benchmark/: three-way RE-tool comparison + first real C-lift

Three small functions extracted from the v1.19 conservative blob with
ground-truth C and per-tool (Ghidra / retdec / decomp.me) docs:
  01_memset        — byte memset, 28 B
  02_memcpy32      — word-aligned memcpy, 36 B
  03_magic_memset  — magic check + tail-call to memset, 40 B
  04_train_phy_block — first real poll-site function (104 B, 26 insts),
                       contains poll sites 12-15

Results in RESULTS.md:
  - Ghidra: A on all four. Auto-decompile is close to final.
  - retdec: A on #3, F on #1 and #2 (no register-arg inference on raw),
    C on #4 (mistakes & 0xF0000000 for < 0x10000000).

GRIND_LOG.md (in 04_train_phy_block/) records the matching-decomp
iteration: 116-byte candidate.c at -Os vs vendor 104 bytes = 89.7%
size match on first real iteration. Remaining gap is GCC's choice of
`cmp w, w_const; b.ls` over vendor's `tst w, #imm; b.eq` for the
mask tests.

gdb_debug/ holds a native-aarch64 GDB single-stepper for the three
benchmark functions — boltzmann smoke test passed (memset:
buf[10] 0x00→0xab).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# decomp.me recipe — 04_train_phy_block
This is the **first real-blob function we're lifting to byte-matching C.**
Score target: ≥95% match. Perfect match unlikely (compiler unknown).
## Target asm (paste into "Target asm" field)
```asm
train_phy_block:
ldr x0, [x0, #0xb8]
mov w1, #0xf000f000
add x0, x0, #0x8000
str w1, [x0, #0x110]
.Lwait_a:
ldr w1, [x0, #0x118]
tst w1, #0xf0000000
b.eq .Lwait_a
.Lwait_b:
ldr w1, [x0, #0x120]
tst w1, #0xf0000000
b.eq .Lwait_b
mov w1, #0x30003
str w1, [x0, #0x160]
str w1, [x0, #0x154]
.Lwait_hs1:
ldr w1, [x0, #0x184]
tst x1, #0x3
b.eq .Lwait_hs1
mov w1, #0x30000
str w1, [x0, #0x154]
.Lwait_hs2:
ldr w1, [x0, #0x184]
tst x1, #0x3
b.ne .Lwait_hs2
mov w1, #0x30000
str w1, [x0, #0x160]
mov w1, #0xf0000000
str w1, [x0, #0x110]
ret
```
## Compiler
`aarch64-linux-gnu gcc 12 -O2 -ffreestanding -nostdlib`
(Try also `-Os`. Vendor blob's compiler unknown — could be ARMCC or older
GCC. Optimal C may differ between targets; perfect byte-match probably
unattainable.)
## Context
Use `reference.c` as the starting C. The CMP-vs-TST distinction at the
end (`tst x1, #0x3` uses 64-bit reg even though w1 was loaded — vendor
quirk) suggests a particular intrinsic / pattern. May need to write the
load as `(uint64_t)mmio_r(...)` and the test as a 64-bit AND to coax
GCC into emitting `tst x1` instead of `tst w1`.
## Things to iterate on
- Order of writes to CFG_A vs CFG_B: vendor wrote CFG_B first
(`str w1, [x0, #0x160]` then `str w1, [x0, #0x154]`). C order matters.
- The two `mov w1, #0x30000` near the end could be hoisted by GCC; vendor
emitted them inline. May need separate variables to prevent hoist.
- `add x0, x0, #0x8000` vs `add x0, x0, #0x8, lsl #12` — same
instruction, GAS picks one. Either should round-trip.
## Score expectations
- 80%: rough loop structure + register usage matches.
- 95%: instruction order + immediate forms match.
- 100%: would require exact compiler/version match. Unlikely without
ARMCC.