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From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman•id.au>
To: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux•ibm.com>,
	Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens•net>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists•ozlabs.org,
	Sathvika Vasireddy <sathvika@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/sstep: Add emulation support for ‘setb’ instruction
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:30:39 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lf9caycg.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1618899164.u2uju6vw3c.naveen@linux.ibm.com>

"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux•ibm.com> writes:
> Daniel Axtens wrote:
>> Sathvika Vasireddy <sathvika@linux•vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>> 
>>> This adds emulation support for the following instruction:
>>>    * Set Boolean (setb)
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sathvika@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
...
>> 
>> If you do end up respinning the patch, I think it would be good to make
>> the maths a bit clearer. I think it works because a left shift of 2 is
>> the same as multiplying by 4, but it would be easier to follow if you
>> used a temporary variable for btf.
>
> Indeed. I wonder if it is better to follow the ISA itself. Per the ISA, 
> the bit we are interested in is:
> 	4 x BFA + 32
>
> So, if we use that along with the PPC_BIT() macro, we get:
> 	if (regs->ccr & PPC_BIT(ra + 32))

Use of PPC_BIT risks annoying your maintainer :)

cheers

  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-21  7:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-16  7:02 [PATCH 0/2] powerpc/sstep: Add emulation support and tests for 'setb' instruction Sathvika Vasireddy
2021-04-16  7:02 ` [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/sstep: Add emulation support for ‘setb’ instruction Sathvika Vasireddy
2021-04-16  7:44   ` Daniel Axtens
2021-04-20  6:26     ` Naveen N. Rao
2021-04-21  7:30       ` Michael Ellerman [this message]
2021-04-22 10:01         ` Naveen N. Rao
2021-04-23 13:29           ` Michael Ellerman
2021-04-27 16:44             ` Naveen N. Rao
2021-04-22 19:13     ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-04-22 22:16       ` Gabriel Paubert
2021-04-22 23:26         ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-04-23 10:26           ` Gabriel Paubert
2021-04-23 16:57             ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-04-24 16:13       ` Daniel Axtens
2021-04-16  7:02 ` [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/sstep: Add tests for setb instruction Sathvika Vasireddy
2021-04-20 17:37   ` Naveen N. Rao

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