[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 04/15] include/processor.h: define cpu_relax()

["Emilio G. Cota" <cota@braap.org>]

Taken from the linux kernel.

Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
---
 include/qemu/processor.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 include/qemu/processor.h

diff --git a/include/qemu/processor.h b/include/qemu/processor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42bcc99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/qemu/processor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016, Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
+ *
+ * License: GNU GPL, version 2.
+ *   See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef QEMU_PROCESSOR_H
+#define QEMU_PROCESSOR_H
+
+#include "qemu/atomic.h"
+
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+# define cpu_relax() asm volatile("rep; nop" ::: "memory")
+
+#elif defined(__ia64__)
+# define cpu_relax() asm volatile("hint @pause" ::: "memory")
+
+#elif defined(__aarch64__)
+# define cpu_relax() asm volatile("yield" ::: "memory")
+
+#elif defined(__powerpc64__)
+/* set Hardware Multi-Threading (HMT) priority to low; then back to medium */
+# define cpu_relax() asm volatile("or 1, 1, 1;"
+                                  "or 2, 2, 2;" ::: "memory")
+
+#else
+# define cpu_relax() barrier()
+#endif
+
+#endif /* QEMU_PROCESSOR_H */
-- 
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