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Re: [RFC v7 00/22] i386 cleanup [hw/core/cpu.c common]


From: Claudio Fontana
Subject: Re: [RFC v7 00/22] i386 cleanup [hw/core/cpu.c common]
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 18:59:09 +0100
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On 12/4/20 5:07 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il ven 4 dic 2020, 14:54 Claudio Fontana <cfontana@suse.de> ha scritto:
> 
>> On 11/30/20 3:35 AM, Claudio Fontana wrote:
>>> Hi all, this is v7 of the i386 cleanup,
>>
>> This is fairly broken still and I am fixing it up,
>>
>> but a question arises while hunting bugs here.
>>
>> Silent bugs are introduced when trying to use code like
>>
>> #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
>>
>> in files that are built in "common" objects, since they are target
>> independent.
>>
> 
> That should be avoided by poison.h
> 
> I wonder also about the rationale why the cpu code is split between
>>
>> hw/core/cpu.c and $(top_srcdir)/cpu.c
>>
>> with one part in common and one part in "target specific".
>>
> 
> Mostly historical, cpu.c used to have much more than CPU code (it was
> exec.c until a month ago, one of the "historical" core files in QEMU and it
> had all the dispatch side of the memory API). I wouldn't mind merging these
> two files into one.
> 
> Paolo
> 

Thanks Paolo!

Ciao,

Claudio


> 
>> What do we gain by having part of the cpu in common?
>>
>> In some cases we end up going through all sort of hoops because we cannot
>> just code everything in hw/core/cpu.c due to the fact
>> that we do not see CONFIG_ there.
>>
>>
>>> with the most interesting patches at the end.
>>>
>>> v6 -> v7: integrate TCGCpuOperations, refactored cpu_exec_realizefn
>>>
>>> * integrate TCGCpuOperations (Eduardo)
>>>
>>> Taken some refactoring from Eduardo for Tcg-only operations on
>>> CPUClass.
>>>
>>> * refactored cpu_exec_realizefn
>>>
>>> The other main change is a refactoring of cpu_exec_realizefn,
>>> directly linked to the effort of making many cpu_exec operations
>>> TCG-only (Eduardo series above):
>>>
>>> cpu_exec_realizefn is actually a TCG-only thing, with the
>>> exception of a couple things that can be done in base cpu code.
>>>
>>> This changes all targets realizefn, so I guess I have to Cc:
>>> the Multiverse? (Universe was already CCed for all accelerators).
>>>
>>>
>>> v5 -> v6: remove MODULE_INIT_ACCEL_CPU
>>>
>>>
>>> instead, use a call to accel_init_interfaces().
>>>
>>> * The class lookups are now general and performed in accel/
>>>
>>>   new AccelCPUClass for new archs are supported as new
>>>   ones appear in the class hierarchy, no need for stubs.
>>>
>>> * Split the code a bit better
>>>
>>>
>>> v4 -> v5: centralized and simplified initializations
>>>
>>> I put in Cc: Emilio G. Cota, specifically because in patch 8
>>> I (re)moved for user-mode the call to tcg_regions_init().
>>>
>>> The call happens now inside the tcg AccelClass machine_init,
>>> (so earlier). This seems to work fine, but thought to get the
>>> author opinion on this.
>>>
>>> Rebased on "tcg-cpus: split into 3 tcg variants" series
>>> (queued by Richard), to avoid some code churn:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-10/msg04356.html
>>>
>>>
>>> * Extended AccelClass to user-mode.
>>>
>>> user-mode now does not call tcg_exec_init directly,
>>> instead it uses the tcg accel class, and its init_machine method.
>>>
>>> Since user-mode does not define or use a machine state,
>>> the machine is just passed as NULL.
>>>
>>> The immediate advantage is that now we can call current_accel()
>>> from both user mode and softmmu, so we can work out the correct
>>> class to use for accelerator initializations.
>>>
>>> * QOMification of CpusAccelOps
>>>
>>> simple QOMification of CpusAccelOps abstract class.
>>>
>>> * Centralized all accel_cpu_init, so only one per cpu-arch,
>>>   plus one for all accels will remain.
