[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 06/11] target/arm: optimize cross-page direct jumps in softmmu

[Emilio G. Cota]

Instead of unconditionally exiting to the exec loop, use the
lookup_and_goto_ptr helper to jump to the target if it is valid.

Perf impact: see next commit's log.

Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <address@hidden>
---
 target/arm/translate.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/target/arm/translate.c b/target/arm/translate.c
index e32e38c..02cad96 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate.c
@@ -4085,8 +4085,12 @@ static inline void gen_goto_tb(DisasContext *s, int n, 
target_ulong dest)
         gen_set_pc_im(s, dest);
         tcg_gen_exit_tb((uintptr_t)s->tb + n);
     } else {
+        TCGv addr = tcg_temp_new();
+
         gen_set_pc_im(s, dest);
-        tcg_gen_exit_tb(0);
+        tcg_gen_extu_i32_tl(addr, cpu_R[15]);
+        tcg_gen_lookup_and_goto_ptr(addr);
+        tcg_temp_free(addr);
     }
 }
 
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