Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] fpu: Remove use of int_fast*_t types

[Aurelien Jarno]

On 2016-01-26 11:30, Peter Maydell wrote:
> This patchset removes the uses of int_fast*_t types from the
> softfloat code:
>  * the return types for the "convert to 16 bit integer" functions
>    are changed to int16_t
>  * uses of int_fast*_t for a shift count or an exponent value
>    are changed to int
> 
> Basically, where the type was being used to mean what should
> logically be exactly 16 bits we use int16_t; where it was just
> being used for a value which isn't inherently 16 bits wide
> we switch to plain int.
> 
> Compatibility note: both these changes match the logical definition
> of int_fast*_t so if the code was not previously buggily relying
> on the width it happened to be they will not introduce any new bugs.
> In practice on glibc int_fast16_t is 32-bits on 32-bit platforms
> and 64-bits on 64-bit platforms so we are changing the underlying
> type size. I have tested by running a bunch of ARM regression
> tests with 'risu', so I'm pretty happy this doesn't cause problems.
> 
> The final patch removes some back-compat defines from osdep.h;
> it depends on both the earlier patches in this series and also
> on the targe-mips patch I sent out yesterday:
>   http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/572843/
> (there are no other uses of the int_fast* types in QEMU.)
> 
> thanks
> -- PMM
> 
> Peter Maydell (4):
>   fpu: Remove use of int_fast16_t in conversions to int16
>   fpu: Use plain 'int' rather than 'int_fast16_t' for shift counts
>   fpu: Use plain 'int' rather than 'int_fast16_t' for exponents
>   osdep.h: Remove int_fast*_t Solaris compatibility code
> 
>  fpu/softfloat-macros.h  |  18 +++---
>  fpu/softfloat.c         | 162 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  include/fpu/softfloat.h |  16 ++---
>  include/qemu/osdep.h    |   7 ---
>  4 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-)

Great work.

Reviewed-by: Aurelien Jarno <address@hidden>

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