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From: Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier-6ktuUTfB/bM@public.gmane.org>
To: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] move grp decoding to functions to make	x86_emulate_insn() clearer
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:24:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46F2BAD9.1080209@bull.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46F2B129.9060603-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Laurent Vivier wrote:
>> To improve readability, move push, writeback, and grp 1a/2/3/4/5 emulation parts to functions.
>> +static inline int emulate_grp45(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
>> +			       struct x86_emulate_ops *ops,
>> +			       unsigned long *_eflags,
>> +			       int *no_wb)
>>   
> 
> If you move _eflags and no_wb to the decode cache (in a separate patch) 
> then this patch can be much nicer.

I agree but this increases the size of the structure shared with the 
userspace with variable used only locally in x86_emulate.c, is it 
acceptable ?

Laurent





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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-09-20 18:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-18  9:26 [PATCH 0/5][RESEND] Split the emulator: decode & execute Laurent Vivier
     [not found] ` <46EF99C1.4070801-6ktuUTfB/bM@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-18 10:16   ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]     ` <46EFA593.2010706-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-18 10:28       ` Laurent Vivier
2007-09-20 15:03   ` [PATCH] move grp decoding to functions to make x86_emulate_insn() clearer Laurent Vivier
     [not found]     ` <11903005973031-git-send-email-Laurent.Vivier-6ktuUTfB/bM@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-20 17:43       ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]         ` <46F2B129.9060603-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-20 18:24           ` Laurent Vivier [this message]
     [not found]             ` <46F2BAD9.1080209-6ktuUTfB/bM@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-20 18:25               ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]                 ` <46F2BB21.2080209-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-20 18:47                   ` Laurent Vivier
     [not found]                     ` <46F2C053.90207-6ktuUTfB/bM@public.gmane.org>
2007-09-20 18:55                       ` Avi Kivity

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