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cpufeatures: requesting support for ermsb, fsrm target feature

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
performance

Research direction

Start by examining the cpufeatures implementation for existing x86 target features and compare it with the linked Rust std_detect source. Add recognition for fsrm and ermsb, then verify that the feature detection behavior and any relevant tests cover both names.

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Description

fsrm: Fast Short REP MOVSB
ermsb: Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB

rust-lang already appears to include ermsb https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/035b01b794602d5861daa43ac792f372f8981ed7/library/std_detect/src/detect/arch/x86.rs#L276

Dominant language
Rust
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674
Forks
170
Avg merge
1d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
10

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