[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] tcg/README: Expand advice on number of TCG ops per target insn

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] tcg/README: Expand advice on number of TCG ops per target insn

[Peter Maydell]

Expand the note on the number of TCG ops generated per target insn,
to be clearer about the range of applicability of the 20 op rule
of thumb. Also add a note about the hard MAX_OP_PER_INSTR limit.

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
The expansion of the first bullet point is based on remarks by
Aurelien in this email:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-06/msg00395.html

 tcg/README |   10 +++++++++-
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tcg/README b/tcg/README
index 6600122..cfdfd96 100644
--- a/tcg/README
+++ b/tcg/README
@@ -504,7 +504,15 @@ register.
 - Don't hesitate to use helpers for complicated or seldom used target
   instructions. There is little performance advantage in using TCG to
   implement target instructions taking more than about twenty TCG
-  instructions.
+  instructions. Note that this rule of thumb is more applicable to
+  helpers doing complex logic or arithmetic, where the C compiler has
+  scope to do a good job of optimisation; it is less relevant where
+  the instruction is mostly doing loads and stores, and in those cases
+  inline TCG may still be faster for longer sequences.
+
+- The hard limit on the number of TCG instructions you can generate
+  per target instruction is set by MAX_OP_PER_INSTR in exec-all.h --
+  you cannot exceed this without risking a buffer overrun.
 
 - Use the 'discard' instruction if you know that TCG won't be able to
   prove that a given global is "dead" at a given program point. The
-- 
1.7.1

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] tcg/README: Expand advice on number of TCG ops per target insn

[Peter Maydell]

Ping?

On 22 June 2011 15:40, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> wrote:
> Expand the note on the number of TCG ops generated per target insn,
> to be clearer about the range of applicability of the 20 op rule
> of thumb. Also add a note about the hard MAX_OP_PER_INSTR limit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
> ---
> The expansion of the first bullet point is based on remarks by
> Aurelien in this email:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-06/msg00395.html
>
>  tcg/README |   10 +++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tcg/README b/tcg/README
> index 6600122..cfdfd96 100644
> --- a/tcg/README
> +++ b/tcg/README
> @@ -504,7 +504,15 @@ register.
>  - Don't hesitate to use helpers for complicated or seldom used target
>   instructions. There is little performance advantage in using TCG to
>   implement target instructions taking more than about twenty TCG
> -  instructions.
> +  instructions. Note that this rule of thumb is more applicable to
> +  helpers doing complex logic or arithmetic, where the C compiler has
> +  scope to do a good job of optimisation; it is less relevant where
> +  the instruction is mostly doing loads and stores, and in those cases
> +  inline TCG may still be faster for longer sequences.
> +
> +- The hard limit on the number of TCG instructions you can generate
> +  per target instruction is set by MAX_OP_PER_INSTR in exec-all.h --
> +  you cannot exceed this without risking a buffer overrun.
>
>  - Use the 'discard' instruction if you know that TCG won't be able to
>   prove that a given global is "dead" at a given program point. The
> --
> 1.7.1
>
>
>



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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] tcg/README: Expand advice on number of TCG ops per target insn

[Blue Swirl]

Thanks, applied.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> wrote:
> Ping?
>
> On 22 June 2011 15:40, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> wrote:
>> Expand the note on the number of TCG ops generated per target insn,
>> to be clearer about the range of applicability of the 20 op rule
>> of thumb. Also add a note about the hard MAX_OP_PER_INSTR limit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
>> ---
>> The expansion of the first bullet point is based on remarks by
>> Aurelien in this email:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-06/msg00395.html
>>
>>  tcg/README |   10 +++++++++-
>>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tcg/README b/tcg/README
>> index 6600122..cfdfd96 100644
>> --- a/tcg/README
>> +++ b/tcg/README
>> @@ -504,7 +504,15 @@ register.
>>  - Don't hesitate to use helpers for complicated or seldom used target
>>   instructions. There is little performance advantage in using TCG to
>>   implement target instructions taking more than about twenty TCG
>> -  instructions.
>> +  instructions. Note that this rule of thumb is more applicable to
>> +  helpers doing complex logic or arithmetic, where the C compiler has
>> +  scope to do a good job of optimisation; it is less relevant where
>> +  the instruction is mostly doing loads and stores, and in those cases
>> +  inline TCG may still be faster for longer sequences.
>> +
>> +- The hard limit on the number of TCG instructions you can generate
>> +  per target instruction is set by MAX_OP_PER_INSTR in exec-all.h --
>> +  you cannot exceed this without risking a buffer overrun.
>>
>>  - Use the 'discard' instruction if you know that TCG won't be able to
>>   prove that a given global is "dead" at a given program point. The
>> --
>> 1.7.1
>>
>>
>>
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