> create a custom instruction by trapping an otherwise unused bit sequence. ..
... until a new CPU support an instruction extension that use the same bit sequence.
... until a new CPU support an instruction extension that use the same bit sequence.
Part of the reason why existing functionality is limited and nobody uses them to implement custom instructions, is that trapping is actually quite expensive.
The switch to kernel space and back is super expensive, but even if a CPU did implemente fast userspace trap handlers, it wouldn't be fast.
They're not fast, though. You probably don't want to run trapped fake instructions in tight loops, but you don't want that no matter how they're implemented.