Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v6 04/14] softmmu: Add helpers for a new slowpath

2016-01-06 Thread Alex Bennée
Alvise Rigo writes: > The new helpers rely on the legacy ones to perform the actual read/write. > > The LoadLink helper (helper_ldlink_name) prepares the way for the > following SC operation. It sets the linked address and the size of the > access. nit: extra line or continue paragraph > These

[Qemu-devel] [RFC v6 04/14] softmmu: Add helpers for a new slowpath

2015-12-14 Thread Alvise Rigo
The new helpers rely on the legacy ones to perform the actual read/write. The LoadLink helper (helper_ldlink_name) prepares the way for the following SC operation. It sets the linked address and the size of the access. These helper also update the TLB entry of the page involved in the LL/SC for th