Re: [PATCH] translate-all: Remove tb_alloc

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@redhat.com>]

On 10/23/19 6:46 PM, Richard Henderson wrote:
> Since 2ac01d6dafab, this function does only two things: assert a
> lock is held, and call tcg_tb_alloc.  It is used exactly once,
> and its user has already done the assert.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>

> ---
> 
> I noticed that this function was essentially a stub while
> reviewing Clement's tb->orig_tb fix.
> 
> Note that the added newline in tb_gen_code both adds the
> missing break after the variable declaration block and
> also happens to highlight the assert mentioned above.  ;-)
> 
> 
> r~
> 
> ---
>   accel/tcg/translate-all.c | 20 ++------------------
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
> index f9b7ba159d..ae063b53f9 100644
> --- a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
> +++ b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
> @@ -1156,23 +1156,6 @@ void tcg_exec_init(unsigned long tb_size)
>   #endif
>   }
>   
> -/*
> - * Allocate a new translation block. Flush the translation buffer if
> - * too many translation blocks or too much generated code.
> - */
> -static TranslationBlock *tb_alloc(target_ulong pc)
> -{
> -    TranslationBlock *tb;
> -
> -    assert_memory_lock();
> -
> -    tb = tcg_tb_alloc(tcg_ctx);
> -    if (unlikely(tb == NULL)) {
> -        return NULL;
> -    }
> -    return tb;
> -}
> -
>   /* call with @p->lock held */
>   static inline void invalidate_page_bitmap(PageDesc *p)
>   {
> @@ -1681,6 +1664,7 @@ TranslationBlock *tb_gen_code(CPUState *cpu,
>       TCGProfile *prof = &tcg_ctx->prof;
>       int64_t ti;
>   #endif
> +
>       assert_memory_lock();
>   
>       phys_pc = get_page_addr_code(env, pc);
> @@ -1706,7 +1690,7 @@ TranslationBlock *tb_gen_code(CPUState *cpu,
>       }
>   
>    buffer_overflow:
> -    tb = tb_alloc(pc);
> +    tb = tcg_tb_alloc(tcg_ctx);
>       if (unlikely(!tb)) {
>           /* flush must be done */
>           tb_flush(cpu);
>