From: "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: qemu-ppc@nongnu.org, qemu-arm@nongnu.org, qemu-riscv@nongnu.org,
qemu-s390x@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] overall: Replace HOST_BIG_ENDIAN #ifdef with runtime if() check
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:07:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7b263ac1-b8a8-475c-a59a-23b8d419f6e6@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <614c4af0-1fea-4d48-bb52-a1ef60302b9a@linaro.org>
On 10/10/25 16:37, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 10/10/25 15:51, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 10/10/25 15:42, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>> Replace compile-time #ifdef with a runtime check to ensure all code
>>> paths are built and tested. This reduces build-time configuration
>>> complexity and improves maintainability.
>>>
>>> No functional change intended.
>>
>> No need to repost (and I didn't review), but please change throughout
>> the commit message to mention a *compile-time* if() check. The code
>> for the wrong endianness will not make it past compilation, and
>> mentioning runtime checks left me wondering if you had mistaken HOST
>> for TARGET.
>
> I want HOST, and hope the changes are correct: I meant to express the
> code is elided by the compiler, indeed not at *runtime* 🤦 I'll reword
> the commit description. Thanks for catching this.
What about:
Replace preprocessor-time #ifdef with a compile-time check
to ensure all code paths are built and tested. This reduces
build-time configuration complexity and simplifies code
maintainability.
?
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-16 12:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-10 13:42 [PATCH 00/16] overall: Replace HOST_BIG_ENDIAN #ifdef with runtime if() check Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 01/16] linux-user/arm: Checkpatch style cleanups Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 02/16] linux-user/arm: Replace HOST_BIG_ENDIAN #ifdef with runtime if() check Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 03/16] ui: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-13 11:57 ` Marc-André Lureau
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 04/16] net: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 05/16] disas: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 06/16] hw/core/loader: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-14 5:18 ` Alistair Francis
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 07/16] hw/display: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-14 4:52 ` Akihiko Odaki
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 08/16] hw/virtio: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 19:23 ` Farhan Ali
2025-10-11 8:04 ` Lei Yang
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 09/16] target/alpha: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 10/16] target/arm: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 11/16] target/mips: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 12/16] target/ppc: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-14 6:48 ` Harsh Prateek Bora
2025-10-14 7:13 ` Harsh Prateek Bora
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 13/16] target/riscv: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-15 2:51 ` Alistair Francis
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 14/16] target/s390x: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:56 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 15/16] target/sparc: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 16/16] util/bitmap: " Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-10 13:51 ` [PATCH 00/16] overall: " Paolo Bonzini
2025-10-10 14:37 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-10-16 12:07 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé [this message]
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