...)
+		nr += uint32(len(symRelocs[si])) / 23
+		na += uint32(len(symAux[si])) / 9
+		nd += uint32(len(d))
+	}
+	relocIdxBlk = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(relocIdxBlk, nr)
+	auxIdxBlk = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(auxIdxBlk, na)
+	dataIdxBlk = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(dataIdxBlk, nd)
+
+	blocks := [blkEnd][]byte{
+		blkPkgIdx:    pkgIdxBlk,
+		blkFile:      fileBlk,
+		blkSymdef:    symdefBlk,
+		blkNonpkgdef: npdefBlk,
+		blkRelocIdx:  relocIdxBlk,
+		blkAuxIdx:    auxIdxBlk,
+		blkDataIdx:   dataIdxBlk,
+		blkReloc:     relocBlk,
+		blkAux:       auxBlk,
+		blkData:      dataBlk,
+	}
+
+	// Assemble the payload: header (offsets filled once known), string
+	// table, blocks in order.
+	payload := make([]byte, headerSize)
+	copy(payload, goobjMagic)
+	// The fingerprint stays zero, as cmd/asm leaves it.
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(payload[16:], 4) // ObjFlagFromAssembly
+	off := uint32(headerSize + len(strTab))
+	for i := 0; i < blkEnd; i++ {
+		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(payload[20+4*i:], off)
+		off += uint32(len(blocks[i]))
+	}
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(payload[20+4*blkEnd:], off)
+	payload = append(payload, strTab...)
+	for _, blk := range blocks {
+		payload = append(payload, blk...)
+	}
+
+	out := make([]byte, 0, len(pre)+len(payload))
+	out = append(out, pre...)
+	return append(out, payload...), nil
+}
+
+// marshalFuncInfo serialises a function's goobj.FuncInfo: sizes, flags,
+// start line, the one-element file table and an empty inline tree.
+func marshalFuncInfo(fn FuncLayout) []byte {
+	flag := uint8(funcFlagAsm)
+	if fn.SPWrite {
+		flag |= funcFlagSPWrite
+	}
+	b := make([]byte, 0, 28)
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, uint32(fn.Args))
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, uint32(fn.Frame))
+	b = append(b, 0, flag, 0, 0) // FuncID normal, flags, padding
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, uint32(int32(fn.Line)))
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, 1) // one file
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, 0) // file index 0
+	b = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(b, 0) // no inline tree
+	return b
+}
+
+// pcValueFlat encodes a pc-value table holding v over the whole function.
+func pcValueFlat(v int32, size int) []byte {
+	// The table is delta-encoded from an implicit value of -1: a varint
+	// value delta, an unsigned pc delta to the end, and a zero terminator.
+	out := binary.AppendVarint(nil, int64(v)+1)
+	out = binary.AppendUvarint(out, uint64(size))
+	return append(out, 0)
+}
+
+// pcspTable encodes the stack-adjustment table: the SP delta in effect at
+// every pc, from the function's prologue and epilogue boundaries.
+func pcspTable(fn FuncLayout) []byte {
+	if len(fn.Spadj) == 0 {
+		return pcValueFlat(0, fn.Size)
+	}
+	pts := make([]SpadjStep, 0, len(fn.Spadj)+1)
+	pts = append(pts, SpadjStep{PC: 0, Value: 0})
+	pts = append(pts, fn.Spadj...)
+	out := binary.AppendVarint(nil, int64(pts[0].Value)+1)
+	cur, old := pts[0].PC, pts[0].Value
+	for _, p := range pts[1:] {
+		out = binary.AppendUvarint(out, uint64(p.PC-cur))
+		out = binary.AppendVarint(out, int64(p.Value-old))
+		cur, old = p.PC, p.Value
+	}
+	out = binary.AppendUvarint(out, uint64(fn.Size-cur))
+	return append(out, 0)
+}
+
+// toolchainObjectPreamble returns the "go object ...\n!\n" header the
+// installed go tool asm writes, captured by assembling a one-instruction
+// probe.  The linker compares this string verbatim against its own, so it
+// must come from the toolchain itself, not be reconstructed.
+var (
+	preambleOnce sync.Once
+	preamble     []byte
+	preambleErr  error
+)
+
+func toolchainObjectPreamble() ([]byte, error) {
+	preambleOnce.Do(func() {
+		goBin, err := exec.LookPath("go")
+		if err != nil {
+			preambleErr = fmt.Errorf("GOOBJ emission needs the Go toolchain: %w", err)
+			return
+		}
+		dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "gasm-preamble")
+		if err != nil {
+			preambleErr = err
+			return
+		}
+		defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+		src := filepath.Join(dir, "probe_amd64.s")
+		if err := os.WriteFile(src, []byte("TEXT \u00b7x(SB), $0-0\n\tRET\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
+			preambleErr = err
+			return
+		}
+		obj := filepath.Join(dir, "probe.o")
+		cmd := exec.Command(goBin, "tool", "asm", "-p", "probe", "-o", obj, src)
+		cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GOARCH=amd64")
+		if out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+			preambleErr = fmt.Errorf("probing the assembler for the object header: %v\n%s", err, out)
+			return
+		}
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			preambleErr = err
+			return
+		}
+		i := bytes.Index(data, []byte("\n!\n"))
+		if i < 0 || !bytes.HasPrefix(data[i+3:], []byte(goobjMagic)) {
+			preambleErr = fmt.Errorf("unrecognised assembler object layout")
+			return
+		}
+		preamble = data[:i+3]
+	})
+	return preamble, preambleErr
+}

