Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] i386: fix icount processing for repz instructions

[Richard Henderson]

On 10/21/2014 06:03 AM, Pavel Dovgalyuk wrote:
> +    dc->repz_opt = dc->jmp_opt
> +                    /* Do not optimize repz jumps at all in icount mode, 
> because
> +                       rep movsS instructions are execured with different 
> paths
> +                       in repz_opt and !repz_opt modes. The first one was 
> used
> +                       always except single step mode. And this setting
> +                       disables jumps optimization and control paths become
> +                       equivalent in run and single step modes.
> +                       Now there will be no jump optimization for repz in
> +                       trace and replay modes and there will always be an
> +                       additional step for ecx=0.
> +                     */
> +                   || use_icount;

My aesthetics are offended by the placement of this comment.  Please write

  /* Comment */
  dc->repz_opt = x || y;

That said, surely that test should be !use_icount.


r~