>>>
>>>   So we can expect accel_cpu_init() to be limited to:
>>>
>>>   softmmu/cpus.c - initializes the chosen softmmu accel ops for the cpus
>> module.
>>>   target/ARCH/cpu.c - initializes the chosen arch-specific cpu
>> accelerator.
>>>
>>> These changes are meant to address concerns/issues (Paolo):
>>>
>>> 1) the use of if (tcg_enabled()) and similar in the module_init call path
>>>
>>> 2) the excessive number of accel_cpu_init() to hunt down in the codebase.
>>>
>>>
>>> * Fixed wrong use of host_cpu_class_init (Eduardo)
>>>
>>>
>>> v3 -> v4: QOMification of X86CPUAccelClass
>>>
>>>
>>> In this version I basically QOMified X86CPUAccel, taking the
>>> suggestions from Eduardo as the starting point,
>>> but stopping just short of making it an actual QOM interface,
>>> using a plain abstract class, and then subclasses for the
>>> actual objects.
>>>
>>> Initialization is still using the existing qemu initialization
>>> framework (module_call_init), which is I still think is better
>>> than the alternatives proposed, in the current state.
>>>
>>> Possibly some improvements could be developed in the future here.
>>> In this case, effort should be put in keeping things extendible,
>>> in order not to be blocked once accelerators also become modules.
>>>
>>> Motivation and higher level steps:
>>>
>>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-05/msg04628.html
>>>
>>> Looking forward to your comments on this proposal,
>>>
>>> Ciao,
>>>
>>> Claudio
>>>
>>> Claudio Fontana (13):
>>>   i386: move kvm accel files into kvm/
>>>   i386: move whpx accel files into whpx/
>>>   i386: move hax accel files into hax/
>>>   i386: hvf: remove stale MAINTAINERS entry for old hvf stubs
>>>   i386: move TCG accel files into tcg/
>>>   i386: move cpu dump out of helper.c into cpu-dump.c
>>>   i386: move TCG cpu class initialization out of helper.c
>>>   accel: extend AccelState and AccelClass to user-mode
>>>   accel: replace struct CpusAccel with AccelOpsClass
>>>   accel: introduce AccelCPUClass extending CPUClass
>>>   i386: split cpu accelerators from cpu.c, using AccelCPUClass
>>>   cpu-exec: refactor realizefn for all targets
>>>   cpu: introduce cpu_accel_instance_init
>>>
>>> Eduardo Habkost (9):
>>>   tcg: cpu_exec_{enter,exit} helpers
>>>   tcg: make CPUClass.cpu_exec_* optional
>>>   tcg: Make CPUClass.debug_excp_handler optional
>>>   cpu: Remove unnecessary noop methods
>>>   cpu: Introduce TCGCpuOperations struct
>>>   cpu: Move synchronize_from_tb() to tcg_ops
>>>   cpu: Move cpu_exec_* to tcg_ops
>>>   cpu: Move tlb_fill to tcg_ops
>>>   cpu: Move debug_excp_handler to tcg_ops
>>>
>>>  MAINTAINERS                           |  19 +-
>>>  accel/accel-common.c                  | 105 +++++
>>>  accel/{accel.c => accel-softmmu.c}    |  60 +--
>>>  accel/accel-softmmu.h                 |  15 +
>>>  accel/accel-user.c                    |  24 ++
>>>  accel/kvm/kvm-all.c                   |   2 -
>>>  accel/kvm/kvm-cpus.c                  |  26 +-
>>>  accel/kvm/kvm-cpus.h                  |   2 -
>>>  accel/meson.build                     |   4 +-
>>>  accel/qtest/qtest.c                   |  25 +-
>>>  accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c                  |  86 +++-
>>>  accel/tcg/cputlb.c                    |   6 +-
>>>  accel/tcg/meson.build                 |   2 +-
>>>  accel/tcg/tcg-all.c                   |  11 +-
>>>  accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-icount.c           |  11 +-
>>>  accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-icount.h           |   2 +
>>>  accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-mttcg.c            |  12 +-
>>>  accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-mttcg.h            |  19 +
>>>  accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-rr.c               |   7 -
>>>  accel/tcg/tcg-cpus.c                  |  43 ++
>>>  accel/tcg/tcg-cpus.h                  |   4 -
>>>  accel/tcg/user-exec.c                 |   6 +-
>>>  accel/xen/xen-all.c                   |  24 +-
>>>  bsd-user/main.c                       |  12 +-
>>>  cpu.c                                 |  53 +--
>>>  hw/core/cpu.c                         |  44 ++-
>>>  hw/i386/fw_cfg.c                      |   2 +-
>>>  hw/i386/intel_iommu.c                 |   2 +-
>>>  hw/i386/kvm/apic.c                    |   2 +-
>>>  hw/i386/kvm/clock.c                   |   2 +-
>>>  hw/i386/microvm.c                     |   2 +-
>>>  hw/i386/pc.c                          |   2 +-
>>>  hw/i386/pc_piix.c                     |   1 +
>>>  hw/i386/x86.c                         |   2 +-
>>>  include/exec/cpu-all.h                |   4 +
>>>  include/hw/boards.h                   |   2 +-
>>>  include/hw/core/accel-cpu.h           |  25 ++
>>>  include/hw/core/cpu.h                 |  65 ++--
>>>  include/hw/core/tcg-cpu-ops.h         |  56 +++
