From: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:03:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: accel/tcg: actually cache our partial icount TB
X-Git-Tag: v6.0.0-rc0~80^2~7
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bc662a33514ac862efefc73d6caa4e71581ccdae;p=thirdparty%2Fqemu.git

accel/tcg: actually cache our partial icount TB

When we exit a block under icount with instructions left to execute we
might need a shorter than normal block to take us to the next
deterministic event. Instead of creating a throwaway block on demand
we use the existing compile flags mechanism to ensure we fetch (or
compile and fetch) a block with exactly the number of instructions we
need.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Message-Id: <20210213130325.14781-17-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
index f2819eec7da..d24c1bdb74c 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
@@ -730,16 +730,17 @@ static inline void cpu_loop_exec_tb(CPUState *cpu, TranslationBlock *tb,
     /* Ensure global icount has gone forward */
     icount_update(cpu);
     /* Refill decrementer and continue execution.  */
-    insns_left = MIN(0xffff, cpu->icount_budget);
+    insns_left = MIN(CF_COUNT_MASK, cpu->icount_budget);
     cpu_neg(cpu)->icount_decr.u16.low = insns_left;
     cpu->icount_extra = cpu->icount_budget - insns_left;
-    if (!cpu->icount_extra && insns_left < tb->icount) {
-        /* Execute any remaining instructions, then let the main loop
-         * handle the next event.
-         */
-        if (insns_left > 0) {
-            cpu_exec_nocache(cpu, insns_left, tb, false);
-        }
+
+    /*
+     * If the next tb has more instructions than we have left to
+     * execute we need to ensure we find/generate a TB with exactly
+     * insns_left instructions in it.
+     */
+    if (!cpu->icount_extra && insns_left > 0 && insns_left < tb->icount)  {
+        cpu->cflags_next_tb = (tb->cflags & ~CF_COUNT_MASK) | insns_left;
     }
 #endif
 }