On 09/19/2012 08:17 PM, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 09/18/2012 10:36 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote: >> On 09/16/2012 08:07 PM, Avi Kivity wrote: >>> Instead of branchy code depending on level, gpte.ps, and mmu configuration, >>> prepare everything in a bitmap during mode changes and look it up during >>> runtime. >>> >> >> Avi, >> >> Can we introduce ignore_bits_mask[] (like rsvd_bits_mask), if pse is not >> supported, >> we can set PTE_PSE in this ignore_bits_mask, then the function can be >> simplified to >> >> return (level == 1) || gpte & ~vcpu->ignore_bits_mask[level] & PTE_PSE >> >> I think it is more readable. > > It's more readable, yes, but those loads do show up in profiles. So I'd > like to avoid them unless they save a lot of code.
Oops, this is replacing one load by another. Still, the new code is more branchy. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
