Re: [PATCH 7/7] tcg/ppc: Use prefixed instructions for tcg_out_goto_tb

[Jordan Niethe]

On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 7:34 AM Richard Henderson
<richard.henderson@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> When a direct branch is out of range, we can load the destination for
> the indirect branch using PLA (for 16GB worth of buffer) and PLD from
> the TranslationBlock for everything larger.
>
> This means the patch affects exactly one instruction: B (plus filler),
> PLA or PLD.  Which means we can update and execute the patch atomically.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> ---
>  tcg/ppc/tcg-target.c.inc | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.c.inc b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.c.inc
> index 5b243b2353..47c71bb5f2 100644
> --- a/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.c.inc
> +++ b/tcg/ppc/tcg-target.c.inc
> @@ -2642,31 +2642,41 @@ static void tcg_out_goto_tb(TCGContext *s, int which)
>      uintptr_t ptr = get_jmp_target_addr(s, which);
>
>      if (USE_REG_TB) {
> +        /*
> +         * With REG_TB, we must always use indirect branching,
> +         * so that the branch destination and TCG_REG_TB match.
> +         */
>          ptrdiff_t offset = tcg_tbrel_diff(s, (void *)ptr);
>          tcg_out_mem_long(s, LD, LDX, TCG_REG_TB, TCG_REG_TB, offset);
> -
> -        /* TODO: Use direct branches when possible. */
> -        set_jmp_insn_offset(s, which);
>          tcg_out32(s, MTSPR | RS(TCG_REG_TB) | CTR);
> -
>          tcg_out32(s, BCCTR | BO_ALWAYS);
>
>          /* For the unlinked case, need to reset TCG_REG_TB.  */
>          set_jmp_reset_offset(s, which);
>          tcg_out_mem_long(s, ADDI, ADD, TCG_REG_TB, TCG_REG_TB,
>                           -tcg_current_code_size(s));
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (have_isa_3_10) {
> +        /* Align, so that we can patch 8 bytes atomically. */
> +        if ((uintptr_t)s->code_ptr & 7) {
> +            tcg_out32(s, NOP);
> +        }
> +        set_jmp_insn_offset(s, which);
> +        /* Direct branch will be patched by tb_target_set_jmp_target. */
> +        tcg_out_mls_d(s, ADDI, TCG_REG_TMP1, 0, 0, 1);
>      } else {
>          /* Direct branch will be patched by tb_target_set_jmp_target. */
> -        set_jmp_insn_offset(s, which);

It looks like 32bit loses its set_jmp_insn_offset(), is that intended?

> -        tcg_out32(s, NOP);
> -
> +        tcg_out32(s, B);
>          /* When branch is out of range, fall through to indirect. */
>          tcg_out_movi(s, TCG_TYPE_PTR, TCG_REG_TMP1, ptr - (int16_t)ptr);
>          tcg_out_ld(s, TCG_TYPE_PTR, TCG_REG_TMP1, TCG_REG_TMP1, 
> (int16_t)ptr);
> -        tcg_out32(s, MTSPR | RS(TCG_REG_TMP1) | CTR);
> -        tcg_out32(s, BCCTR | BO_ALWAYS);
> -        set_jmp_reset_offset(s, which);
>      }
> +
> +    tcg_out32(s, MTSPR | RS(TCG_REG_TMP1) | CTR);
> +    tcg_out32(s, BCCTR | BO_ALWAYS);
> +    set_jmp_reset_offset(s, which);
>  }
>
>  void tb_target_set_jmp_target(const TranslationBlock *tb, int n,
> @@ -2674,20 +2684,50 @@ void tb_target_set_jmp_target(const TranslationBlock 
> *tb, int n,
>  {
>      uintptr_t addr = tb->jmp_target_addr[n];
>      intptr_t diff = addr - jmp_rx;
> -    tcg_insn_unit insn;
>
>      if (USE_REG_TB) {
>          return;
>      }
>
> -    if (in_range_b(diff)) {
> -        insn = B | (diff & 0x3fffffc);
> -    } else {
> -        insn = NOP;
> -    }
> +    if (have_isa_3_10) {
> +        tcg_insn_unit insn1, insn2;
> +        uint64_t pair;
>
> -    qatomic_set((uint32_t *)jmp_rw, insn);
> -    flush_idcache_range(jmp_rx, jmp_rw, 4);
> +        if (in_range_b(diff)) {
> +            insn1 = B | (diff & 0x3fffffc);
> +            insn2 = NOP;
> +        } else if (diff == sextract64(diff, 0, 34)) {
> +            /* PLA tmp1, diff */
> +            insn1 = OPCD(1) | (2 << 24) | (1 << 20) | ((diff >> 16) & 
> 0x3ffff);
> +            insn2 = ADDI | TAI(TCG_REG_TMP1, 0, diff);
> +        } else {
> +            addr = (uintptr_t)&tb->jmp_target_addr[n];
> +            diff = addr - jmp_rx;
> +            tcg_debug_assert(diff == sextract64(diff, 0, 34));
> +            /* PLD tmp1, diff */
> +            insn1 = OPCD(1) | (1 << 20) | ((diff >> 16) & 0x3ffff);
> +            insn2 = PLD | TAI(TCG_REG_TMP1, 0, diff);
> +        }
> +
> +        if (HOST_BIG_ENDIAN) {
> +            pair = ((uint64_t)insn1) << 32 | insn2;
> +        } else {
> +            pair = ((uint64_t)insn2) << 32 | insn1;
> +        }
> +
> +        qatomic_set((uint64_t *)jmp_rw, pair);
> +        flush_idcache_range(jmp_rx, jmp_rw, 8);
> +    } else {
> +        tcg_insn_unit insn;
> +
> +        if (in_range_b(diff)) {
> +            insn = B | (diff & 0x3fffffc);
> +        } else {
> +            insn = NOP;
> +        }
> +        qatomic_set((uint32_t *)jmp_rw, insn);
> +        flush_idcache_range(jmp_rx, jmp_rw, 4);
> +    }
>  }
>
>  static void tcg_out_op(TCGContext *s, TCGOpcode opc,
> --
> 2.34.1
>