Re: [RFC PATCH 07/10] target/ppc: Add helpers to check for SMT sibling threads

["Nicholas Piggin" <npiggin@gmail.com>]

On Wed May 29, 2024 at 4:34 PM AEST, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> On 5/26/24 14:26, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> > Add helpers for TCG code to determine if there are SMT siblings
> > sharing per-core and per-lpar registers. This simplifies the
> > callers and makes SMT register topology simpler to modify with
> > later changes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >   target/ppc/cpu.h             |  7 +++++++
> >   target/ppc/cpu_init.c        |  2 +-
> >   target/ppc/excp_helper.c     | 16 +++++++---------
> >   target/ppc/misc_helper.c     | 27 ++++++---------------------
> >   target/ppc/timebase_helper.c | 20 +++++++-------------
> >   5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h
> > index 9a89083932..8fd6ade471 100644
> > --- a/target/ppc/cpu.h
> > +++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h
> > @@ -1406,6 +1406,13 @@ struct CPUArchState {
> >       uint64_t pmu_base_time;
> >   };
> >   
> > +#define PPC_CPU_HAS_CORE_SIBLINGS(cs)                           \
> > +    (cs->nr_threads > 1)
>
>         (cs)->nr_threads
>
> > +
> > +#define PPC_CPU_HAS_LPAR_SIBLINGS(cs)                           \
> > +    ((POWERPC_CPU(cs)->env.flags & POWERPC_FLAG_SMT_1LPAR) &&   \
> > +     PPC_CPU_HAS_CORE_SIBLINGS(cs))
> > +
>
> I tend to prefer static inline when things get complex.

Yeah agree it has become too much.

Thanks,
Nick