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author | Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> | 2021-07-27 07:48:55 -1000 |
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committer | Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> | 2021-10-13 08:09:53 -0700 |
commit | f83bcecb1ffe25a18367409eaf4ba1453c835c48 (patch) | |
tree | b54b264b8a76479c17a51f0416dd5d64fdc58cc8 /docs | |
parent | f79e80899dbcd306ae2e8a43bc5e139b051f30f4 (diff) |
accel/tcg: Add cpu_{ld,st}*_mmu interfaces
These functions are much closer to the softmmu helper
functions, in that they take the complete MemOpIdx,
and from that they may enforce required alignment.
The previous cpu_ldst.h functions did not have alignment info,
and so did not enforce it. Retain this by adding MO_UNALN to
the MemOp that we create in calling the new functions.
Note that we are not yet enforcing alignment for user-only,
but we now have the information with which to do so.
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/loads-stores.rst | 52 |
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst b/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst index 568274baec..8f0035c821 100644 --- a/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst +++ b/docs/devel/loads-stores.rst @@ -68,15 +68,19 @@ Regexes for git grep - ``\<ldn_\([hbl]e\)?_p\>`` - ``\<stn_\([hbl]e\)?_p\>`` -``cpu_{ld,st}*_mmuidx_ra`` -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +``cpu_{ld,st}*_mmu`` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -These functions operate on a guest virtual address plus a context, -known as a "mmu index" or ``mmuidx``, which controls how that virtual -address is translated. The meaning of the indexes are target specific, -but specifying a particular index might be necessary if, for instance, -the helper requires an "always as non-privileged" access rather that -the default access for the current state of the guest CPU. +These functions operate on a guest virtual address, plus a context +known as a "mmu index" which controls how that virtual address is +translated, plus a ``MemOp`` which contains alignment requirements +among other things. The ``MemOp`` and mmu index are combined into +a single argument of type ``MemOpIdx``. + +The meaning of the indexes are target specific, but specifying a +particular index might be necessary if, for instance, the helper +requires a "always as non-privileged" access rather than the +default access for the current state of the guest CPU. These functions may cause a guest CPU exception to be taken (e.g. for an alignment fault or MMU fault) which will result in @@ -99,6 +103,35 @@ function, which is a return address into the generated code [#gpc]_. Function names follow the pattern: +load: ``cpu_ld{size}{end}_mmu(env, ptr, oi, retaddr)`` + +store: ``cpu_st{size}{end}_mmu(env, ptr, val, oi, retaddr)`` + +``size`` + - ``b`` : 8 bits + - ``w`` : 16 bits + - ``l`` : 32 bits + - ``q`` : 64 bits + +``end`` + - (empty) : for target endian, or 8 bit sizes + - ``_be`` : big endian + - ``_le`` : little endian + +Regexes for git grep: + - ``\<cpu_ld[bwlq](_[bl]e)\?_mmu\>`` + - ``\<cpu_st[bwlq](_[bl]e)\?_mmu\>`` + + +``cpu_{ld,st}*_mmuidx_ra`` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +These functions work like the ``cpu_{ld,st}_mmu`` functions except +that the ``mmuidx`` parameter is not combined with a ``MemOp``, +and therefore there is no required alignment supplied or enforced. + +Function names follow the pattern: + load: ``cpu_ld{sign}{size}{end}_mmuidx_ra(env, ptr, mmuidx, retaddr)`` store: ``cpu_st{size}{end}_mmuidx_ra(env, ptr, val, mmuidx, retaddr)`` @@ -132,7 +165,8 @@ of the guest CPU, as determined by ``cpu_mmu_index(env, false)``. These are generally the preferred way to do accesses by guest virtual address from helper functions, unless the access should -be performed with a context other than the default. +be performed with a context other than the default, or alignment +should be enforced for the access. Function names follow the pattern: |