[PATCH v2 6/6] target-arm: cpu.h document why env->spsr exists

Alex Bennée alex.bennee at linaro.org
Wed Mar 4 06:35:53 PST 2015


I was getting very confused about the duplication of state. Perhaps we
should just get rid of env->spsr and use helpers that understand the
banking?

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee at linaro.org>

diff --git a/target-arm/cpu.h b/target-arm/cpu.h
index 11845a6..d7fd13f 100644
--- a/target-arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target-arm/cpu.h
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ typedef struct CPUARMState {
        This contains all the other bits.  Use cpsr_{read,write} to access
        the whole CPSR.  */
     uint32_t uncached_cpsr;
+    /* The spsr is a alias for spsr_elN where N is the current
+     * exception level. It is provided for here so the TCG msr/mrs
+     * implementation can access one register. Care needs to be taken
+     * to ensure the banked_spsr[] is also updated.
+     */
     uint32_t spsr;
 
     /* Banked registers.  */
-- 
2.3.1




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