Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/26] KVM: PPC: Add PV guest critical sections

From: Avi Kivity <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:53:17 +0300

On 06/27/2010 02:49 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
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> Am 27.06.2010 um 12:59 schrieb Avi Kivity <[email-masked]>:
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>> On 06/27/2010 01:33 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>> Or inc/dec...
>>>
>>>
>>> Uh - huh? How would that help?
>>
>> inc shared->critical   # disable interrupts
>
> There is no opcode in the ppc isa that acts on momery without 
> involving a register.
>
> An inc would be:
>
> ld rX, A(0)
> addi rX, rX, 1
> std rX, A(0)

Right, I was agreeing with you.  I meant there was no inc/dec mem insns.

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