asm/goobj_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,477 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+package asm
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/parser"
+)
+
+// goobjView is a minimal parsed view of a GOOBJ payload, enough to check
+// the emitter's output block by block.
+type goobjView struct {
+	t      *testing.T
+	b      []byte
+	offs   [blkEnd + 1]uint32
+	strOff uint32
+}
+
+func openGoobj(t *testing.T, data []byte) *goobjView {
+	t.Helper()
+	i := bytes.Index(data, []byte(goobjMagic))
+	if i < 0 {
+		t.Fatal("no GOOBJ magic in output")
+	}
+	v := &goobjView{t: t, b: data[i:], strOff: uint32(i + 96)}
+	for j := 0; j <= blkEnd; j++ {
+		v.offs[j] = binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(v.b[20+4*j:])
+	}
+	return v
+}
+
+func (v *goobjView) blk(i int) []byte { return v.b[v.offs[i]:v.offs[i+1]] }
+
+func (v *goobjView) str(off, ln uint32) string {
+	return string(v.b[off : off+ln])
+}
+
+type goobjSymView struct {
+	name  string
+	abi   uint16
+	typ   uint8
+	flag  uint8
+	flag2 uint8
+	size  uint32
+	align uint32
+}
+
+func (v *goobjView) syms(i int) []goobjSymView {
+	var out []goobjSymView
+	for x := v.blk(i); len(x) >= 21; x = x[21:] {
+		le := binary.LittleEndian
+		out = append(out, goobjSymView{
+			name:  v.str(le.Uint32(x[4:]), le.Uint32(x[0:])),
+			abi:   le.Uint16(x[8:]),
+			typ:   x[10],
+			flag:  x[11],
+			flag2: x[12],
+			size:  le.Uint32(x[13:]),
+			align: le.Uint32(x[17:]),
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// TestGOObjectStructure checks the emitted object's blocks against the
+// ground truth captured from go tool asm: the symbol tables, the FuncInfo
+// contents, the pc-value tables, the relocation and the aux wiring.
+func TestGOObjectStructure(t *testing.T) {
+	f, errs := parser.Parse("t_amd64.s", `
+#include "textflag.h"
+
+TEXT ·addq(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-24
+	MOVQ a+0(FP), AX
+	MOVQ b+8(FP), CX
+	ADDQ CX, AX
+	MOVQ AX, ret+16(FP)
+	RET
+
+TEXT ·loadmask(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-8
+	VMOVDQU mask<>(SB), X0
+	VPMOVMSKB X0, AX
+	MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
+	RET
+
+GLOBL mask<>(SB), RODATA, $16
+DATA mask<>+0(SB)/8, $0x0807060504030201
+DATA mask<>+8(SB)/8, $0x800f0e0d0c0b0a09
+`)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", errs)
+	}
+	img, err := AssembleFile(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AssembleFile: %v", err)
+	}
+	obj, err := img.GOObject("testpkg", "t_amd64.s")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GOObject: %v", err)
+	}
+	v := openGoobj(t, obj)
+
+	if flags := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(v.b[16:]); flags != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("flags = %#x, want ObjFlagFromAssembly (4)", flags)
+	}
+
+	// Package defs: the static GLOBL, then one anonymous FuncInfo per
+	// function.
+	defs := v.syms(blkSymdef)
+	if len(defs) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("symdefs = %d, want 3", len(defs))
+	}
+	if defs[0].name != "mask" || defs[0].abi != 0xffff || defs[0].typ != kindSRODATA || defs[0].size != 16 || defs[0].flag2 != symFlag2Link {
+		t.Errorf("mask symbol = %+v", defs[0])
+	}
+	if defs[1].name != "" || defs[1].typ != kindSDATA || defs[1].size != 28 {
+		t.Errorf("funcinfo symbol = %+v", defs[1])
+	}
+
+	// Non-package defs: four pc tables and the function, per function.
+	nps := v.syms(blkNonpkgdef)
+	if len(nps) != 10 {
+		t.Fatalf("nonpkgdefs = %d, want 10", len(nps))
+	}
+	fn := nps[4]
+	if fn.name != "testpkg.addq" || fn.typ != kindSTEXT || fn.flag != symFlagNoSplit || fn.size != 19 {
+		t.Errorf("addq symbol = %+v", fn)
+	}
+	for i, s := range []int{0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8} {
+		if nps[s].typ != kindSRODATA || nps[s].align != 1 || nps[s].name != "" {
+			t.Errorf("pc table %d = %+v", i, nps[s])
+		}
+	}
+
+	// FuncInfo: args 24, FuncFlag Asm, one file, no inline tree.
+	le := binary.LittleEndian
+	data := v.blk(blkData)
+	fi := data[16:44]
+	if le.Uint32(fi[0:]) != 24 || le.Uint32(fi[4:]) != 0 || fi[8] != 0 || fi[9] != funcFlagAsm ||
+		le.Uint32(fi[16:]) != 1 || le.Uint32(fi[20:]) != 0 || le.Uint32(fi[24:]) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("funcinfo bytes %x", fi)
+	}
+
+	// pcsp: a flat zero over the whole function (zero-frame NOSPLIT).
+	if got := data[72:75]; !bytes.Equal(got, []byte{0x02, 19, 0x00}) {
+		t.Errorf("pcsp = %x, want 021300", got)
+	}
+	// pcinline: a flat -1.
+	if got := data[81:84]; !bytes.Equal(got, []byte{0x00, 19, 0x00}) {
+		t.Errorf("pcinline = %x, want 001300", got)
+	}
+
+	// The one relocation: R_PCREL, four bytes wide, against the GLOBL,
+	// with the field in the function code left zero.  The loadmask code's
+	// offset comes from the data index (symbol 3 defs + 9 non-package).
+	relocs := v.blk(blkReloc)
+	if len(relocs) != 23 {
+		t.Fatalf("relocs = %d bytes, want one 23-byte entry", len(relocs))
+	}
+	off := int32(le.Uint32(relocs[0:]))
+	if off != 4 || relocs[4] != 4 || le.Uint16(relocs[5:]) != relocPCRel ||
+		le.Uint64(relocs[7:]) != 0 || le.Uint32(relocs[15:]) != pkgIdxSelf || le.Uint32(relocs[19:]) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("reloc = %x", relocs)
+	}
+	didx := v.blk(blkDataIdx)
+	lm := le.Uint32(didx[4*(3+9):])
+	code := data[lm : lm+18]
+	if !bytes.Equal(code[4:8], []byte{0, 0, 0, 0}) {
+		t.Errorf("relocated field = %x, want zeroed", code[4:8])
+	}
+
+	// Aux wiring: FuncInfo (package symbol), then the four pc tables
+	// (non-package symbols).
+	auxs := v.blk(blkAux)
+	if len(auxs) != 2*5*9 {
+		t.Fatalf("aux = %d bytes, want 10 entries", len(auxs))
+	}
+	wantAux := []struct {
+		typ uint8
+		pkg uint32
+		idx uint32
+	}{
+		{auxFuncInfo, pkgIdxSelf, 1},
+		{auxPcsp, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs) + 0)},
+		{auxPcfile, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs) + 1)},
+		{auxPcline, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs) + 2)},
+		{auxPcinline, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs) + 3)},
+		{auxFuncInfo, pkgIdxSelf, 2},
+		{auxPcsp, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs) + 5)},
+		{auxPcfile, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs) + 6)},
+		{auxPcline, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs) + 7)},
+		{auxPcinline, pkgIdxNone, uint32(len(defs) + 8)},
+	}
+	for i, w := range wantAux {
+		e := auxs[i*9:]
+		if e[0] != w.typ || le.Uint32(e[1:]) != w.pkg || le.Uint32(e[5:]) != w.idx {
+			t.Errorf("aux[%d] = {%d,%d,%d}, want {%d,%d,%d}", i, e[0], le.Uint32(e[1:]), le.Uint32(e[5:]), w.typ, w.pkg, w.idx)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// decodePCValues decodes a pc-value table into (pc, value) steps.  The
+// table ends with a final unsigned pc delta covering the rest of the
+// function, followed by a zero byte that carries no value delta.
+func decodePCValues(b []byte) (pcs, vals []int64) {
+	val, n := binary.Varint(b)
+	b = b[n:]
+	val-- // the first delta is against the implicit -1
+	var pc int64
+	pcs = append(pcs, pc)
+	vals = append(vals, val)
+	for {
+		pcd, n := binary.Uvarint(b)
+		b = b[n:]
+		if pcd == 0 { // zero pc delta terminates the table
+			break
+		}
+		pc += int64(pcd)
+		if len(b) == 1 && b[0] == 0 { // final coverage, no value change
+			break
+		}
+		vd, n := binary.Varint(b)
+		b = b[n:]
+		val += vd
+		pcs = append(pcs, pc)
+		vals = append(vals, val)
+	}
+	return pcs, vals
+}
+
+// TestGOObjectPcspFrame checks the pcsp table of a frame-pointer function:
+// the prologue raises the stack delta to 8+frame, the RET's epilogue
+// restores it to zero.
+func TestGOObjectPcspFrame(t *testing.T) {
+	f, errs := parser.Parse("frame_amd64.s", `
+#include "textflag.h"
+TEXT ·framed(SB), NOSPLIT, $8-0
+	MOVQ BP, AX
+	RET
+`)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", errs)
+	}
+	img, err := AssembleFile(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AssembleFile: %v", err)
+	}
+	fn := img.Funcs[0]
+	pcs, vals := decodePCValues(pcspTable(fn))
+	// Prologue: PUSHQ BP (1 byte, +8), MOVQ SP, BP (3 bytes, no change),
+	// SUBQ $8, SP (4 bytes, +16 in total); the RET's epilogue unwinds
+	// ADDQ $8, SP (+8) then POPQ BP (0).
+	wantPCs := []int64{0, 1, 8}
+	wantVals := []int64{0, 8, 16}
+	if len(pcs) < len(wantPCs) {
+		t.Fatalf("pcsp pcs = %v vals = %v", pcs, vals)
+	}
+	for i := range wantPCs {
+		if pcs[i] != wantPCs[i] || vals[i] != wantVals[i] {
+			t.Errorf("pcsp[%d] = (%d,%d), want (%d,%d) — all: %v %v", i, pcs[i], vals[i], wantPCs[i], wantVals[i], pcs, vals)
+		}
+	}
+	// The last two steps unwind the epilogue to zero.
+	n := len(pcs)
+	if vals[n-1] != 0 || vals[n-2] != 8 {
+		t.Errorf("epilogue steps = %v %v, want …8, 0", pcs, vals)
+	}
+	// The table covers the whole function.
+	if last := pcs[n-1]; last >= int64(fn.Size) {
+		t.Errorf("last pc %d beyond function size %d", last, fn.Size)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestGOObjectExternalRejected checks that a reference to a symbol no GLOBL
+// defines is reported: GOOBJ emission resolves only file-local symbols so
+// far.
+func TestGOObjectExternalRejected(t *testing.T) {
+	f, errs := parser.Parse("ext_amd64.s", `
+#include "textflag.h"
+TEXT ·useext(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-8
+	MOVQ elsewhere(SB), AX
+	MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
+	RET
+`)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", errs)
+	}
+	img, err := AssembleFile(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AssembleFile: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := img.GOObject("p", "ext_amd64.s"); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "external") {
+		t.Errorf("error = %v, want an external-symbol error", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestGOObjectLinkAndRun is the end-to-end check: assemble the test
+// functions to a GOOBJ, swap it into a go build in place of the toolchain's
+// assembly object, link, and run — the output must match the baseline
+// binary the Go assembler produced.  Skipped when no Go toolchain is
+// available.
+func TestGOObjectLinkAndRun(t *testing.T) {
+	goBin, err := exec.LookPath("go")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip("no Go toolchain available")
+	}
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+
+	const asmSrc = `
+#include "textflag.h"
+
+TEXT ·addq(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-24
+	MOVQ a+0(FP), AX
+	MOVQ b+8(FP), CX
+	ADDQ CX, AX
+	MOVQ AX, ret+16(FP)
+	RET
+
+TEXT ·loadmask(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-8
+	VMOVDQU mask<>(SB), X0
+	VPMOVMSKB X0, AX
+	MOVQ AX, ret+0(FP)
+	RET
+
+GLOBL mask<>(SB), RODATA, $16
+DATA mask<>+0(SB)/8, $0x0807060504030201
+DATA mask<>+8(SB)/8, $0x800f0e0d0c0b0a09
+`
+	const mainSrc = `package main
+
+func addq(a, b int64) int64
+func loadmask() int64
+
+func main() {
+	println(addq(41, 1))
+	println(loadmask())
+}
+`
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "main_amd64.s"), []byte(asmSrc), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "main.go"), []byte(mainSrc), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "go.mod"), []byte("module goobjtest\n\ngo 1.26\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Baseline build with the toolchain's assembler; keep the work
+	// directory and the commands the build used.
+	cmd := exec.Command(goBin, "build", "-x", "-work", "-o", "app", ".")
+	cmd.Dir = dir
+	buildLog, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("baseline build: %v\n%s", err, buildLog)
+	}
+	var work string
+	var asmObj, pkgArch, linkLine string
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(buildLog), "\n") {
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "WORK="):
+			work = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "WORK=")
+		case strings.Contains(line, "/asm ") && strings.Contains(line, "-o ") && strings.Contains(line, "main_amd64.s") && !strings.Contains(line, "-gensymabis"):
+			asmObj = fieldAfter(line, "-o")
+		case strings.Contains(line, "pack r") && strings.Contains(line, "_pkg_.a"):
+			pkgArch = strings.TrimSpace(strings.SplitN(line, "pack r", 2)[1])
+			pkgArch = strings.Fields(strings.SplitN(pkgArch, "#", 2)[0])[0]
+		case strings.Contains(line, "/link ") && strings.Contains(line, "-importcfg"):
+			linkLine = line
+		}
+	}
+	if work == "" || asmObj == "" || pkgArch == "" || linkLine == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("could not locate the build steps:\n%s", buildLog)
+	}
+	asmObj = strings.ReplaceAll(asmObj, "$WORK", work)
+	pkgArch = strings.ReplaceAll(pkgArch, "$WORK", work)
+
+	// The baseline's answer.
+	baseOut, err := exec.Command(filepath.Join(dir, "app")).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("run baseline: %v\n%s", err, baseOut)
+	}
+
+	// Assemble the same source with gasm and swap the object in.
+	pf, perrs := parser.Parse(filepath.Join(dir, "main_amd64.s"), asmSrc)
+	if len(perrs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("parse: %v", perrs)
+	}
+	img, err := AssembleFile(pf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AssembleFile: %v", err)
+	}
+	obj, err := img.GOObject("main", filepath.Join(dir, "main_amd64.s"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GOObject: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(asmObj, obj, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Rebuild the package archive with our object in place of the
+	// toolchain's (go tool pack has no replace-in-place that dedupes, so
+	// extract, substitute and repack).
+	extract := exec.Command(goBin, "tool", "pack", "x", pkgArch)
+	membersDir := filepath.Join(dir, "members")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(membersDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	extract.Dir = membersDir
+	if out, err := extract.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pack x: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	listCmd := exec.Command(goBin, "tool", "pack", "t", pkgArch)
+	listOut, err := listCmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pack t: %v\n%s", err, listOut)
+	}
+	newArch := filepath.Join(dir, "pkg.a")
+	args := []string{"tool", "pack", "c", newArch}
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, m := range strings.Fields(string(listOut)) {
+		if seen[m] {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[m] = true
+		if err := os.Chmod(filepath.Join(membersDir, m), 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		args = append(args, filepath.Join(membersDir, m))
+	}
+	pack := exec.Command(goBin, args...)
+	pack.Dir = membersDir
+	if out, err := pack.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pack c: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+
+	// Link with our archive.  The link line carries a GOROOT assignment
+	// and $WORK placeholders; run it through the shell with the
+	// GOEXPERIMENT the toolchain expects (the linker compares the object
+	// header against its own, experiments included).
+	goExp, _ := exec.Command(goBin, "env", "GOEXPERIMENT").Output()
+	linkLine = strings.ReplaceAll(linkLine, "$WORK", work)
+	linkLine = strings.ReplaceAll(linkLine, filepath.Join(work, "b001", "_pkg_.a"), newArch)
+	linkLine = strings.ReplaceAll(linkLine, filepath.Join(work, "b001", "exe", "a.out"), filepath.Join(dir, "app2"))
+	link := exec.Command("sh", "-c", linkLine)
+	link.Dir = dir
+	link.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GOEXPERIMENT="+strings.TrimSpace(string(goExp)))
+	if out, err := link.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("link with gasm object: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	got, err := exec.Command(filepath.Join(dir, "app2")).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("run gasm-linked binary: %v\n%s", err, got)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, baseOut) {
+		t.Errorf("gasm-linked output %q, want baseline %q", got, baseOut)
+	}
+}
+
+// fieldAfter returns the whitespace-delimited field following the first
+// occurrence of flag in line.
+func fieldAfter(line, flag string) string {
+	fields := strings.Fields(line)
+	for i, f := range fields {
+		if f == flag && i+1 < len(fields) {
+			return fields[i+1]
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}

asm/link.go

@@ -5,27 +5,73 @@ package asm
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 
 	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
 )
 
