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-rw-r--r--target-arm/helper.h1
-rw-r--r--target-arm/op_helper.c18
-rw-r--r--target-arm/translate-a64.c6
-rw-r--r--target-arm/translate.h1
4 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/target-arm/helper.h b/target-arm/helper.h
index fc885de..827b33d 100644
--- a/target-arm/helper.h
+++ b/target-arm/helper.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ DEF_HELPER_2(exception_internal, void, env, i32)
DEF_HELPER_4(exception_with_syndrome, void, env, i32, i32, i32)
DEF_HELPER_1(wfi, void, env)
DEF_HELPER_1(wfe, void, env)
+DEF_HELPER_1(yield, void, env)
DEF_HELPER_1(pre_hvc, void, env)
DEF_HELPER_2(pre_smc, void, env, i32)
diff --git a/target-arm/op_helper.c b/target-arm/op_helper.c
index 7fa32c4..663c05d 100644
--- a/target-arm/op_helper.c
+++ b/target-arm/op_helper.c
@@ -323,13 +323,25 @@ void HELPER(wfi)(CPUARMState *env)
void HELPER(wfe)(CPUARMState *env)
{
- CPUState *cs = CPU(arm_env_get_cpu(env));
-
- /* Don't actually halt the CPU, just yield back to top
+ /* This is a hint instruction that is semantically different
+ * from YIELD even though we currently implement it identically.
+ * Don't actually halt the CPU, just yield back to top
* level loop. This is not going into a "low power state"
* (ie halting until some event occurs), so we never take
* a configurable trap to a different exception level.
*/
+ HELPER(yield)(env);
+}
+
+void HELPER(yield)(CPUARMState *env)
+{
+ ARMCPU *cpu = arm_env_get_cpu(env);
+ CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
+
+ /* This is a non-trappable hint instruction that generally indicates
+ * that the guest is currently busy-looping. Yield control back to the
+ * top level loop so that a more deserving VCPU has a chance to run.
+ */
cs->exception_index = EXCP_YIELD;
cpu_loop_exit(cs);
}
diff --git a/target-arm/translate-a64.c b/target-arm/translate-a64.c
index e077f2d..689f2be 100644
--- a/target-arm/translate-a64.c
+++ b/target-arm/translate-a64.c
@@ -1199,6 +1199,8 @@ static void handle_hint(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn,
s->is_jmp = DISAS_WFI;
return;
case 1: /* YIELD */
+ s->is_jmp = DISAS_YIELD;
+ return;
case 2: /* WFE */
s->is_jmp = DISAS_WFE;
return;
@@ -11107,6 +11109,10 @@ void gen_intermediate_code_internal_a64(ARMCPU *cpu,
gen_a64_set_pc_im(dc->pc);
gen_helper_wfe(cpu_env);
break;
+ case DISAS_YIELD:
+ gen_a64_set_pc_im(dc->pc);
+ gen_helper_yield(cpu_env);
+ break;
case DISAS_WFI:
/* This is a special case because we don't want to just halt the CPU
* if trying to debug across a WFI.
diff --git a/target-arm/translate.h b/target-arm/translate.h
index bcdcf11..9ab978f 100644
--- a/target-arm/translate.h
+++ b/target-arm/translate.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static inline int default_exception_el(DisasContext *s)
#define DISAS_WFE 7
#define DISAS_HVC 8
#define DISAS_SMC 9
+#define DISAS_YIELD 10
#ifdef TARGET_AARCH64
void a64_translate_init(void);
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