Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/x v2] ppc: Convert GPR moves to TCG

[Aurelien Jarno]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 10:04:39PM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Replace op_load_gpr_{T0,T1,T2} and op_store_{T0,T1,T2} with  
> tcg_gen_mov_tl.
> Introduce TCG variables cpu_gpr[0..31].
>
> For the SPE extension, assure that ppc_gpr_t is only uint64_t for ppc64.
> Introduce TCG variables cpu_gprh[0..31] for upper 32 bits on ppc and  
> helpers
> gen_{load,store}_gpr64. Based on suggestions by Aurelien, Thiemo and  
> Blue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Faerber <address@hidden>
> ---
>  target-ppc/cpu.h         |   12 +-
>  target-ppc/op_template.h |   85 ------
>  target-ppc/translate.c   |  747 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 
> +----------------------
>  3 files changed, 390 insertions(+), 454 deletions(-)
>

I do not feel comfortable of defining t0, t1, t2 as both 32-bit and
64-bit variables in TCG. I have already seen aliasing problems at some
point.

I have therefore applied your patch, as well as another one which
defines separate t0_64, t1_64, t2_64 registers on 32-bit targets. At the
end of the conversion to TCG, those variables will disappear anyway.

Thanks for your work.

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