 // Image is an assembled file: the function bodies laid out in source order,
-// followed by the file's static data section (GLOBL/DATA).  Static-symbol
-// references are encoded RIP-relative and resolved within the image, so the
-// bytes are self-consistent and executable at any base address.
+// followed by the file's static data section (GLOBL/DATA).  References to
+// file-local static symbols are encoded RIP-relative and resolved within the
+// image, so the raw bytes are self-consistent and executable at any base
+// address; references to external symbols are recorded as relocations
+// (Funcs[i].Relocs, Externals) and left unresolved — the object-file
+// emitters turn them into linker relocations.
 type Image struct {
-	Code    []byte         // concatenated function bodies
-	Data    []byte         // static data section
-	Funcs   []FuncLayout   // function positions, in source order
-	Symbols map[string]int // static symbol → byte offset within the image
+	Code      []byte         // concatenated function bodies
+	Data      []byte         // static data section
+	Funcs     []FuncLayout   // function positions, in source order
+	Symbols   map[string]int // static symbol → byte offset within the image
+	DataSyms  []DataSymbol   // GLOBL symbols, in layout order
+	Externals []string       // referenced but undefined symbols, sorted
 }
 
 // FuncLayout describes one assembled function within an Image.
 type FuncLayout struct {
+	Name    string
+	Pkg     string // explicit package prefix ("" = the current package)
+	Static  bool   // the <> marker: file-local, not exported
+	Offset  int    // start offset within the image (== offset within Code)
+	Size    int
+	Args    int            // declared argument/result area (the TEXT size suffix)
+	Frame   int            // local frame size (the TEXT $framesize)
+	NoSplit bool           // the NOSPLIT flag
+	SPWrite bool           // the SPWRITE flag: writes an arbitrary value to SP
+	Line    int            // source line of the TEXT directive
+	Labels  map[string]int // local labels, function-relative
+	Relocs  []Reloc        // static-symbol references, in emission order
+	Spadj   []SpadjStep    // stack-adjustment boundaries, ascending by PC
+}
+
+// SpadjStep is one stack-adjustment boundary: Value is the SP delta from the
+// entry state in effect from PC (function-relative) until the next step.
+type SpadjStep struct {
+	PC    int
+	Value int
+}
+
+// Reloc is one static-symbol reference within a function body: the disp32
+// field at Off (function-relative) must reach the symbol plus Addend,
+// measured from After, the address just past the instruction.  An External
+// relocation names a symbol no GLOBL in the file defines; the object-file
+// emitters carry it into the output's relocation table.
+type Reloc struct {
+	Off      int
+	After    int
+	Name     string
+	Addend   int64
+	External bool
+}
+
+// DataSymbol describes one GLOBL symbol laid out in the data section.
+type DataSymbol struct {
 	Name   string
-	Offset int // start offset within the image (== offset within Code)
+	Pkg    string // explicit package prefix ("" = the current package)
+	Offset int    // byte offset within Data
 	Size   int
-	Labels map[string]int // local labels, function-relative
+	Static bool // the <> marker: file-local, not exported
+	Rodata bool // the RODATA flag: read-only data
+	Dupok  bool // the DUPOK flag: duplicate-OK
 }
 
 // Bytes returns the whole image: code, then data.
@@ -37,19 +83,21 @@ func (img *Image) Bytes() []byte {
 
 // AssembleFile assembles every TEXT function of a parsed file and lays out
 // its static symbols (GLOBL/DATA) in a data section behind the code.  Each
-// static-symbol reference becomes a RIP-relative load whose displacement is
-// resolved against that layout.  External (non-file-local) symbol references
-// are rejected: they need object-file emission.
+// reference to a file-local static symbol becomes a RIP-relative load whose
+// displacement is resolved against that layout; a reference to a symbol no
+// GLOBL defines is recorded as an external relocation (Externals) with its
+// displacement left zero — the object-file emitters resolve it at link
+// time, while the raw image (Bytes) cannot represent it.
 func AssembleFile(f *ast.File) (*Image, error) {
-	syms, order, err := collectData(f)
+	dataSyms, err := collectData(f)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	known := make(map[string]bool, len(syms))
-	for name := range syms {
-		known[name] = true
+	known := make(map[string]bool, len(dataSyms))
+	for _, d := range dataSyms {
+		known[d.name] = true
 	}
-	link := &linkInfo{symbols: known}
+	link := &linkInfo{symbols: known, allowExternal: true}
 
 	img := &Image{Symbols: map[string]int{}}
 	type asmFunc struct {
@@ -62,50 +110,100 @@ func AssembleFile(f *ast.File) (*Image, error) {
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
-		code, patches, labels, err := assemble(t, link)
+		code, patches, labels, steps, err := assemble(t, link)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", t.Name.Name, err)
 		}
-		img.Funcs = append(img.Funcs, FuncLayout{
+		fl := FuncLayout{
 			Name:   t.Name.Name,
+			Pkg:    t.Name.Pkg,
+			Static: t.Name.Static,
 			Offset: len(img.Code),
 			Size:   len(code),
+			Frame:  frameSize(t),
+			Args:   argsSize(t),
+			Line:   t.Pos().Line,
 			Labels: labels,
-		})
+		}
+		for _, f := range t.Flags {
+			switch f {
+			case "NOSPLIT":
+				fl.NoSplit = true
+			case "SPWRITE":
+				fl.SPWrite = true
+			}
+		}
+		for _, s := range steps {
+			fl.Spadj = append(fl.Spadj, SpadjStep{PC: s.pc, Value: s.value})
+		}
+		img.Funcs = append(img.Funcs, fl)
 		img.Code = append(img.Code, code...)
 		funcs = append(funcs, asmFunc{name: t.Name.Name, patches: patches})
 	}
 
 	// Lay out the data section behind the code, each symbol 16-aligned.
 	dataStart := len(img.Code)
-	for _, name := range order {
+	for _, d := range dataSyms {
 		if pos := dataStart + len(img.Data); pos != align16(pos) {
 			img.Data = append(img.Data, make([]byte, align16(pos)-pos)...)
 		}
-		img.Symbols[name] = dataStart + len(img.Data)
-		img.Data = append(img.Data, syms[name]...)
+		img.Symbols[d.name] = dataStart + len(img.Data)
+		img.DataSyms = append(img.DataSyms, DataSymbol{
+			Name:   d.name,
+			Pkg:    d.pkg,
+			Offset: len(img.Data),
+			Size:   len(d.buf),
+			Static: d.static,
+			Rodata: d.rodata,
+			Dupok:  d.dupok,
+		})
+		img.Data = append(img.Data, d.buf...)
 	}
 
-	// Resolve the RIP-relative displacements now that every address is known.
+	// Resolve the RIP-relative displacements of file-local references now
+	// that every address is known, and record every reference (resolved or
+	// external) for the object-file emitters.
+	externals := map[string]bool{}
 	for i, fn := range funcs {
 		base := img.Funcs[i].Offset
 		code := img.Code[base : base+img.Funcs[i].Size]
 		for _, p := range fn.patches {
-			rel := int64(img.Symbols[p.name]) + p.addend - int64(base+p.after)
-			if rel < -1<<31 || rel >= 1<<31 {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: displacement to %q out of rel32 range", fn.name, p.name)
+			reloc := Reloc{Off: p.off, After: p.after, Name: p.name, Addend: p.addend}
+			if imgOff, ok := img.Symbols[p.name]; ok {
+				rel := int64(imgOff) + p.addend - int64(base+p.after)
+				if rel < -1<<31 || rel >= 1<<31 {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: displacement to %q out of rel32 range", fn.name, p.name)
+				}
+				copy(code[p.off:p.off+4], le32(rel))
+			} else {
+				reloc.External = true
+				externals[p.name] = true
 			}
-			copy(code[p.off:p.off+4], le32(rel))
+			img.Funcs[i].Relocs = append(img.Funcs[i].Relocs, reloc)
 		}
 	}
+	for name := range externals {
+		img.Externals = append(img.Externals, name)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(img.Externals)
 	return img, nil
 }
 
+// dataSym is one GLOBL symbol and its DATA initialiser.
+type dataSym struct {
+	name   string
+	pkg    string
+	buf    []byte
+	static bool
+	rodata bool
+	dupok  bool
+}
+
 // collectData gathers the file's static symbols (GLOBL) and their initial
 // contents (DATA) into byte buffers, in declaration order.
-func collectData(f *ast.File) (map[string][]byte, []string, error) {
-	syms := map[string][]byte{}
-	var order []string
+func collectData(f *ast.File) ([]dataSym, error) {
+	index := map[string]int{}
+	var syms []dataSym
 	for _, d := range f.Decls {
 		switch dd := d.(type) {
 		case *ast.Globl:
@@ -113,50 +211,88 @@ func collectData(f *ast.File) (map[string][]byte, []string, error) {
 				continue
 			}
 			name := dd.Name.Name
-			if _, dup := syms[name]; dup {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("duplicate GLOBL %q", name)
+			if _, dup := index[name]; dup {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("duplicate GLOBL %q", name)
 			}
 			size := 0
 			if dd.Size != nil && dd.Size.Imm.HasVal {
 				size = int(dd.Size.Imm.Val)
 			}
-			syms[name] = make([]byte, size)
-			order = append(order, name)
+			index[name] = len(syms)
+			ds := dataSym{
+				name:   name,
+				pkg:    dd.Name.Pkg,
+				buf:    make([]byte, size),
+				static: dd.Name.Static,
+			}
+			for _, f := range dd.Flags {
+				switch f {
+				case "RODATA":
+					ds.rodata = true
+				case "DUPOK":
+					ds.dupok = true
+				case "1":
+					ds.dupok = true
+				case "8":
+					ds.rodata = true
+				case "9":
+					ds.dupok = true
+					ds.rodata = true
+				}
+			}
+			syms = append(syms, ds)
 
 		case *ast.Data:
 			if dd.Name == nil || dd.Name.Pseudo != "SB" {
 				continue
 			}
-			buf, ok := syms[dd.Name.Name]
+			i, ok := index[dd.Name.Name]
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("DATA %q: no matching GLOBL", dd.Name.Name)
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("DATA %q: no matching GLOBL", dd.Name.Name)
 			}
 			if dd.Value == nil || !dd.Value.Imm.HasVal {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("DATA %q: value must be an integer immediate", dd.Name.Name)
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("DATA %q: value must be an integer immediate", dd.Name.Name)
 			}
 			w := dd.Width
 			switch w {
 			case 1, 2, 4, 8:
 			default:
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("DATA %q: invalid width %d (want 1, 2, 4 or 8)", dd.Name.Name, w)
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("DATA %q: invalid width %d (want 1, 2, 4 or 8)", dd.Name.Name, w)
 			}
 			off := dd.Name.Offset
+			buf := syms[i].buf
 			if off < 0 || off+int64(w) > int64(len(buf)) {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("DATA %q+%d/%d exceeds GLOBL size %d", dd.Name.Name, off, w, len(buf))
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("DATA %q+%d/%d exceeds GLOBL size %d", dd.Name.Name, off, w, len(buf))
 			}
 			v := dd.Value.Imm.Val
 			if dd.Value.Imm.Neg {
 				v = -v
 			}
-			for i := 0; i < w; i++ {
-				buf[off+int64(i)] = byte(v >> (8 * i))
+			for j := 0; j < w; j++ {
+				buf[off+int64(j)] = byte(v >> (8 * j))
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return syms, order, nil
+	return syms, nil
 }
 