>>>  include/{sysemu => qemu}/accel.h      |  16 +-
>>>  include/sysemu/accel-ops.h            |  45 +++
>>>  include/sysemu/cpus.h                 |  26 +-
>>>  include/sysemu/hvf.h                  |   2 +-
>>>  include/sysemu/kvm.h                  |   2 +-
>>>  include/sysemu/kvm_int.h              |   2 +-
>>>  linux-user/main.c                     |   8 +-
>>>  meson.build                           |   1 +
>>>  softmmu/cpus.c                        |  12 +-
>>>  softmmu/memory.c                      |   2 +-
>>>  softmmu/qtest.c                       |   2 +-
>>>  softmmu/vl.c                          |  12 +-
>>>  target/alpha/cpu.c                    |  12 +-
>>>  target/arm/cpu.c                      |  16 +-
>>>  target/arm/cpu64.c                    |   2 +-
>>>  target/arm/cpu_tcg.c                  |   2 +-
>>>  target/avr/cpu.c                      |  13 +-
>>>  target/cris/cpu.c                     |  20 +-
>>>  target/hppa/cpu.c                     |  11 +-
>>>  target/i386/cpu-dump.c                | 538 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  target/i386/cpu.c                     | 418 ++------------------
>>>  target/i386/cpu.h                     | 120 +-----
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-all.c       |   5 +-
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-cpus.c      |  29 +-
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-cpus.h      |   2 -
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-i386.h      |   6 +-
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-interface.h |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-mem.c       |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-posix.c     |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-posix.h     |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-windows.c   |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-windows.h   |   0
>>>  target/i386/hax/meson.build           |   7 +
>>>  target/i386/helper-tcg.h              | 112 ++++++
>>>  target/i386/helper.c                  | 539 +-------------------------
>>>  target/i386/host-cpu.c                | 198 ++++++++++
>>>  target/i386/host-cpu.h                |  19 +
>>>  target/i386/hvf/cpu.c                 |  65 ++++
>>>  target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus.c            |  27 +-
>>>  target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus.h            |   2 -
>>>  target/i386/hvf/hvf-i386.h            |   2 +-
>>>  target/i386/hvf/hvf.c                 |   3 +-
>>>  target/i386/hvf/meson.build           |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/hvf/x86_task.c            |   2 +-
>>>  target/i386/kvm/cpu.c                 | 148 +++++++
>>>  target/i386/{ => kvm}/hyperv-proto.h  |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => kvm}/hyperv-stub.c   |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => kvm}/hyperv.c        |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => kvm}/hyperv.h        |   0
>>>  target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.h             |  41 ++
>>>  target/i386/{ => kvm}/kvm-stub.c      |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => kvm}/kvm.c           |   3 +-
>>>  target/i386/{ => kvm}/kvm_i386.h      |   0
>>>  target/i386/kvm/meson.build           |   8 +
>>>  target/i386/kvm/trace-events          |   7 +
>>>  target/i386/kvm/trace.h               |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/machine.c                 |   4 +-
>>>  target/i386/meson.build               |  39 +-
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/bpt_helper.c    |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/cc_helper.c     |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/tcg/cpu.c                 | 173 +++++++++
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/excp_helper.c   |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/fpu_helper.c    |  33 +-
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/int_helper.c    |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/mem_helper.c    |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/tcg/meson.build           |  14 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/misc_helper.c   |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/mpx_helper.c    |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/seg_helper.c    |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/smm_helper.c    |   2 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/svm_helper.c    |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/tcg-stub.c      |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => tcg}/translate.c     |   1 +
>>>  target/i386/trace-events              |   6 -
>>>  target/i386/whpx/meson.build          |   4 +
>>>  target/i386/{ => whpx}/whp-dispatch.h |   0
>>>  target/i386/{ => whpx}/whpx-all.c     |   4 +-
