Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] tcg: Introduce TCGReg for all TCG hosts (fixes build for s390 hosts)

[Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>]

Am 07.10.2011 20:13, schrieb Richard Henderson:
> On 10/07/2011 11:00 AM, Stefan Weil wrote:
>> +#define TCGReg int /* TODO: Remove this line when tcg-target.c uses 
>> TCGReg. */
>
> Nack. This is too ugly to live.
>
> How hard can it be to simply change the prototype in each
> of the backend files instead? Yes, full conversion to
> TCGReg is desirable, but this is not C++ -- integers and
> enums are interchangable without casts.
>
> r~

The goal of my patch is to get code which compiles again
on all hosts with minimum risk and which is a base for further
improvements.

I cannot run build tests for all possible hosts, and even
changing 4 prototypes for each host is a risk when it is not
tested. Yes, you can review the changes, some developers can
try builds, but that takes a lot of time.

As soon as my patch is applied, it is possible to add
more TCGReg usage to tcg.c, s390/tcg-target.c and all
other TCG targets in independent patches.

I'm just preparing patches for tcg.c and i386/tcg-target.*.

But let me repeat: these new patches need a good review
which will take some time. The bug fix should be applied soon.
Maybe you can change your mind and send an ack.

- Stefan