 // align16 rounds n up to the next multiple of 16.
 func align16(n int) int {
 	return (n + 15) &^ 15
 }
+
+// frameSize returns the local frame size declared on the TEXT directive.
+func frameSize(t *ast.Text) int {
+	if t.Frame != nil && t.Frame.Imm.HasVal {
+		return int(t.Frame.Imm.Val)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+// argsSize returns the argument/result area declared on the TEXT directive.
+func argsSize(t *ast.Text) int {
+	if t.Args != nil && t.Args.Imm.HasVal {
+		return int(t.Args.Imm.Val)
+	}
+	return 0
+}

asm/macho.go

@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+package asm
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// This file emits Mach-O x86-64 objects (MH_OBJECT) from an assembled
+// Image, in the shape the Darwin assembler produces: one unnamed segment
+// carrying a __TEXT,__text and a __DATA,__data section laid out back to
+// back at addresses zero and len(code), a symbol table (locals first, then
+// exported definitions, then undefined externals) and one relocation entry
+// per static-symbol reference, of type X86_64_RELOC_SIGNED.
+//
+// The image's own address space carries straight over — the data section
+// starts immediately after the code, and the layout padding already lives
+// inside Image.Data — so every symbol keeps its image address as its
+// n_value, and a local (non-external) relocation leaves the displacement
+// the assembler resolved in place: the linker only adjusts it by the
+// section's final movement.
+
+// Mach-O constants.
+const (
+	machoMagic64   = 0xfeedfacf
+	machoCPUamd64  = 0x01000007 // CPU_TYPE_X86_64
+	machoCPUSubAll = 3          // CPU_SUBTYPE_X86_64_ALL
+	machoObj       = 1          // MH_OBJECT
+
+	machoSegment64 = 0x19 // LC_SEGMENT_64
+	machoSymtab    = 0x2  // LC_SYMTAB
+
+	machoSectTextFlags = 0x80000400 // S_ATTR_PURE_INSTRUCTIONS | S_ATTR_SOME_INSTRUCTIONS
+
+	nUndf = 0x00 // undefined symbol
+	nSect = 0x0e // defined in section number n_sect
+	nExt  = 0x01 // external (exported or undefined-global) bit
+
+	x8664RelocSigned = 1
+)
+
+// MachOObject returns the image as a Mach-O x86-64 relocatable object
+// (MH_OBJECT), the shape the Darwin toolchain links.  Symbol names follow
+// the same rules as the ELF output.  Every static-symbol reference becomes
+// an X86_64_RELOC_SIGNED relocation: external references against their
+// undefined symbol, file-local ones against the __DATA section with the
+// resolved displacement carried in the instruction bytes.
+func (img *Image) MachOObject() ([]byte, error) {
+	le := binary.LittleEndian
+
+	// Section ordinals (1-based, as Mach-O numbers them).
+	const (
+		sectText = 1
+		sectData = 2
+	)
+
+	// Object address space: code at 0, data immediately after (the layout
+	// padding is already part of img.Data, so image addresses are object
+	// addresses).
+	textAddr := uint64(0)
+	dataAddr := uint64(len(img.Code))
+	vmsize := dataAddr + uint64(len(img.Data))
+
+	// The code, with external displacements primed to addend − 4: the
+	// linker adds the symbol's address to the field as it stands.  Local
+	// displacements stay as the assembler resolved them.
+	code := append([]byte(nil), img.Code...)
+	for _, fn := range img.Funcs {
+		for _, r := range fn.Relocs {
+			if r.External {
+				// Prime the field to the addend measured from the patch
+				// site: the assembler records it from the instruction end,
+				// After − Off bytes past the field.
+				copy(code[fn.Offset+r.Off:], le32(r.Addend-int64(r.After-r.Off)))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Symbols: locals first, then exported definitions, then undefined
+	// externals — the order the classic link editor expects.
+	type machoSym struct {
+		name  string
+		typ   byte
+		sect  byte
+		value uint64
+	}
+	var locals, globals, undefs []machoSym
+	for _, fn := range img.Funcs {
+		s := machoSym{name: objectName(fn.Pkg, fn.Name), typ: nSect, sect: sectText, value: textAddr + uint64(fn.Offset)}
+		if fn.Static {
+			locals = append(locals, s)
+		} else {
+			s.typ |= nExt
+			globals = append(globals, s)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, d := range img.DataSyms {
+		s := machoSym{name: objectName(d.Pkg, d.Name), typ: nSect, sect: sectData, value: dataAddr + uint64(d.Offset)}
+		if d.Static {
+			locals = append(locals, s)
+		} else {
+			s.typ |= nExt
+			globals = append(globals, s)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, name := range img.Externals {
+		undefs = append(undefs, machoSym{name: name, typ: nUndf | nExt})
+	}
+	syms := append(append(locals, globals...), undefs...)
+	symIdx := map[string]int{}
+	for i, s := range syms {
+		symIdx[s.name] = i
+	}
+
+	// Relocations, attached to the __text section.
+	type machoReloc struct {
+		addr   uint32
+		symnum uint32
+		extern bool
+	}
+	var relocs []machoReloc
+	for _, fn := range img.Funcs {
+		for _, r := range fn.Relocs {
+			rel := machoReloc{addr: uint32(fn.Offset + r.Off)}
+			if r.External {
+				idx, ok := symIdx[r.Name]
+				if !ok {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("relocation references unknown symbol %q", r.Name)
+				}
+				rel.symnum = uint32(idx)
+				rel.extern = true
+			} else {
+				// Section-relative: r_symbolnum carries the section number
+				// and the resolved displacement stays in the bytes.
+				rel.symnum = sectData
+			}
+			relocs = append(relocs, rel)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// The string table opens with the conventional " \0".
+	strtab := []byte{' ', 0}
+	strOff := map[string]int{}
+	for _, s := range syms {
+		if _, ok := strOff[s.name]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		strOff[s.name] = len(strtab)
+		strtab = append(strtab, s.name...)
+		strtab = append(strtab, 0)
+	}
+
+	// File layout: header, the two load commands, section data (code,
+	// data), the relocation table, the symbol table, the string table.
+	const (
+		hdrSize    = 32
+		segCmdSize = 72 + 2*80 // segment command with two sections
+		symCmdSize = 24
+	)
+	sizeofcmds := segCmdSize + symCmdSize
+	dataOff := hdrSize + sizeofcmds
+	reloff := dataOff + len(code) + len(img.Data)
+	symoff := reloff + 8*len(relocs)
+	stroff := symoff + 16*len(syms)
+
+	out := make([]byte, stroff+len(strtab))
+
+	// mach_header_64.
+	le.PutUint32(out[0:], machoMagic64)
+	le.PutUint32(out[4:], machoCPUamd64)
+	le.PutUint32(out[8:], machoCPUSubAll)
+	le.PutUint32(out[12:], machoObj)
+	le.PutUint32(out[16:], 2) // ncmds
+	le.PutUint32(out[20:], uint32(sizeofcmds))
+	le.PutUint32(out[24:], 0) // flags
+	le.PutUint32(out[28:], 0) // reserved
+
+	// LC_SEGMENT_64 with the two sections.
+	p := hdrSize
+	le.PutUint32(out[p:], machoSegment64)
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+4:], segCmdSize)
+	// segname: the empty string, zero-padded to 16 bytes.
+	le.PutUint64(out[p+8:], 0)
+	le.PutUint64(out[p+16:], 0)
+	le.PutUint64(out[p+24:], 0) // vmaddr
+	le.PutUint64(out[p+32:], vmsize)
+	le.PutUint64(out[p+40:], uint64(dataOff))
+	le.PutUint64(out[p+48:], vmsize)
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+56:], 7) // maxprot rwx
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+60:], 7) // initprot rwx
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+64:], 2) // nsects
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+68:], 0) // flags
+
+	// __TEXT,__text
+	s := p + 72
+	copy(out[s:], "__text")
+	copy(out[s+16:], "__TEXT")
+	le.PutUint64(out[s+32:], textAddr)
+	le.PutUint64(out[s+40:], uint64(len(code)))
+	le.PutUint32(out[s+48:], uint32(dataOff))
+	le.PutUint32(out[s+52:], 4) // align 2^4
+	le.PutUint32(out[s+56:], uint32(reloff))
+	le.PutUint32(out[s+60:], uint32(len(relocs)))
+	le.PutUint32(out[s+64:], machoSectTextFlags)
+
+	// __DATA,__data
+	s += 80
+	copy(out[s:], "__data")
+	copy(out[s+16:], "__DATA")
+	le.PutUint64(out[s+32:], dataAddr)
+	le.PutUint64(out[s+40:], uint64(len(img.Data)))
+	le.PutUint32(out[s+48:], uint32(dataOff+len(code)))
+	le.PutUint32(out[s+52:], 4) // align 2^4
+
+	// LC_SYMTAB.
+	p = hdrSize + segCmdSize
+	le.PutUint32(out[p:], machoSymtab)
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+4:], symCmdSize)
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+8:], uint32(symoff))
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+12:], uint32(len(syms)))
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+16:], uint32(stroff))
+	le.PutUint32(out[p+20:], uint32(len(strtab)))
+
+	// Section data.
+	copy(out[dataOff:], code)
+	copy(out[dataOff+len(code):], img.Data)
+
+	// Relocation entries.
+	for i, r := range relocs {
+		e := out[reloff+i*8:]
+		le.PutUint32(e[0:], r.addr)
+		bits := r.symnum & 0x00ffffff
+		bits |= 1 << 24 // r_pcrel
+		bits |= 2 << 25 // r_length = 4 bytes
+		if r.extern {
+			bits |= 1 << 27 // r_extern
+		}
+		bits |= x8664RelocSigned << 28
+		le.PutUint32(e[4:], bits)
+	}
+
+	// nlist_64 entries.
+	for i, s := range syms {
+		e := out[symoff+i*16:]
+		le.PutUint32(e[0:], uint32(strOff[s.name]))
+		e[4] = s.typ
+		e[5] = s.sect
+		le.PutUint16(e[6:], 0) // n_desc
+		le.PutUint64(e[8:], s.value)
+	}
+
+	// String table.
+	copy(out[stroff:], strtab)
+
+	return out, nil
+}

