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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] TB chaining
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To: Lei Li <lilei@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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> Well, the comment is from source code. I don't catch why you think "lis=
t
> of TBS jumping to this one" is wrong.
> My understand is that TB chain be used forreduce  switch  from the  tra=
nslation
> cache  to the  guest code. It will be a circular list if there is no in=
terrupt
> or exceptional.
> At mean while, it's just the date related to TB chain in TB struct, it'=
s
> not about process of how TB chain work.

  "list of TBs jumping to this one" make me think that jmp_next and
jmp_first store those TBs jump to this TB. But it seems the actual
use of jmp_next is another way around, jmp_next points to those TBs
next to this one.

Regards,
chenwj

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