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Re: [Qemu-devel] testandset asm fix
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Piotras |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] testandset asm fix |
Date: |
Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:26:36 +0000 |
What about IRQ latency?
Piotrek
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 14:47:29 +0100, Fabrice Bellard <address@hidden> wrote:
> OK. Anyway, the locking in QEMU is mostly boggus. If SMP is implemented
> someday with host threads, then it will be the right time to correct it !
>
> Fabrice.
>
> Paul Brook wrote:
> > The inline assembly used for the x86/x86-64 host testandset routine is
> > bogus.
> > The operand constraints are wrong (Fails to compile at -O0).
> > Also the return value is incorrect. It should return 0 if the lock was
> > successfully acquired.
> >
> > Patch below fixes it. The additional sete test is unnecessary, we can just
> > use
> > the comparison/writeback value.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > Index: exec-all.h
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvsroot/qemu/qemu/exec-all.h,v
> > retrieving revision 1.26
> > diff -u -p -r1.26 exec-all.h
> > --- exec-all.h 10 Jan 2005 23:23:48 -0000 1.26
> > +++ exec-all.h 6 Feb 2005 14:35:43 -0000
> > @@ -392,28 +392,24 @@ static inline int testandset (int *p)
> > #ifdef __i386__
> > static inline int testandset (int *p)
> > {
> > - char ret;
> > - long int readval;
> > -
> > - __asm__ __volatile__ ("lock; cmpxchgl %3, %1; sete %0"
> > - : "=q" (ret), "=m" (*p), "=a" (readval)
> > - : "r" (1), "m" (*p), "a" (0)
> > - : "memory");
> > - return ret;
> > + long int readval = 0;
> > +
> > + __asm__ __volatile__ ("lock; cmpxchgl %2, %0"
> > + : "+m" (*p), "+a" (readval)
> > + : "r" (1));
> > + return readval;
> > }
> > #endif
> >
> > #ifdef __x86_64__
> > static inline int testandset (int *p)
> > {
> > - char ret;
> > - int readval;
> > -
> > - __asm__ __volatile__ ("lock; cmpxchgl %3, %1; sete %0"
> > - : "=q" (ret), "=m" (*p), "=a" (readval)
> > - : "r" (1), "m" (*p), "a" (0)
> > - : "memory");
> > - return ret;
> > + long int readval = 0;
> > +
> > + __asm__ __volatile__ ("lock; cmpxchgl %2, %0"
> > + : "+m" (*p), "+a" (readval)
> > + : "r" (1));
> > + return readval;
> > }
> > #endif
> >
> >
> >
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