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Re: [PATCH 0/2] target/ppc: Fix vextu[bhw][lr]x on big endian hosts
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Philippe Mathieu-Daudé |
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Re: [PATCH 0/2] target/ppc: Fix vextu[bhw][lr]x on big endian hosts |
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 07:32:31 +0200 |
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On 8/24/21 10:11 PM, matheus.ferst@eldorado.org.br wrote:
> From: Matheus Ferst <matheus.ferst@eldorado.org.br>
>
> The definition of struct Int128 is currently independent of the host
> endianness, causing different results when using the member s128 of
> union ppc_vsr_t in big-endian builds with CONFIG_INT128 or
> !CONFIG_INT128.
>
> The only PPC instructions that seem to be affected by this issue are the
> "Vector Extract Unsigned Byte/Halfword/Word to GPR using GPR-specified
> Left/Right-Index." Even on builds with Int128 support, however, their
> helpers give the wrong result on big-endian hosts.
>
> The first patch in this series changes the definition of struct Int128
> to allow its use in the ppc_vsr_t union. The second patch fixes the
> helper definition.
>
> Matheus Ferst (2):
> include/qemu/int128.h: define struct Int128 according to the host
> endianness
> target/ppc: fix vextu[bhw][lr]x helpers
>
> include/qemu/int128.h | 19 ++++++++++++-------
> target/ppc/int_helper.c | 38 ++++++++++----------------------------
> 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>