Re: [PATCH 1/4] target/ppc: Add new hflags to support BHRB

2023-09-19 Thread Glenn Miles
On 2023-09-14 19:39, Nicholas Piggin wrote: On Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 6:23 AM AEST, Glenn Miles wrote: This commit is preparatory to the addition of Branch History Rolling Buffer (BHRB) functionality, which is being provided today starting with the P8 processor. BHRB uses several SPR register fiel

Re: [PATCH 1/4] target/ppc: Add new hflags to support BHRB

2023-09-14 Thread Nicholas Piggin
On Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 6:23 AM AEST, Glenn Miles wrote: > This commit is preparatory to the addition of Branch History > Rolling Buffer (BHRB) functionality, which is being provided > today starting with the P8 processor. > > BHRB uses several SPR register fields to control whether or not > a branc

[PATCH 1/4] target/ppc: Add new hflags to support BHRB

2023-09-12 Thread Glenn Miles
This commit is preparatory to the addition of Branch History Rolling Buffer (BHRB) functionality, which is being provided today starting with the P8 processor. BHRB uses several SPR register fields to control whether or not a branch instruction's address (and sometimes target address) should be re

Re: [PATCH 1/4] target/ppc: Add new hflags to support BHRB

2023-09-12 Thread Cédric Le Goater
On 9/12/23 22:00, Glenn Miles wrote: Sorry, this is my first attempt at sending out a patch and it looks like only part of the patch made it.  Until I can figure out what I did wrong, please ignore this patch. I didn't get patches 2-4. Patch 1 looked good though. Please resend. Thanks, C.

Re: [PATCH 1/4] target/ppc: Add new hflags to support BHRB

2023-09-12 Thread Glenn Miles
Sorry, this is my first attempt at sending out a patch and it looks like only part of the patch made it. Until I can figure out what I did wrong, please ignore this patch. Thanks, Glenn Miles

[PATCH 1/4] target/ppc: Add new hflags to support BHRB

2023-09-11 Thread Glenn Miles
This commit is preparatory to the addition of Branch History Rolling Buffer (BHRB) functionality, which is being provided today starting with the P8 processor. BHRB uses several SPR register fields to control whether or not a branch instruction's address (and sometimes target address) should be re