Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Rename cpu_get_icount_{locked,biased}

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 10/02/2016 15:06, Christopher Covington wrote:
> The function does not provide locking but rather adds a bias value.

"Locked" means that you need to take a look outside its call; see how
cpu_get_icount() uses it.

Basically the idea is that a "_locked" in the name warns you to pay
attention. :)

Paolo

> Signed-off-by: Christopher Covington <cov@codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  cpus.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
> index 898426c..50403c4 100644
> --- a/cpus.c
> +++ b/cpus.c
> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ int64_t cpu_get_icount_raw(void)
>  }
>  
>  /* Return the virtual CPU time, based on the instruction counter.  */
> -static int64_t cpu_get_icount_locked(void)
> +static int64_t cpu_get_icount_biased(void)
>  {
>      int64_t icount = cpu_get_icount_raw();
>      return timers_state.qemu_icount_bias + cpu_icount_to_ns(icount);
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int64_t cpu_get_icount(void)
>  
>      do {
>          start = seqlock_read_begin(&timers_state.vm_clock_seqlock);
> -        icount = cpu_get_icount_locked();
> +        icount = cpu_get_icount_biased();
>      } while (seqlock_read_retry(&timers_state.vm_clock_seqlock, start));
>  
>      return icount;
> @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static void icount_adjust(void)
>  
>      seqlock_write_lock(&timers_state.vm_clock_seqlock);
>      cur_time = cpu_get_clock_locked();
> -    cur_icount = cpu_get_icount_locked();
> +    cur_icount = cpu_get_icount_biased();
>  
>      delta = cur_icount - cur_time;
>      /* FIXME: This is a very crude algorithm, somewhat prone to oscillation.  */
> @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void icount_warp_rt(void)
>               * In adaptive mode, do not let QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL run too
>               * far ahead of real time.
>               */
> -            int64_t cur_icount = cpu_get_icount_locked();
> +            int64_t cur_icount = cpu_get_icount_biased();
>              int64_t delta = clock - cur_icount;
>              warp_delta = MIN(warp_delta, delta);
>          }
>