Re: [PATCH v11 00/16] target/riscv: Update QEmu for Zb[abcs] 1.0.0

[Philipp Tomsich]

Alistair,

Is there something that is holding this series up?
I believe we should avoid having an outdated draft version of the
bitmanip proposal in 6.2.

Thanks,
Philipp.


On Sat, 11 Sept 2021 at 16:00, Philipp Tomsich <philipp.tomsich@vrull.eu> wrote:
>
>
> The Zb[abcs] extensions have complete public review and are nearing
> ratifications. These individual extensions are one part of what was
> previously though of as the "BitManip" (B) extension, leaving the
> final details of future Zb* extensions open as they will undergo
> further public discourse.
>
> This series updates the earlier support for the B extension by
>  - removing those instructions that are not included in Zb[abcs]
>  - splitting this into 4 separate extensions that can be independently
>    enabled: Zba (addressing), Zbb (basic bit-manip), Zbc (carryless
>    multiplication), Zbs (single-bit operations)
>  - update the to the 1.0.0 version (e.g. w-forms of rev8 and Zbs
>    instructions are not included in Zb[abcs])
>
> For the latest version of the public review speicifcaiton
> (incorporating some editorial fixes and corrections from the review
> period), refer to:
>   
> https://github.com/riscv/riscv-bitmanip/releases/download/1.0.0/bitmanip-1.0.0-31-g2af7256.pdf
>
>
> Changes in v11:
> - Swaps out the EXT_ZERO to EXT_NONE, as no extension is to be performed.
> - Fix typos in commit message.
>
> Changes in v10:
> - New patch
> - New patch, fixing regressions discovered with x264_r.
> - New patch, fixing correctnes for clzw called on a register with undefined
>   (as in: not properly sign-extended) upper bits.
> - Retested with CF3 and SPEC2017 (size=test, size=ref); addressing new
>   regressions (due to bugs in gen_clzw) from testing with SPEC2017 using
>   different optimization levels
> - Split off gen_add_uw() fix into a separate patch, as requested.
>
> Changes in v9:
> - Retested with CF3 and SPEC2017 (size=test only).
> - Rebased to 8880cc4362.
> - Update gen_add_uw() to use a temporary instead of messing with
>   arg1 (fixes a regression after rebase on CF3 and SPEC2017).
> - Rebased to 8880cc4362.
> - Picked up Alistair's Reviewed-by, after patman had failed to catch
>   it for v8.
> - Rebased to 8880cc4362.
> - Fixes a whitespace-at-the-end-of-line warning for the rev8 comment
>   in insn32.decode
> - Rebased to 8880cc4362.
>
> Changes in v8:
> - Optimize orc.b further by reordering the shift/and, updating the
>   comment to reflect that we put the truth-value into the LSB, and
>   putting the (now only) constant in a temporary
> - Fold the final bitwise-not into the second and, using and andc.
>
> Changes in v7:
> - Free TCG temporary in gen_orc_b().
>
> Changes in v6:
> - Move gen_clmulh to trans_rvb.c.inc, as per Richard H's request.
> - Fixed orc.b (now passes SPEC w/ optimized string functions) by
>   adding the missing final negation.
>
> Changes in v5:
> - Introduce gen_clmulh (as suggested by Richard H) and use to simplify
>   trans_clmulh().
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Drop rewrite of slli.uw (to match formal specification), as it would
>   remove an optimization.
> - Change orc.b to implementation suggested by Richard Henderson
> - reorder trans_rev8* functions to be sequential
> - rename rev8 to rev8_32 in decoder
> - Renamed RV32 variant to zext_h_32.
> - Reordered trans_zext_h_{32,64} to be next to each other.
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Split off removal of 'x-b' property and 'ext_b' field into a separate
>   patch to ensure bisectability.
> - The changes to the Zba instructions (i.e. the REQUIRE_ZBA macro
>   and its use for qualifying the Zba instructions) are moved into
>   a separate commit.
> - Remove the W-form instructions from Zbs in a separate commit.
> - Remove shift-one instructions in a separate commit.
> - The changes to the Zbs instructions (i.e. the REQUIRE_ZBS macro) and
>   its use for qualifying the Zba instructions) are moved into a
>   separate commit.
> - This adds the Zbc instructions as a spearate commit.
> - Uses a helper for clmul/clmulr instead of inlining the calculation of
>   the result (addressing a comment from Richard Henderson).
> - The changes to the Zbb instructions (i.e. use the REQUIRE_ZBB macro)
>   are now in a separate commit.
> - Moved orc.b and gorc/gorci changes into separate commit.
> - Using the simpler orc.b implementation suggested by Richard Henderson
> - Moved the REQUIRE_32BIT macro into a separate commit.
> - rev8-addition & grevi*-removal moved to a separate commit
> - Moved zext.h-addition & pack*-removal to a separate commit.
> - Removing RVB moved into a separate commit at the tail-end of the series.
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix missing ';' from last-minute whitespace cleanups.
>
> Philipp Tomsich (16):
>   target/riscv: Introduce temporary in gen_add_uw()
>   target/riscv: fix clzw implementation to operate on arg1
>   target/riscv: clwz must ignore high bits (use shift-left & changed
>     logic)
>   target/riscv: Add x-zba, x-zbb, x-zbc and x-zbs properties
>   target/riscv: Reassign instructions to the Zba-extension
>   target/riscv: Remove the W-form instructions from Zbs
>   target/riscv: Remove shift-one instructions (proposed Zbo in pre-0.93
>     draft-B)
>   target/riscv: Reassign instructions to the Zbs-extension
>   target/riscv: Add instructions of the Zbc-extension
>   target/riscv: Reassign instructions to the Zbb-extension
>   target/riscv: Add orc.b instruction for Zbb, removing gorc/gorci
>   target/riscv: Add a REQUIRE_32BIT macro
>   target/riscv: Add rev8 instruction, removing grev/grevi
>   target/riscv: Add zext.h instructions to Zbb, removing
>     pack/packu/packh
>   target/riscv: Remove RVB (replaced by Zb[abcs])
>   disas/riscv: Add Zb[abcs] instructions
>
>  disas/riscv.c                           | 157 ++++++++-
>  target/riscv/bitmanip_helper.c          |  65 +---
>  target/riscv/cpu.c                      |  30 +-
>  target/riscv/cpu.h                      |   7 +-
>  target/riscv/helper.h                   |   6 +-
>  target/riscv/insn32.decode              | 115 +++----
>  target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvb.c.inc | 419 ++++++++----------------
>  target/riscv/translate.c                |   6 +
>  8 files changed, 366 insertions(+), 439 deletions(-)
>
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> 2.25.1
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