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[PATCH v1 3/3] target/i386: Add the immediate form MSR access instructio
From: |
Xin Li (Intel) |
Subject: |
[PATCH v1 3/3] target/i386: Add the immediate form MSR access instruction support |
Date: |
Fri, 3 Jan 2025 00:48:27 -0800 |
The immediate form of MSR access instructions are primarily motivated by
performance, not code size: by having the MSR number in an immediate, it
is available *much* earlier in the pipeline, which allows the hardware
much more leeway about how a particular MSR is handled.
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com>
---
target/i386/cpu.c | 2 +-
target/i386/cpu.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 2fb05879c3..83fb059d09 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ FeatureWordInfo feature_word_info[FEATURE_WORDS] = {
.type = CPUID_FEATURE_WORD,
.feat_names = {
NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
- NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+ NULL, "msr-imm", NULL, NULL,
NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
index d23fa96549..df27c359d3 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
@@ -987,6 +987,9 @@ uint64_t x86_cpu_get_supported_feature_word(X86CPU *cpu,
FeatureWord w);
/* Non-Serializing Write to Model Specific Register (WRMSRNS) */
#define CPUID_7_1_EAX_WRMSRNS (1U << 19)
+/* The immediate form of MSR access instructions */
+#define CPUID_7_1_ECX_MSR_IMM (1U << 5)
+
/* Do not exhibit MXCSR Configuration Dependent Timing (MCDT) behavior */
#define CPUID_7_2_EDX_MCDT_NO (1U << 5)
--
2.47.1