asm/macho_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+package asm
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"debug/macho"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestMachOObject checks the structure of the emitted MH_OBJECT: the two
+// sections and their addresses, the symbol table (types, sections, values)
+// and the __text relocation entries, parsed back with debug/macho.  No
+// Darwin toolchain is available on the test hosts, so the check is
+// structural — the ELF output carries the end-to-end link-and-run proof of
+// the shared symbol and relocation model.
+func TestMachOObject(t *testing.T) {
+	img := elfTestImage(t)
+	obj, err := img.MachOObject()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MachOObject: %v", err)
+	}
+	f, err := macho.NewFile(bytes.NewReader(obj))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse emitted object: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	if f.Type != macho.TypeObj {
+		t.Errorf("file type = %v, want MH_OBJECT", f.Type)
+	}
+	if f.Cpu != macho.CpuAmd64 {
+		t.Errorf("cpu = %v, want CpuAmd64", f.Cpu)
+	}
+
+	text := f.Section("__text")
+	data := f.Section("__data")
+	if text == nil || data == nil {
+		t.Fatal("missing __text or __data section")
+	}
+	if text.Addr != 0 || text.Size != uint64(len(img.Code)) {
+		t.Errorf("__text addr/size = %#x/%d, want 0/%d", text.Addr, text.Size, len(img.Code))
+	}
+	if data.Addr != uint64(len(img.Code)) {
+		t.Errorf("__data addr = %#x, want %#x", data.Addr, len(img.Code))
+	}
+
+	// Symbol table: locals, exported definitions, undefined externals.
+	syms := f.Symtab.Syms
+	byName := map[string]macho.Symbol{}
+	for _, s := range syms {
+		byName[s.Name] = s
+	}
+	wantSym := func(name string, typ, sect uint8, value uint64) {
+		t.Helper()
+		s, ok := byName[name]
+		if !ok {
+			t.Errorf("symbol %q not found", name)
+			return
+		}
+		if s.Type != typ || s.Sect != sect || s.Value != value {
+			t.Errorf("%s: type/sect/value = %#x/%d/%#x, want %#x/%d/%#x",
+				name, s.Type, s.Sect, s.Value, typ, sect, value)
+		}
+	}
+	const (
+		defined   = nSect | nExt
+		local     = nSect
+		undefined = nUndf | nExt
+	)
+	wantSym("addq", defined, 1, 0)
+	wantSym("getanswer", defined, 1, 5)
+	wantSym("useextern", defined, 1, 13)
+	answer := byName["answer"]
+	if answer.Type != local || answer.Sect != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("answer: type/sect = %#x/%d, want %#x/2", answer.Type, answer.Sect, local)
+	}
+	wantSym("extvar", undefined, 0, 0)
+
+	// Relocations: both X86_64_RELOC_SIGNED, PC-relative, 4 bytes wide.
+	// The local one carries its section number in Value, the external one
+	// its symbol number.
+	if len(text.Relocs) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("__text relocs = %d, want 2", len(text.Relocs))
+	}
+	var sawLocal, sawExternal bool
+	for _, r := range text.Relocs {
+		if !r.Pcrel || r.Len != 2 || r.Type != x8664RelocSigned {
+			t.Errorf("reloc at %#x: pcrel/len/type = %v/%d/%d", r.Addr, r.Pcrel, r.Len, r.Type)
+		}
+		switch {
+		case r.Extern:
+			if name := syms[r.Value].Name; name != "extvar" {
+				t.Errorf("external reloc at %#x names %q, want extvar", r.Addr, name)
+			}
+			sawExternal = true
+		default:
+			if r.Value != 2 { // __data, the second section
+				t.Errorf("local reloc at %#x: section %d, want 2 (__data)", r.Addr, r.Value)
+			}
+			sawLocal = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !sawLocal || !sawExternal {
+		t.Errorf("relocs seen: local=%v external=%v, want both", sawLocal, sawExternal)
+	}
+
+	// The __text bytes are the image code, with the external displacement
+	// primed to addend − 4 and the local one left resolved.
+	textData, err := text.Data()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	want := append([]byte(nil), img.Code...)
+	for _, fn := range img.Funcs {
+		for _, r := range fn.Relocs {
+			if r.Name == "extvar" {
+				binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(want[fn.Offset+r.Off:], 0xfffffffc) // −4
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(textData, want) {
+		t.Errorf("__text bytes %x, want %x", textData, want)
+	}
+}

asm/vex.go

@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ const (
 	// in ModRM.reg and the destination in r/m — the layout of the EVEX
 	// narrowing stores (VPMOVDW, VPMOVQD).
 	vexRMRev
+	// vexRMSrcLen is the two-operand conversion form `OP src, dst` whose
+	// vector length follows the source: the packed-double → dword
+	// conversions (VCVTPD2DQ/VCVTTPD2DQ and their X/Y spellings) narrow into
+	// an XMM destination, so the L bit rides with the wider source.  The
+	// mnemonic's spelling fixes the length (X = 128, Y = 256), which also
+	// covers a memory source.  ModRM.reg = dst, ModRM.rm = src, no vvvv.
+	vexRMSrcLen
 	// vexZero is the no-operand form (VZEROUPPER).
 	vexZero
 )
@@ -84,14 +91,38 @@ var vexTable = map[string]vexSpec{
 	"VPCMPGTQ": {2, 0x37, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
 
 	// VEX.128/256.66.0F.WIG — packed double-precision arithmetic / logic.
-	"VADDPD":    {1, 0x58, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
-	"VMULPD":    {1, 0x59, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VADDPD": {1, 0x58, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMULPD": {1, 0x59, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VSUBPD": {1, 0x5C, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VDIVPD": {1, 0x5E, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMINPD": {1, 0x5D, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMAXPD": {1, 0x5F, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
+	// VEX.128/256.0F.WIG — packed single-precision arithmetic.
+	"VADDPS":    {1, 0x58, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMULPS":    {1, 0x59, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VSUBPS":    {1, 0x5C, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VDIVPS":    {1, 0x5E, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMINPS":    {1, 0x5D, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMAXPS":    {1, 0x5F, 0, 0, -1, vexNDS3},
 	"VXORPD":    {1, 0x57, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
 	"VUNPCKHPD": {1, 0x15, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VUNPCKLPD": {1, 0x14, 0, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
 	// VEX.128.F2.0F.WIG — scalar double-precision arithmetic (the packed
 	// opcodes with an F2 pp).
 	"VADDSD": {1, 0x58, 0, 3, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VSUBSD": {1, 0x5C, 0, 3, -1, vexNDS3},
 	"VMULSD": {1, 0x59, 0, 3, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VDIVSD": {1, 0x5E, 0, 3, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMINSD": {1, 0x5D, 0, 3, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMAXSD": {1, 0x5F, 0, 3, -1, vexNDS3},
+	// VEX.128.F3.0F.WIG — scalar single-precision arithmetic (the packed
+	// opcodes with an F3 pp).
+	"VADDSS": {1, 0x58, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VSUBSS": {1, 0x5C, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMULSS": {1, 0x59, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VDIVSS": {1, 0x5E, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMINSS": {1, 0x5D, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3},
+	"VMAXSS": {1, 0x5F, 0, 2, -1, vexNDS3},
 	// VEX.128/256.66.0F38.W1 — fused multiply-add (NDS form).
 	"VFMADD231PD": {2, 0xB8, 1, 1, -1, vexNDS3},
 
@@ -99,12 +130,27 @@ var vexTable = map[string]vexSpec{
 	// no vvvv).
 	"VPMOVSXWD":    {2, 0x23, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
 	"VPMOVSXDQ":    {2, 0x25, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
+	"VPMOVSXBW":    {2, 0x20, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
 	"VPMOVZXDQ":    {2, 0x35, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
+	"VPMOVZXBW":    {2, 0x30, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
 	"VPBROADCASTD": {2, 0x58, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
 	"VPBROADCASTQ": {2, 0x59, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
 	// VEX.128/256.F3.0F.WIG — signed dword to packed double conversion
 	// (reg=dst, rm=src, no vvvv; the length follows the destination).
 	"VCVTDQ2PD": {1, 0xE6, 0, 2, -1, vexRM},
+	// VEX.128/256.0F.WIG — signed dword to packed single conversion
+	// (reg=dst, rm=src, no vvvv, no mandatory prefix).
+	"VCVTDQ2PS": {1, 0x5B, 0, 0, -1, vexRM},
+	// VEX.128/256.0F.WIG — packed single to packed double conversion
+	// (reg=dst, rm=src; the destination is the wide operand and sets the
+	// length).  Intel's maps prescribe the F3 prefix here (VEX.pp = 10), but
+	// the Go assembler emits the instruction with pp = 00, and gasm follows
+	// the Go assembler's bytes — its machine code is the oracle, not the
+	// manual.
+	"VCVTPS2PD": {1, 0x5A, 0, 0, -1, vexRM},
+	// VEX.128.F2.0F.WIG — duplicate the low double of each 128-bit lane
+	// (reg=dst, rm=src, no vvvv; the length follows the destination).
+	"VMOVDDUP": {1, 0x12, 0, 3, -1, vexRM},
 	// VEX.128/256.66.0F.WIG — move mask to a GPR (reg=gpr dst, rm=vec src).
 	"VPMOVMSKB": {1, 0xD7, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
 	"VMOVMSKPS": {1, 0x50, 0, 0, -1, vexRM}, // no 66 prefix (that would be VMOVMSKPD)
@@ -138,6 +184,38 @@ var vexTable = map[string]vexSpec{
 
 	// VEX.128.0F.W0 — mask-register test (KTESTW k1, k2: reg = dst, rm = src).
 	"KTESTW": {1, 0x99, 0, 0, -1, vexRM},
+
+	// VEX.66.0F38.W0 — broadcast a single/double to all lanes (reg=dst,
+	// rm=scalar memory; SD is 256-bit only).
+	"VBROADCASTSS": {2, 0x18, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
+	"VBROADCASTSD": {2, 0x19, 0, 1, -1, vexRM},
+	// VEX.F3.0F.WIG — replicate even/odd singles (reg=dst, rm=src).
+	"VMOVSLDUP": {1, 0x12, 0, 2, -1, vexRM},
+	"VMOVSHDUP": {1, 0x16, 0, 2, -1, vexRM},
+
+	// VEX.128/256.66.0F.WIG — word shifts (opdigit selects the shift).
+	"VPSRLW": {1, 0x71, 0, 1, 2, vexShiftImm},
+	"VPSRAW": {1, 0x71, 0, 1, 4, vexShiftImm},
+	"VPSLLW": {1, 0x71, 0, 1, 6, vexShiftImm},
+
+	// VEX.F2.0F — packed double to packed dword conversions, truncating and
+	// non-truncating.  The destination is always XMM; the X/Y spellings fix
+	// the source length (XMM/YMM), and VEX.L follows it — see vexSrcLen.
+	"VCVTPD2DQX":  {1, 0xE6, 0, 3, -1, vexRMSrcLen},
+	"VCVTPD2DQY":  {1, 0xE6, 0, 3, -1, vexRMSrcLen},
+	"VCVTTPD2DQX": {1, 0xE6, 0, 1, -1, vexRMSrcLen},
+	"VCVTTPD2DQY": {1, 0xE6, 0, 1, -1, vexRMSrcLen},
+}
+
+// vexSrcLen maps a source-length conversion mnemonic (the X/Y spellings of
+// the packed-double → dword conversions) to its fixed vector length:
+// X = 128 (L = 0), Y = 256 (L = 1).  The spelling fixes the length even for
+// a memory source, matching the Go assembler's ytab.
+var vexSrcLen = map[string]int{
+	"VCVTPD2DQX":  0,
+	"VCVTPD2DQY":  1,
+	"VCVTTPD2DQX": 0,
+	"VCVTTPD2DQY": 1,
 }
 
 // vexVarShift maps the shift mnemonics to their variable-count opcode — the
@@ -182,6 +260,11 @@ var vexMoveTable = map[string]vexMoveSpec{
 	// VEX.128.F2.0F.WIG — scalar double move, memory operands only (the
 	// register form takes three operands and is not supported yet).
 	"VMOVSD": {1, 3, 0x10, 0x11, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, true},
+	// VEX.128.F3.0F.WIG — scalar single move, memory operands only.
+	"VMOVSS": {1, 2, 0x10, 0x11, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, true},
+	// VEX.128/256 — aligned packed moves.
+	"VMOVAPS": {1, 0, 0x28, 0x29, 0, 0, 0, 0, true, false, false},
+	"VMOVAPD": {1, 1, 0x28, 0x29, 0, 0, 0, 0, true, false, false},
 }
 
