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Whenever there is an overflow in code_gen_buffer (e.g. we run out of space in it and have to flush it), the code_time profiling counter ends up with an invalid value (that is, code_time -= profile_getclock(), without later on getting += profile_getclock() due to the goto). Fix it by using the ti variable, so that we only update code_time when there is no overflow. Note that in case there is an overflow we fail to account for the elapsed coding time, but this is quite rare so we can probably live with it. "info jit" before/after, roughly at the same time during debian-arm bootup: - before: Statistics: TB flush count 1 TB invalidate count 4665 TLB flush count 998 JIT cycles -615191529184601 (-256329.804 s at 2.4 GHz) translated TBs 302310 (aborted=0 0.0%) avg ops/TB 48.4 max=438 deleted ops/TB 8.54 avg temps/TB 32.31 max=38 avg host code/TB 361.5 avg search data/TB 24.5 cycles/op -42014693.0 cycles/in byte -121444900.2 cycles/out byte -5629031.1 cycles/search byte -83114481.0 gen_interm time -0.0% gen_code time 100.0% optim./code time -0.0% liveness/code time -0.0% cpu_restore count 6236 avg cycles 110.4 - after: Statistics: TB flush count 1 TB invalidate count 4665 TLB flush count 1010 JIT cycles 1996899624 (0.832 s at 2.4 GHz) translated TBs 297961 (aborted=0 0.0%) avg ops/TB 48.5 max=438 deleted ops/TB 8.56 avg temps/TB 32.31 max=38 avg host code/TB 361.8 avg search data/TB 24.5 cycles/op 138.2 cycles/in byte 398.4 cycles/out byte 18.5 cycles/search byte 273.1 gen_interm time 14.0% gen_code time 86.0% optim./code time 19.4% liveness/code time 10.3% cpu_restore count 6372 avg cycles 111.0 Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
QEMU README
===========
QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.
QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).
QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.
QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.
QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.
Building
========
QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Linux
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Mac
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/W32
Submitting patches
==================
The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git
When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
guidelines set out in the HACKING and CODING_STYLE files.
Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
Bug reporting
=============
The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/
If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
reported via launchpad.
For additional information on bug reporting consult:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/ReportABug
Contact
=======
The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC
- qemu-devel@nongnu.org
http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
- #qemu on irc.oftc.net
Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/StartHere
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