Hi Pierrick,

Thank you for your reply.

I have submitted a new patch series with commits signed off.

Thanks!
-Luke

On Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 2:53 PM Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouv...@linaro.org>
wrote:

> Hi Luke,
>
> On 1/31/25 09:57, Luke Craig wrote:
> > This PR extends the plugin API with two functions which allow convenient
> access around tbs.
> >
> > The first, qemu_plugin_tb_size, provides a mechanism for determining the
> total size of a translation block.
> >
> > The second, qemu_plugin_tb_get_insn_by_vaddr, allows users to get a
> reference to an instruction by its virtual address rather than just its
> index.
> >
> > In response to feedback from Pierrick I have updated the implementation
> of qemu_plugin_tb_size.
> >
> > Additionally, I have added these functions to the insn.c test plugin in
> response to Alex's feedback.
> >
> > Lastly, I'll provide a reply to Alex's feeback (repeated below):
> >
> >> But the general comment is this is an example of tying the plugin API
> >> too deeply with the internals of the translator. Why does a plugin need
> >> to know what is an implementation detail?
> >
> > Finding the line between implementation detail and relevant to plugins
> is challenging, but I submitted this change because I found myself
> implementing these functions in plugins. If you'd like for me to enumerate
> examples where knowing the tb_size is relevant to analysis I'd be happy to
> submit some.
> >
> > Luke Craig (3):
> >    plugin: extend API with qemu_plugin_tb_get_insn_by_vaddr
> >    plugin: extend API with qemu_plugin_tb_size
> >    plugins: extend insn test for new convenience functions
> >
>
> For all the series,
> Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouv...@linaro.org>
>
> >   include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >   plugins/api.c              | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >   tests/tcg/plugins/insn.c   | 10 ++++++++++
> >   3 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
> >
>
> To accept this series, commits should be signed off [1].
>
> https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/devel/submitting-a-patch.html#patch-emails-must-include-a-signed-off-by-line
>
> Thanks,
> Pierrick
>

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