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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 0/8] ppc: compute cpu_dt_id in the machine code
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Greg Kurz |
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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 0/8] ppc: compute cpu_dt_id in the machine code |
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Wed, 29 Jun 2016 23:07:12 +0200 |
On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:50:06 +0200
Greg Kurz <address@hidden> wrote:
> This series is a sequel to the discussion on a patch from Ben's powernv
> patchset:
>
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/597153/
>
> Indeed, since the DT is a machine abstraction, it should definitely sit
> under hw/ppc and not in the target code:
> - all machine types are forced to share the same numbering logic
> - user mode does not need that => there are #ifdef everywhere
>
> So this series moves all the current numbering logic to the machine
> code. It also provides the ability for each machine type to provide
> its own numbering logic instead of using the legacy one.
>
> The current code computes cpu_dt_id out of cpu_index, both getting
> their values during cpu realization.
>
> The idea is to compute cpu_index at cpu initialization time, so
> that the machine can compute cpu_dt_id before realizing the cpu.
>
> I had to fix some issues and to do some more structural changes to have
> this working, hence the RFC tag. The first 4 patches are bug fixes. The
> next ones do what the subject says.
>
Of course I forgot to add the RFC tag in the subject :) but yes, the 4
last patches especially deserve some feedback and are definitely not
2.7 material.
> This patchset is based on David's ppc-for-2.7 branch. I could test it plays
> nicely with Bharata's CPU hotplug code for sPAPR.
>
> There are some more places where the cpu_dt_id logic is open coded in the
> sPAPR code. It may be worth to consolidate that in follow-up patches. Also
> maybe other machine types may provide their own numbering logic if the
> current one is not appropriate.
>
> Please comment.
>
> ---
>
> Greg Kurz (8):
> spapr: drop reference on child object during core realization
> spapr: do proper error propagation in spapr_cpu_core_realize_child()
> spapr: drop duplicate variable in spapr_core_release()
> exec: add missing conditional compilation
> exec: move cpu_index init and exit to their own function
> ppc: move cpu index setup to instance_init/finalize
> cpu: add initialization helper without realize
> hw/ppc: move DT cpu id generation to machine code
>
>
> exec.c | 72
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> hw/ppc/e500.c | 2 +
> hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c | 2 +
> hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c | 2 +
> hw/ppc/ppc.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> hw/ppc/ppc440_bamboo.c | 2 +
> hw/ppc/ppc4xx_devs.c | 2 +
> hw/ppc/prep.c | 2 +
> hw/ppc/spapr.c | 2 +
> hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c | 23 ++++++++++----
> hw/ppc/virtex_ml507.c | 2 +
> include/exec/exec-all.h | 2 +
> include/hw/ppc/ppc.h | 4 ++
> include/qom/cpu.h | 14 ++++++++
> qom/cpu.c | 19 ++++++++++-
> target-ppc/translate_init.c | 42 ++++++-------------------
> 16 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
>
> --
> Greg
>
>
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 1/8] spapr: drop reference on child object during core realization, (continued)
- [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 2/8] spapr: do proper error propagation in spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(), Greg Kurz, 2016/06/29
- [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 3/8] spapr: drop duplicate variable in spapr_core_release(), Greg Kurz, 2016/06/29
- [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 4/8] exec: add missing conditional compilation, Greg Kurz, 2016/06/29
- [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 5/8] exec: move cpu_index init and exit to their own function, Greg Kurz, 2016/06/29
- [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 6/8] ppc: move cpu index setup to instance_init/finalize, Greg Kurz, 2016/06/29
- [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 7/8] cpu: add initialization helper without realize, Greg Kurz, 2016/06/29
- [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 8/8] hw/ppc: move DT cpu id generation to machine code, Greg Kurz, 2016/06/29
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 0/8] ppc: compute cpu_dt_id in the machine code,
Greg Kurz <=
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 0/8] ppc: compute cpu_dt_id in the machine code, David Gibson, 2016/06/30
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/8] ppc: compute cpu_dt_id in the machine code, Igor Mammedov, 2016/06/30