Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH v3 1/3] configure: Add CONFIG_QEMU_LDST_OPTIMIZATION for TCG qemu_ld/st optimization

[Yeongkyoon Lee <yeongkyoon.lee@samsung.com>]

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On 2012년 07월 17일 11:06, YeongKyoon Lee wrote:
> The reason why softmmu condition in configure is that softmmu is thought to be a logical prerequisite of ldst optimization.
> Current patch causes compilation error if removed the condition above.
> To avoid compilation error, it needs more macros in other sources, such as, tcg.c and/or tcg-target.c, because those files are used both by softmmu and by non-softmmu targets.
>
> For example, tcg_out_qemu_ldst_slow_path() call site in tcg.c is wrapped only by CONFIG_QEMU_LDST_OPTIMIZATION, while it calls ldst specific function wrapped by CONFIG_SOFTMMU in tcg/i386/tcg-target.c.
> I'm not sure which one is better, CONFIG_SOFTMMU pre-condition in configure or more those macros in tcg sources.
>
> How do you think about it?
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> Sender : Blue Swirl<blauwirbel@gmail.com>
> Date : 2012-07-14 22:13 (GMT+09:00)
> Title : Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH v3 1/3] configure: Add CONFIG_QEMU_LDST_OPTIMIZATION for TCG qemu_ld/st optimization
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Yeongkyoon Lee
> wrote:
>> Enable CONFIG_QEMU_LDST_OPTIMIZATION for TCG qemu_ld/st optimization only when
>> a target uses softmmu and a host is i386 or x86_64.
>> ---
>>  configure |    8 ++++++++
>>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/configure b/configure
>> index 500fe24..5b39c80 100755
>> --- a/configure
>> +++ b/configure
>> @@ -3700,6 +3700,14 @@ case "$target_arch2" in
>>    ;;
>>  esac
>>
>> +case "$cpu" in
>> +  i386|x86_64)
>> +    if [ "$target_softmmu" = "yes" ] ; then
> I suppose this check is not needed, user emulators will not use the
> memory access helpers or TLB.
>
>> +      echo "CONFIG_QEMU_LDST_OPTIMIZATION=y" >> $config_target_mak
>> +    fi
>> +  ;;
>> +esac
>> +
>>  echo "TARGET_SHORT_ALIGNMENT=$target_short_alignment" >> $config_target_mak
>>  echo "TARGET_INT_ALIGNMENT=$target_int_alignment" >> $config_target_mak
>>  echo "TARGET_LONG_ALIGNMENT=$target_long_alignment" >> $config_target_mak
>> --
>> 1.7.4.1
>>