 // isVex reports whether the mnemonic is a VEX-encoded instruction we handle.
@@ -230,6 +313,8 @@ func (e *enc) encodeVex(mnemUpper string, ops []Operand) error {
 		return e.encodeVexNDS3Imm(spec, ops)
 	case vexExtract:
 		return e.encodeVexExtract(spec, ops)
+	case vexRMSrcLen:
+		return e.encodeVexRMSrcLen(mnemUpper, spec, ops)
 	case vexZero:
 		return e.encodeVexZero(mnemUpper, spec, ops)
 	}
@@ -295,6 +380,32 @@ func (e *enc) encodeVexRM(spec vexSpec, ops []Operand) error {
 	return e.emitVexFields(spec, l, regField, rBit, 15, src)
 }
 
+// encodeVexRMSrcLen encodes a length-narrowing conversion: OP src, dst with
+// the destination always XMM and the VEX.L bit following the source — fixed
+// by the mnemonic's spelling (VCVTPD2DQX = 128, VCVTPD2DQY = 256) even when
+// the source is memory.
+func (e *enc) encodeVexRMSrcLen(mnem string, spec vexSpec, ops []Operand) error {
+	if len(ops) != 2 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("conversion expects 2 operands, got %d", len(ops))
+	}
+	src, dst := ops[0], ops[1]
+	dstReg, ok := dst.(Reg)
+	if !ok || !dstReg.isVec() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("VEX destination must be a vector register")
+	}
+	ll, ok := vexSrcLen[mnem]
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no fixed vector length for %s", mnem)
+	}
+	regField := dstReg.idx & 7
+	rBit := 0
+	if dstReg.idx >= 8 {
+		rBit = 1
+	}
+	// An unused vvvv field must be stored as all ones (v̄vvv = 1111).
+	return e.emitVexFields(spec, ll, regField, rBit, 15, src)
+}
+
 // encodeVexShiftImm encodes an immediate-shift instruction: OP $imm, src, dst.
 // The destination is carried in VEX.vvvv, the source in ModRM.rm, and the
 // shift kind in the ModRM.reg /digit.

