Re: [PATCH v4 50/54] tests/plugin: add instruction execution breakdown

[Alex Bennée]

Aaron Lindsay OS <address@hidden> writes:

> On Jul 31 17:07, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> + * Attempt to measure the amount of vectorisation that has been done
>> + * on some code by counting classes of instruction. This is very much
>> + * ARM specific.
>
> I suspect some of my plugins will also be architecture-specific. Does it
> make sense to have a plugin specify to QEMU which architectures or
> running modes (i.e. softmmu vs. linux user) it supports? Or
> alternatively to have QEMU expose this information to the plugin so that
> it can cleanly exit if its needs are not met?

I've exposed an information block with the qemu type in it as a string.
This allows the plugin to take appropriate action.

>
> -Aaron


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Alex Bennée