[v2,0/7] target/ppc: misc ppc improvements/optimizations

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Harsh Prateek Bora May 23, 2024, 5:14 a.m. UTC

This a set of misc ppc arch specific code improvements/optimizations.
Although there exists similar instances for potential improvements in
the legacy ppc code, however, that can be taken up later as well.

Changelog:
v2: addressed review comments from BALATON Zoltan
v1: Initial patch

Harsh Prateek Bora (7):
  target/ppc: use locally stored msr and avoid indirect access
  target/ppc: optimize hreg_compute_pmu_hflags_value
  target/ppc: optimize hreg_compute_pmu_hflags_value
  target/ppc: optimize p9 exception handling routines
  target/ppc: optimize p9 exception handling routines for lpcr
  target/ppc: reduce duplicate code between init_proc_POWER{9,10}
  target/ppc: redue code duplication across Power9/10 init code

 target/ppc/cpu_init.h    |  77 ++++++++++++++++++
 target/ppc/cpu_init.c    | 166 ++++++---------------------------------
 target/ppc/excp_helper.c |  72 +++++++++--------
 target/ppc/helper_regs.c |  19 ++---
 4 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 184 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 target/ppc/cpu_init.h