asm/vex_test.go

@@ -156,82 +156,121 @@ func TestVexShiftImm(t *testing.T) {
 // as well as every new operand form.
 func TestVexGroundTruth(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
-		name string
-		mnem string
-		ops  []Operand
-		want string
+		name   string
+		mnem   string
+		ops    []Operand
+		want   string
+		wantOp string // decoded mnemonic, when it differs from mnem (the X/Y spellings)
 	}{
 		// Three-operand NDS form.
-		{"VPADDQ Y8,Y9,Y8", "VPADDQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y9"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c44135d4c0"},
-		{"VPADDQ X9,X8,X8", "VPADDQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X9"), vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X8")}, "c44139d4c1"},
-		{"VPXOR X7,X7,X7", "VPXOR", []Operand{vreg(t, "X7"), vreg(t, "X7"), vreg(t, "X7")}, "c5c1efff"},
-		{"VPSHUFB Y1,Y2,Y3", "VPSHUFB", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c4e26d00d9"},
-		{"VPMULLD Y1,Y2,Y3", "VPMULLD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c4e26d40d9"},
-		{"VPUNPCKLDQ Y4,Y3,Y5", "VPUNPCKLDQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y4"), vreg(t, "Y3"), vreg(t, "Y5")}, "c5e562ec"},
-		{"VPERMD Y1,Y2,Y3", "VPERMD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c4e26d36d9"},
+		{"VPADDQ Y8,Y9,Y8", "VPADDQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y9"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c44135d4c0", ""},
+		{"VPADDQ X9,X8,X8", "VPADDQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X9"), vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X8")}, "c44139d4c1", ""},
+		{"VPXOR X7,X7,X7", "VPXOR", []Operand{vreg(t, "X7"), vreg(t, "X7"), vreg(t, "X7")}, "c5c1efff", ""},
+		{"VPSHUFB Y1,Y2,Y3", "VPSHUFB", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c4e26d00d9", ""},
+		{"VPMULLD Y1,Y2,Y3", "VPMULLD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c4e26d40d9", ""},
+		{"VPUNPCKLDQ Y4,Y3,Y5", "VPUNPCKLDQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y4"), vreg(t, "Y3"), vreg(t, "Y5")}, "c5e562ec", ""},
+		{"VPERMD Y1,Y2,Y3", "VPERMD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c4e26d36d9", ""},
 		// Floating point (packed and scalar) and FMA — same NDS form, the pp
 		// bits and map select the operation.
-		{"VADDPD Y9,Y8,Y8", "VADDPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y9"), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c4413d58c1"},
-		{"VADDPD X1,X2,X3", "VADDPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5e958d9"},
-		{"VMULPD Y12,Y12,Y12", "VMULPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y12"), vreg(t, "Y12"), vreg(t, "Y12")}, "c4411d59e4"},
-		{"VXORPD Y8,Y8,Y8", "VXORPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c4413d57c0"},
-		{"VUNPCKHPD X8,X8,X9", "VUNPCKHPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c4413915c8"},
-		{"VADDSD X9,X8,X8", "VADDSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X9"), vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X8")}, "c4413b58c1"},
-		{"VMULSD X0,X1,X1", "VMULSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X1")}, "c5f359c8"},
-		{"VFMADD231PD Y14,Y12,Y8", "VFMADD231PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y14"), vreg(t, "Y12"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c4429db8c6"},
-		{"VFMADD231PD (DI),Y12,Y8", "VFMADD231PD", []Operand{Ptr(DI, 0, 32), vreg(t, "Y12"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c4629db807"},
+		{"VADDPD Y9,Y8,Y8", "VADDPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y9"), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c4413d58c1", ""},
+		{"VADDPD X1,X2,X3", "VADDPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5e958d9", ""},
+		{"VMULPD Y12,Y12,Y12", "VMULPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y12"), vreg(t, "Y12"), vreg(t, "Y12")}, "c4411d59e4", ""},
+		{"VXORPD Y8,Y8,Y8", "VXORPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c4413d57c0", ""},
+		{"VUNPCKHPD X8,X8,X9", "VUNPCKHPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c4413915c8", ""},
+		{"VADDSD X9,X8,X8", "VADDSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X9"), vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X8")}, "c4413b58c1", ""},
+		{"VMULSD X0,X1,X1", "VMULSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X1")}, "c5f359c8", ""},
+		{"VFMADD231PD Y14,Y12,Y8", "VFMADD231PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y14"), vreg(t, "Y12"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c4429db8c6", ""},
+		{"VFMADD231PD (DI),Y12,Y8", "VFMADD231PD", []Operand{Ptr(DI, 0, 32), vreg(t, "Y12"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c4629db807", ""},
 		// Two-operand reg/rm form (v̄vvv must be 1111).
-		{"VPMOVSXDQ X0,Y4", "VPMOVSXDQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y4")}, "c4e27d25e0"},
-		{"VPMOVSXWD (SI),Y0", "VPMOVSXWD", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 8), vreg(t, "Y0")}, "c4e27d2306"},
-		{"VPBROADCASTD X0,Y15", "VPBROADCASTD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y15")}, "c4627d58f8"},
-		{"VCVTDQ2PD X12,Y12", "VCVTDQ2PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X12"), vreg(t, "Y12")}, "c4417ee6e4"},
-		{"VCVTDQ2PD (SI),Y4", "VCVTDQ2PD", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 16), vreg(t, "Y4")}, "c5fee626"},
-		{"VPMOVMSKB X11,AX", "VPMOVMSKB", []Operand{vreg(t, "X11"), AX}, "c4c179d7c3"},
-		{"VMOVMSKPS Y7,AX", "VMOVMSKPS", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y7"), AX}, "c5fc50c7"},
+		{"VPMOVSXDQ X0,Y4", "VPMOVSXDQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y4")}, "c4e27d25e0", ""},
+		{"VPMOVSXWD (SI),Y0", "VPMOVSXWD", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 8), vreg(t, "Y0")}, "c4e27d2306", ""},
+		{"VPBROADCASTD X0,Y15", "VPBROADCASTD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y15")}, "c4627d58f8", ""},
+		{"VCVTDQ2PD X12,Y12", "VCVTDQ2PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X12"), vreg(t, "Y12")}, "c4417ee6e4", ""},
+		{"VCVTDQ2PD (SI),Y4", "VCVTDQ2PD", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 16), vreg(t, "Y4")}, "c5fee626", ""},
+		{"VPMOVMSKB X11,AX", "VPMOVMSKB", []Operand{vreg(t, "X11"), AX}, "c4c179d7c3", ""},
+		{"VMOVMSKPS Y7,AX", "VMOVMSKPS", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y7"), AX}, "c5fc50c7", ""},
 		// Immediate shifts.
-		{"VPSLLD $1,Y3,Y4", "VPSLLD", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y3"), vreg(t, "Y4")}, "c5dd72f301"},
-		{"VPSRLQ $2,Y5,Y6", "VPSRLQ", []Operand{Imm(2), vreg(t, "Y5"), vreg(t, "Y6")}, "c5cd73d502"},
+		{"VPSLLD $1,Y3,Y4", "VPSLLD", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y3"), vreg(t, "Y4")}, "c5dd72f301", ""},
+		{"VPSRLQ $2,Y5,Y6", "VPSRLQ", []Operand{Imm(2), vreg(t, "Y5"), vreg(t, "Y6")}, "c5cd73d502", ""},
 		// Variable-count shifts: the count lives in an XMM register or memory
 		// and the instruction takes the NDS form.
-		{"VPSRLQ X0,Y8,Y8", "VPSRLQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c53dd3c0"},
-		{"VPSRLQ (AX),Y8,Y8", "VPSRLQ", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 0, 16), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c53dd300"},
-		{"VPSLLD X0,Y1,Y2", "VPSLLD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5f5f2d0"},
-		{"VPSRLD X0,Y1,Y2", "VPSRLD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5f5d2d0"},
-		{"VPSRAD X0,Y1,Y2", "VPSRAD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5f5e2d0"},
-		{"VPSLLQ X0,Y1,Y2", "VPSLLQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5f5f3d0"},
+		{"VPSRLQ X0,Y8,Y8", "VPSRLQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c53dd3c0", ""},
+		{"VPSRLQ (AX),Y8,Y8", "VPSRLQ", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 0, 16), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "Y8")}, "c53dd300", ""},
+		{"VPSLLD X0,Y1,Y2", "VPSLLD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5f5f2d0", ""},
+		{"VPSRLD X0,Y1,Y2", "VPSRLD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5f5d2d0", ""},
+		{"VPSRAD X0,Y1,Y2", "VPSRAD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5f5e2d0", ""},
+		{"VPSLLQ X0,Y1,Y2", "VPSLLQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5f5f3d0", ""},
 		// Immediate shuffle (reg=dst, rm=src, imm8).
-		{"VPSHUFD $0xEE,X8,X9", "VPSHUFD", []Operand{Imm(0xEE), vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c4417970c8ee"},
-		{"VPSHUFD $0xEE,Y1,Y2", "VPSHUFD", []Operand{Imm(0xEE), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5fd70d1ee"},
-		{"VPERMQ $0x1B,Y1,Y2", "VPERMQ", []Operand{Imm(0x1B), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c4e3fd00d11b"},
-		{"VPERMQ $0x1B,Y11,Y12", "VPERMQ", []Operand{Imm(0x1B), vreg(t, "Y11"), vreg(t, "Y12")}, "c443fd00e31b"},
+		{"VPSHUFD $0xEE,X8,X9", "VPSHUFD", []Operand{Imm(0xEE), vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c4417970c8ee", ""},
+		{"VPSHUFD $0xEE,Y1,Y2", "VPSHUFD", []Operand{Imm(0xEE), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5fd70d1ee", ""},
+		{"VPERMQ $0x1B,Y1,Y2", "VPERMQ", []Operand{Imm(0x1B), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c4e3fd00d11b", ""},
+		{"VPERMQ $0x1B,Y11,Y12", "VPERMQ", []Operand{Imm(0x1B), vreg(t, "Y11"), vreg(t, "Y12")}, "c443fd00e31b", ""},
 		// Three-operand + immediate (reg=dst, vvvv=src1, rm=src2, imm8).
-		{"VSHUFPD $1,X1,X2,X3", "VSHUFPD", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5e9c6d901"},
-		{"VSHUFPD $1,Y1,Y2,Y3", "VSHUFPD", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c5edc6d901"},
-		{"VPERM2I128 $0x31,Y1,Y2,Y3", "VPERM2I128", []Operand{Imm(0x31), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c4e36d46d931"},
-		{"VINSERTI128 $1,X5,Y1,Y2", "VINSERTI128", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "X5"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c4e37538d501"},
+		{"VSHUFPD $1,X1,X2,X3", "VSHUFPD", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5e9c6d901", ""},
+		{"VSHUFPD $1,Y1,Y2,Y3", "VSHUFPD", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c5edc6d901", ""},
+		{"VPERM2I128 $0x31,Y1,Y2,Y3", "VPERM2I128", []Operand{Imm(0x31), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c4e36d46d931", ""},
+		{"VINSERTI128 $1,X5,Y1,Y2", "VINSERTI128", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "X5"), vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c4e37538d501", ""},
 		// Lane extract (reg=YMM source, rm=XMM/memory destination, imm8).
-		{"VEXTRACTI128 $1,Y8,X9", "VEXTRACTI128", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c4437d39c101"},
-		{"VEXTRACTI128 $1,Y8,(DI)", "VEXTRACTI128", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y8"), Ptr(DI, 0, 16)}, "c4637d390701"},
-		{"VEXTRACTF128 $1,Y8,X9", "VEXTRACTF128", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c4437d19c101"},
+		{"VEXTRACTI128 $1,Y8,X9", "VEXTRACTI128", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c4437d39c101", ""},
+		{"VEXTRACTI128 $1,Y8,(DI)", "VEXTRACTI128", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y8"), Ptr(DI, 0, 16)}, "c4637d390701", ""},
+		{"VEXTRACTF128 $1,Y8,X9", "VEXTRACTF128", []Operand{Imm(1), vreg(t, "Y8"), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c4437d19c101", ""},
 		// Moves — each direction picks its own opcode and VEX.W.
-		{"VMOVDQU (SI),Y1", "VMOVDQU", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 32), vreg(t, "Y1")}, "c5fe6f0e"},
-		{"VMOVDQU Y3,(DI)", "VMOVDQU", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y3"), Ptr(DI, 0, 32)}, "c5fe7f1f"},
-		{"VMOVDQU X1,X2", "VMOVDQU", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5fa7fca"},
-		{"VMOVUPD (DI),Y14", "VMOVUPD", []Operand{Ptr(DI, 0, 32), vreg(t, "Y14")}, "c57d1037"},
-		{"VMOVUPD Y14,(DI)", "VMOVUPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y14"), Ptr(DI, 0, 32)}, "c57d1137"},
-		{"VMOVUPD X1,X2", "VMOVUPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5f911ca"},
-		{"VMOVQ X8,AX", "VMOVQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), AX}, "c461f97ec0"},
-		{"VMOVQ AX,X9", "VMOVQ", []Operand{AX, vreg(t, "X9")}, "c461f96ec8"},
-		{"VMOVQ X8,(DI)", "VMOVQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), Ptr(DI, 0, 8)}, "c461f97e07"},
-		{"VMOVQ (SI),X9", "VMOVQ", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 8), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c461f96e0e"},
-		{"VMOVQ X8,X2", "VMOVQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c579d6c2"},
-		{"VMOVQ X2,X8", "VMOVQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X8")}, "c4c179d6d0"},
-		{"VMOVD X0,(SI)", "VMOVD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), Ptr(SI, 0, 4)}, "c5f97e06"},
-		{"VMOVD AX,X0", "VMOVD", []Operand{AX, vreg(t, "X0")}, "c5f96ec0"},
-		{"VMOVSD (SI),X8", "VMOVSD", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 8), vreg(t, "X8")}, "c57b1006"},
-		{"VMOVSD X8,(SI)", "VMOVSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), Ptr(SI, 0, 8)}, "c57b1106"},
+		{"VMOVDQU (SI),Y1", "VMOVDQU", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 32), vreg(t, "Y1")}, "c5fe6f0e", ""},
+		{"VMOVDQU Y3,(DI)", "VMOVDQU", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y3"), Ptr(DI, 0, 32)}, "c5fe7f1f", ""},
+		{"VMOVDQU X1,X2", "VMOVDQU", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5fa7fca", ""},
+		{"VMOVUPD (DI),Y14", "VMOVUPD", []Operand{Ptr(DI, 0, 32), vreg(t, "Y14")}, "c57d1037", ""},
+		{"VMOVUPD Y14,(DI)", "VMOVUPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y14"), Ptr(DI, 0, 32)}, "c57d1137", ""},
+		{"VMOVUPD X1,X2", "VMOVUPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5f911ca", ""},
+		{"VMOVQ X8,AX", "VMOVQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), AX}, "c461f97ec0", ""},
+		{"VMOVQ AX,X9", "VMOVQ", []Operand{AX, vreg(t, "X9")}, "c461f96ec8", ""},
+		{"VMOVQ X8,(DI)", "VMOVQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), Ptr(DI, 0, 8)}, "c461f97e07", ""},
+		{"VMOVQ (SI),X9", "VMOVQ", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 8), vreg(t, "X9")}, "c461f96e0e", ""},
+		{"VMOVQ X8,X2", "VMOVQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c579d6c2", ""},
+		{"VMOVQ X2,X8", "VMOVQ", []Operand{vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X8")}, "c4c179d6d0", ""},
+		{"VMOVD X0,(SI)", "VMOVD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X0"), Ptr(SI, 0, 4)}, "c5f97e06", ""},
+		{"VMOVD AX,X0", "VMOVD", []Operand{AX, vreg(t, "X0")}, "c5f96ec0", ""},
+		{"VMOVSD (SI),X8", "VMOVSD", []Operand{Ptr(SI, 0, 8), vreg(t, "X8")}, "c57b1006", ""},
+		{"VMOVSD X8,(SI)", "VMOVSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X8"), Ptr(SI, 0, 8)}, "c57b1106", ""},
+		// Packed double arithmetic and unpack — the NDS form, the opcode
+		// selects the operation.
+		{"VSUBPD Y1,Y2,Y3", "VSUBPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c5ed5cd9", ""},
+		{"VDIVPD X1,X2,X3", "VDIVPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5e95ed9", ""},
+		{"VMINPD Y1,Y2,Y3", "VMINPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c5ed5dd9", ""},
+		{"VMAXPD X4,X5,X6", "VMAXPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X4"), vreg(t, "X5"), vreg(t, "X6")}, "c5d15ff4", ""},
+		{"VUNPCKLPD X1,X2,X3", "VUNPCKLPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5e914d9", ""},
+		{"VUNPCKLPD Y1,Y2,Y3", "VUNPCKLPD", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2"), vreg(t, "Y3")}, "c5ed14d9", ""},
+		{"VSUBPD (AX),X1,X2", "VSUBPD", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 0, 16), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5f15c10", ""},
+		// Scalar double and single arithmetic (F2 / F3 pp, 128-bit only).
+		{"VSUBSD X1,X2,X3", "VSUBSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5eb5cd9", ""},
+		{"VDIVSD X7,X1,X2", "VDIVSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X7"), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5f35ed7", ""},
+		{"VMINSD X1,X2,X3", "VMINSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5eb5dd9", ""},
+		{"VMAXSD X3,X4,X5", "VMAXSD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X3"), vreg(t, "X4"), vreg(t, "X5")}, "c5db5feb", ""},
+		{"VADDSS X1,X2,X3", "VADDSS", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5ea58d9", ""},
+		{"VSUBSS X1,X2,X3", "VSUBSS", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5ea5cd9", ""},
+		{"VMULSS X9,X10,X11", "VMULSS", []Operand{vreg(t, "X9"), vreg(t, "X10"), vreg(t, "X11")}, "c4412a59d9", ""},
+		{"VDIVSS X1,X2,X3", "VDIVSS", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5ea5ed9", ""},
+		{"VMINSS X6,X7,X8", "VMINSS", []Operand{vreg(t, "X6"), vreg(t, "X7"), vreg(t, "X8")}, "c5425dc6", ""},
+		{"VMAXSS X1,X2,X3", "VMAXSS", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2"), vreg(t, "X3")}, "c5ea5fd9", ""},
+		{"VADDSD 8(AX),X1,X2", "VADDSD", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 8, 8), vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5f3585008", ""},
+		// VMOVDDUP — duplicate the low double (reg=dst, rm=src, F2 pp).
+		{"VMOVDDUP X1,X2", "VMOVDDUP", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5fb12d1", ""},
+		{"VMOVDDUP Y1,Y2", "VMOVDDUP", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5ff12d1", ""},
+		{"VMOVDDUP 8(AX),X1", "VMOVDDUP", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 8, 8), vreg(t, "X1")}, "c5fb124808", ""},
+		// Conversions: DQ→PS (no prefix), PS→PD (Go emits it without the F3
+		// prefix — see the table comment), DQ→PD.
+		{"VCVTDQ2PS X1,X2", "VCVTDQ2PS", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5f85bd1", ""},
+		{"VCVTDQ2PS Y3,Y4", "VCVTDQ2PS", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y3"), vreg(t, "Y4")}, "c5fc5be3", ""},
+		{"VCVTPS2PD X1,X2", "VCVTPS2PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5f85ad1", ""},
+		{"VCVTPS2PD X1,Y2", "VCVTPS2PD", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "Y2")}, "c5fc5ad1", ""},
+		// PD→DQ conversions: the X/Y spellings fix the source length and the
+		// destination is always XMM; the decoder reports the base mnemonic.
+		{"VCVTPD2DQX X1,X2", "VCVTPD2DQX", []Operand{vreg(t, "X1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5fbe6d1", "VCVTPD2DQ"},
+		{"VCVTPD2DQY Y1,X2", "VCVTPD2DQY", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y1"), vreg(t, "X2")}, "c5ffe6d1", "VCVTPD2DQ"},
+		{"VCVTTPD2DQX X3,X4", "VCVTTPD2DQX", []Operand{vreg(t, "X3"), vreg(t, "X4")}, "c5f9e6e3", "VCVTTPD2DQ"},
+		{"VCVTTPD2DQY Y5,X6", "VCVTTPD2DQY", []Operand{vreg(t, "Y5"), vreg(t, "X6")}, "c5fde6f5", "VCVTTPD2DQ"},
+		{"VCVTPD2DQY (AX),X1", "VCVTPD2DQY", []Operand{Ptr(AX, 0, 32), vreg(t, "X1")}, "c5ffe608", "VCVTPD2DQ"},
 		// No-operand.
-		{"VZEROUPPER", "VZEROUPPER", nil, "c5f877"},
+		{"VZEROUPPER", "VZEROUPPER", nil, "c5f877", ""},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		code, err := Encode(c.mnem, c.ops...)
@@ -251,7 +290,11 @@ func TestVexGroundTruth(t *testing.T) {
 		if inst.Len != len(code) {
 			t.Errorf("%s: Decode consumed %d of %d bytes", c.name, inst.Len, len(code))
 		}
-		if inst.Op.String() != c.mnem {
+		wantOp := c.wantOp
+		if wantOp == "" {
+			wantOp = c.mnem
+		}
+		if inst.Op.String() != wantOp {
 			t.Errorf("%s: decoded as %s", c.name, inst.Op.String())
 		}
 	}

