Features/QOM/CPU

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QOM CPU

Convert CPUState to QOM.

Motivation

  1. Short-term: Allow inspecting and modifying CPU properties via QOM.
  2. Short-term: Avoid common target code doing ifs or switches on CPU identifiers.
    • target-arm/helper.c: cpu_reset_model_id()
  3. Short-term: Replace CPU_COMMON macro and duplicated reset code by inheritance.
  4. Mid-term: Avoid dependency of common code on #defines from cpu.h.
  5. Mid-term: Ease instantiation of mixed software-visible cores within one target, e.g.
    • NXP LPC43xx: Cortex-M4 + Cortex-M0
    • ARM big.LITTLE: Cortex-A15 + Cortex-A7
    • Freescale Vybrid VF6xx/VF7xx: Cortex-A5 + Cortex-M4
  6. Long-term: Work towards allowing to compile multiple targets into one executable.
    • Renesas R-Car H1, M1A: ARM Cortex-A9 + SH-4A
    • Renesas R-Home S1: ARM Cortex-A9 + SH-4A + ARM7TDMI-S

"CPU" name conflict

Identifier current interim final
struct CPU$archState or
struct CPUState_$arch
defined in target-*/cpu.h ???
#define CPUState alias to CPU$archState / CPUState_$arch dropped in favor of CPU
struct CPUClass class
#define CPU_CLASS(class) cast macro for class
struct CPU object
#define CPU(obj) cast macro for object
#define CPU_GET_CLASS(obj) macro to obtain class pointer

Resolved by renaming existing CPUState to CPUArchState and by using struct CPUState for the object state, while using CPU(obj) as macro for casting.

Status

QOM CPUState exists, former CPUState is renamed to CPUArchState.

Individual targets have been converted, some are pending review, other conversions are being simplified.

Field movements from CPUArchState to CPUState (and subsequent removal of CPUArchState and CPU_COMMON) are waiting on completion of conversion of all targets.

NB: Due to hosting issues, branches have moved to GitHub.

name depends on
type_init()
qom-user type_init()
object_class_get_list()
qom-cpu qom-user
qom-cpu-arm qom-cpu
qom-cpu-unicore32 qom-cpu
qom-cpu-s390 qom-cpu
qom-cpu-x86, part 1 qom-cpu
qom-cpu-sparc qom-cpu
qom-cpu-ppc qom-cpu
qom-cpu-alpha qom-cpu
qom-cpu-sh4 (to be updated) qom-cpu, object_realize()
qom-cpu-others (to be split up) qom-cpu