Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] ram: RAMBlock->offset is always aligned to a word

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 30/04/19 05:44, Wei Yang wrote:
> RAMBlock->offset is calculated by find_ram_offset, which makes sure the
> offset is aligned to a word.
> 
> This patch removes the alignment check on offset and unnecessary
> variable *word*.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <address@hidden>

I would add an assertion instead, but overall leaving the condition
there is harmless.  You still need the "else" part for the case where
the length is unaligned.

Paolo

> ---
>  include/exec/ram_addr.h | 15 +++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/exec/ram_addr.h b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
> index 3dfb2d52fb..a7c81bdb32 100644
> --- a/include/exec/ram_addr.h
> +++ b/include/exec/ram_addr.h
> @@ -413,18 +413,21 @@ uint64_t cpu_physical_memory_sync_dirty_bitmap(RAMBlock 
> *rb,
>                                                 uint64_t *real_dirty_pages)
>  {
>      ram_addr_t addr;
> -    unsigned long word = BIT_WORD(rb->offset >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS);
>      uint64_t num_dirty = 0;
>      unsigned long *dest = rb->bmap;
>  
> -    /* offset and length is aligned at the start of a word? */
> -    if (((word * BITS_PER_LONG) << TARGET_PAGE_BITS) == (rb->offset) &&
> -        !(length & ((BITS_PER_LONG << TARGET_PAGE_BITS) - 1))) {
> +    /*
> +     * Since RAMBlock->offset is guaranteed to be aligned to a word by
> +     * find_ram_offset(), if length is aligned at the start of a word, go the
> +     * fast path.
> +     */
> +    if (!(length & ((BITS_PER_LONG << TARGET_PAGE_BITS) - 1))) {
>          int k;
>          int nr = BITS_TO_LONGS(length >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS);
>          unsigned long * const *src;
> -        unsigned long idx = (word * BITS_PER_LONG) / DIRTY_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
> -        unsigned long offset = BIT_WORD((word * BITS_PER_LONG) %
> +        unsigned long idx = (rb->offset >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS) /
> +                            DIRTY_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE;
> +        unsigned long offset = BIT_WORD((rb->offset >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS) %
>                                          DIRTY_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE);
>  
>          rcu_read_lock();
>