cmd/gasm/main.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 // version is the release version, stamped at build time via
 // -ldflags "-X main.version=…" (defaulting to the current release).
-var version = "0.9.0"
+var version = "0.13.0"
 
 func main() {
 	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ Examples:
   gasm fmt                  reformat every .s below the current directory
   gasm lint go-flac/*.s     run static checks over the kernels
   gasm asm -o k.bin kern_amd64.s
+  gasm asm --format elf -o k.o kern_amd64.s
+  gasm asm --format goobj -p pkg/path -o k.o kern_amd64.s
 `, version)
 }
 
@@ -339,17 +341,26 @@ hover, document symbols, diagnostics and semantic-token highlighting.
 }
 
 func cmdAsm(args []string) int {
-	fs := newCommand("asm", "gasm asm [-o out.bin] <file>", `
+	fs := newCommand("asm", "gasm asm [--format raw|elf|macho|goobj] [-p pkg] [-o out] <file>", `
 Assemble FILE (amd64) without the Go toolchain: every TEXT function is
 encoded to machine code — scalar, VEX/AVX2 and EVEX/AVX-512 instructions,
 FP/SP frame mapping, local labels and file-local static symbols (GLOBL/DATA)
-resolved RIP-relative — and printed as a hex dump.  With -o the concatenated
-image (functions followed by the data section) is written to a file instead.
+resolved RIP-relative — and printed as a hex dump.
+
+With -o the output is written to a file instead.  The --format flag selects
+what is written: raw (the default) concatenates the functions and the data
+section into one self-consistent image; elf and macho emit a relocatable
+object (.text/.data sections, a symbol table and one PC32 relocation per
+static-symbol reference) that links with the system toolchain; goobj emits
+the Go toolchain's own object format, which cmd/link consumes directly (it
+requires -p, the package path, and the installed Go toolchain).
 `)
-	out := fs.String("o", "", "write the concatenated machine code to this file")
+	out := fs.String("o", "", "write the output to this file")
+	format := fs.String("format", "raw", "output format: raw (concatenated image), elf, macho or goobj (Go object)")
+	pkg := fs.String("p", "", "package path for --format goobj (qualifies the exported symbols)")
 	fs.Parse(args)
 	if fs.NArg() != 1 {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "usage: gasm asm [-o out.bin] <file>")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "usage: gasm asm [--format raw|elf|macho|goobj] [-p pkg] [-o out] <file>")
 		return 2
 	}
 	path := fs.Arg(0)
@@ -420,12 +431,38 @@ image (functions followed by the data section) is written to a file instead.
 		}
 	}
 	if *out != "" {
-		all := img.Bytes()
-		if err := os.WriteFile(*out, all, 0o644); err != nil {
+		var obj []byte
+		var err error
+		var kind string
+		switch *format {
+		case "raw":
+			if len(img.Externals) > 0 {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "gasm asm: external symbol %q needs an object file (use --format elf or --format macho)\n", img.Externals[0])
+				return 1
+			}
+			obj, kind = img.Bytes(), "raw image"
+		case "elf":
+			obj, err = img.ELFObject()
+			kind = "ELF object"
+		case "macho":
+			obj, err = img.MachOObject()
+			kind = "Mach-O object"
+		case "goobj":
+			obj, err = img.GOObject(*pkg, path)
+			kind = "Go object"
+		default:
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "gasm asm: unknown format %q (want raw, elf, macho or goobj)\n", *format)
+			return 2
+		}
+		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "gasm asm:", err)
 			return 1
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("wrote %d bytes to %s\n", len(all), *out)
+		if err := os.WriteFile(*out, obj, 0o644); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "gasm asm:", err)
+			return 1
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("wrote %d bytes to %s (%s)\n", len(obj), *out, kind)
 	}
 	return 0
 }

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -213,9 +213,13 @@ three-operand-plus-immediate form (`VSHUFPD`,
 `VPERM2I128`, `VINSERTI128`), the lane-extract form (`VEXTRACTI128`,
 `VEXTRACTF128`, where the YMM source occupies the reg field and the XMM or
 memory destination r/m), the direction-sensitive moves (`VMOVDQU`, `VMOVUPD`,
-`VMOVD`, `VMOVQ`, `VMOVSD`), the floating-point and FMA arithmetic (`VADDPD`,
-`VMULPD`, `VXORPD`, `VUNPCKHPD`, the scalar `VADDSD`/`VMULSD`, `VCVTDQ2PD`,
-`VFMADD231PD`) and the no-operand `VZEROUPPER` — together with `VPERMD` and
+`VMOVD`, `VMOVQ`, `VMOVSD`), the floating-point and FMA arithmetic — the
+packed double operations (`VADDPD`/`VSUBPD`/`VMULPD`/`VDIVPD`/`VMINPD`/
+`VMAXPD`), the unpacks (`VUNPCKHPD`/`VUNPCKLPD`), the scalar SD and SS
+operations, `VMOVDDUP`, `VXORPD`, the width-changing conversions
+(`VCVTDQ2PS`, `VCVTPS2PD`, `VCVTDQ2PD`, and the `VCVTPD2DQX`/`Y` and
+`VCVTTPD2DQX`/`Y` spellings, whose length follows the wider source) and
+`VFMADD231PD` — and the no-operand `VZEROUPPER`, together with `VPERMD` and
 the scalar families (`CMOVcc`, `SETcc`, `LZCNT`/`TZCNT`, the extending moves,
 `CVTSx2SD`, `IMUL3`) and the EVEX (AVX-512) prefix — the four-byte prefix with
 5-bit register fields (Z0–Z31, X/Y 16–31, with the mod=11 quirk that carries
@@ -224,7 +228,21 @@ explicit merging/zeroing masks — written the way Go writes them, as a K
 operand among the operands plus a `.Z` mnemonic suffix), and the compressed
 disp8×N displacement, whose multiplier follows the memory operand's size —
 covering every instruction the go-flac and go-lz4 AVX2/AVX-512 kernels use,
-plus the common AVX-512 F/BW integer set.  Every encoding is validated two ways: by
+plus the common AVX-512 F/BW integer set, the floating-point and conversion
+set (the packed double and single arithmetic, the scalar SD/SS forms —
+whose EVEX encodings serve masked and zeroing use — `VMOVDDUP`, the
+replicating moves, and the width-changing conversions, including the
+`VCVTPD2DQ`/`VCVTTPD2DQ` family whose length follows the wider source
+operand), and the wider AVX-512 set: ternary logic, lane shuffles, inserts
+and extracts, compares with an opmask destination, the permutes, the
+expand/compress family, the broadcasts, the opmask-register instructions
+(KAND/KOR/KXNOR/KADD/KUNPCK/KNOT/KSHIFTL/KORTEST and KMOVQ), the aligned
+moves and the remaining extending/narrowing moves.  The EVEX mnemonic
+suffixes — rounding modes (.RN_SAE/.RD_SAE/.RU_SAE/.RZ_SAE),
+suppress-all-exceptions (.SAE) and memory broadcast (.BCST) — set the EVEX
+b bit and the L'L rounding-control field (broadcast keeps the vector length
+and scales disp8 by the element size), and combine with the .Z zeroing
+suffix.  Every encoding is validated two ways: by
 round-trip decoding through `golang.org/x/arch`, and byte-for-byte against
 the machine code the real Go assembler emits — a comparison that holds for
 whole functions: all 27 functions of both kernels assemble to exactly the Go
@@ -235,9 +253,26 @@ File-level assembly (`AssembleFile`) goes beyond single functions: it
 materialises the file's static symbols (`GLOBL`/`DATA`) in a data section
 behind the code and resolves references to them (`mask<>(SB)`) to
 RIP-relative loads whose displacements point inside the resulting image, so
-the bytes are self-consistent at any base address.  External (non-file-local)
-symbols are rejected: they need object-file emission, which — together with
-EVEX masking/zeroing and the other architectures — is the rest of Phase 2.
+the bytes are self-consistent at any base address.  References to symbols no
+`GLOBL` defines are kept as relocations on the function layout, and the
+object-file emitters turn the whole image into a linkable object: the ELF
+and Mach-O writers (`gasm asm --format elf|macho`) lay the code and data out
+as `.text`/`.data` (or `__text`/`__data`) sections, export a symbol per
+`TEXT` and `GLOBL` (the `<>` ones local, the rest global) and emit one
+PC-relative relocation per static-symbol reference — undefined external
+symbols included, so the output links with the system toolchain.  The GOOBJ
+emitter (`gasm asm --format goobj`) writes the format the Go linker consumes
+directly: the functions as non-package symbols (the way `cmd/asm` records
+assembly symbols), the `GLOBL` data, one `FuncInfo` per function and the
+pc-value tables — `pcsp` built from the prologue and epilogue stack
+boundaries, plus flat `pcfile`, `pcline` and `pcinline` tables — so a
+gasm-assembled object drops into a `go build` in place of the toolchain's.
+The object preamble (the version-and-experiment header the linker compares
+verbatim) is captured from the installed `go tool asm`, so the output is
+always consistent with the toolchain that links it.  External cross-package
+references and the implicit funcdata/DWARF symbols remain future work (the
+linker fills the latter's defaults); the rest of Phase 2 is those, the
+remaining EVEX forms and the other architectures.
 
 ## Extension points
 

justfile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # gasm-devkit — developer tooling for Go's Plan 9 assembler (GAsm).
 
-version := "0.9.0"
+version := "0.13.0"
 
 default:
     @just --list

parser/parser.go

@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ func parseImmediate(g []token.Token) ast.Immediate {
 		if v, ok := tryInt(text); ok {
 			imm.Val = v
 			imm.HasVal = true
+		} else if u, err := strconv.ParseUint(text, 0, 64); err == nil && !imm.Neg {
+			// Unsigned 64-bit literals (DATA mask<>+8(SB)/8, $0x8000…)
+			// overflow int64; keep the bit pattern.
+			imm.Val = int64(u)
+			imm.HasVal = true
 		} else {
 			imm.Float = text
 		}