>>>  target/i386/{ => whpx}/whpx-cpus.c    |  29 +-
>>>  target/i386/{ => whpx}/whpx-cpus.h    |   2 -
>>>  target/lm32/cpu.c                     |  13 +-
>>>  target/m68k/cpu.c                     |  10 +-
>>>  target/microblaze/cpu.c               |  17 +-
>>>  target/mips/cpu.c                     |  12 +-
>>>  target/moxie/cpu.c                    |  10 +-
>>>  target/nios2/cpu.c                    |  12 +-
>>>  target/openrisc/cpu.c                 |  12 +-
>>>  target/ppc/translate_init.c.inc       |  17 +-
>>>  target/riscv/cpu.c                    |  18 +-
>>>  target/rx/cpu.c                       |  18 +-
>>>  target/s390x/cpu.c                    |  13 +-
>>>  target/sh4/cpu.c                      |  12 +-
>>>  target/sparc/cpu.c                    |  14 +-
>>>  target/tilegx/cpu.c                   |  10 +-
>>>  target/tricore/cpu.c                  |  10 +-
>>>  target/unicore32/cpu.c                |  12 +-
>>>  target/xtensa/cpu.c                   |  12 +-
>>>  135 files changed, 2302 insertions(+), 1540 deletions(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 accel/accel-common.c
>>>  rename accel/{accel.c => accel-softmmu.c} (64%)
>>>  create mode 100644 accel/accel-softmmu.h
>>>  create mode 100644 accel/accel-user.c
>>>  create mode 100644 accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-mttcg.h
>>>  create mode 100644 include/hw/core/accel-cpu.h
>>>  create mode 100644 include/hw/core/tcg-cpu-ops.h
>>>  rename include/{sysemu => qemu}/accel.h (94%)
>>>  create mode 100644 include/sysemu/accel-ops.h
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/cpu-dump.c
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-all.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-cpus.c (71%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-cpus.h (95%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-i386.h (95%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-interface.h (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-mem.c (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-posix.c (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-posix.h (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-windows.c (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => hax}/hax-windows.h (100%)
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/hax/meson.build
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/helper-tcg.h
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/host-cpu.c
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/host-cpu.h
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/hvf/cpu.c
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/kvm/cpu.c
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => kvm}/hyperv-proto.h (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => kvm}/hyperv-stub.c (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => kvm}/hyperv.c (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => kvm}/hyperv.h (100%)
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.h
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => kvm}/kvm-stub.c (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => kvm}/kvm.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => kvm}/kvm_i386.h (100%)
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/kvm/meson.build
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/kvm/trace-events
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/kvm/trace.h
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/bpt_helper.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/cc_helper.c (99%)
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/tcg/cpu.c
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/excp_helper.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/fpu_helper.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/int_helper.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/mem_helper.c (99%)
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/tcg/meson.build
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/misc_helper.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/mpx_helper.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/seg_helper.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/smm_helper.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/svm_helper.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/tcg-stub.c (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => tcg}/translate.c (99%)
>>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/whpx/meson.build
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => whpx}/whp-dispatch.h (100%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => whpx}/whpx-all.c (99%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => whpx}/whpx-cpus.c (73%)
>>>  rename target/i386/{ => whpx}/whpx-cpus.h (96%)
>>>
>>
>>




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