Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/11] tci: Fix build regression

[Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>]

Am 07.04.2016 um 21:16 schrieb Stefan Weil:
> Am 07.04.2016 um 20:15 schrieb Richard Henderson:
>> On 04/07/2016 08:53 AM, Sergey Fedorov wrote:
>>> +/* Enable TCI assertions only when debugging TCG (and without NDEBUG
>>> defined).
>>> + * Without assertions, the interpreter runs much faster. */
>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG)
>>> +# define tci_assert(cond) assert(cond)
>>> +#else
>>> +# define tci_assert(cond) ((void)0)
>>>   #endif
>>>
>> Please just use tcg_debug_assert.
>>
>>
>> r~
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> that's a good suggestion, but maybe a little late for 2.6-rc2.
> I already sent a pull request an hour ago after Michael had added
> his tested-by.
>
> My first priority is fixing the build regression in 2.6. I can
> try to prepare a new patch, wait for reviews and send a pull
> request, but I am afraid this might not be finished in time
> for 2.6.
>
> Regards
> Stefan

I just tested a variant with tcg_debug_assert. It creates less efficient
code when debugging is disabled. Here is the code size for x86_64:

with normal tcg_debug_assert:

   text       data        bss        dec        hex    filename
   8293          0        128       8421       20e5   
bin/ndebug/x86_64-linux-gnu,tci/x86_64-softmmu/tci.o

In gdb I can also see assembler code for op_size at the beginning
of the for loop in tcg_qemu_tb_exec. This slows down the interpreter.

with ((void)0):

   text       data        bss        dec        hex    filename
   8135          0        128       8263       2047   
bin/ndebug/x86_64-linux-gnu,tci/x86_64-softmmu/tci.o

Therefore I'd prefer using my pull request for 2.6.

Stefan