Re: [PATCH 0/2] Change default pointer authentication algorithm on aarch64 to impdef

[Pierrick Bouvier]

Hi,

On 12/4/24 13:12, Pierrick Bouvier wrote:
> qemu-system-aarch64 default pointer authentication (QARMA5) is expensive, we
> spent up to 50% of the emulation time running it (when using TCG).
>
> Switching to pauth-impdef=on is often given as a solution to speed up execution.
> Thus we talked about making it the new default.
>
> The first patch introduce a new property (pauth-qarma5) to allow to select
> current default algorithm.
> The second one change the default.
>
> Pierrick Bouvier (2):
>    target/arm: add new property to select pauth-qarma5
>    target/arm: change default pauth algorithm to impdef
>
>   docs/system/arm/cpu-features.rst |  7 +++++--
>   docs/system/introduction.rst     |  2 +-
>   target/arm/cpu.h                 |  1 +
>   target/arm/arm-qmp-cmds.c        |  2 +-
>   target/arm/cpu64.c               | 30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   tests/qtest/arm-cpu-features.c   | 15 +++++++++++----
>   6 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

gentle ping on this series.

Thanks,
Pierrick