[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] target/ppc: extend eieio for POWER9

Cédric Le Goater posted 1 patch 5 years, 10 months ago
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target/ppc/cpu.h                |  5 ++++-
target/ppc/translate.c          | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c |  3 ++-
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] target/ppc: extend eieio for POWER9
Posted by Cédric Le Goater 5 years, 10 months ago
POWER9 introduced a new variant of the eieio instruction using bit 6
as a hint to tell the CPU it is a store-forwarding barrier.

The usage of this eieio extension was recently added in Linux 4.17
which activated the "support for a store forwarding barrier at kernel
entry/exit".

Unfortunately, it is not possible to insert this new eieio instruction
without considerable change in ppc_tr_translate_insn(). So instead we
loosen the QEMU eieio instruction mask. The gen_eieio() helper is
modified to test for bit6 and a custom instruction flag to catch
invalid eieio opcodes on non-POWER9 CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
---
 target/ppc/cpu.h                |  5 ++++-
 target/ppc/translate.c          | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h
index 0247c1f04c37..021c9b2f10d1 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu.h
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h
@@ -2206,6 +2206,9 @@ enum {
     /* POWER ISA 3.0                                                         */
     PPC2_ISA300        = 0x0000000000080000ULL,
 
+    /* POWER ISA 3.0 eieio variants                                          */
+    PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2    = 0x0000000000100000ULL,
+
 #define PPC_TCG_INSNS2 (PPC2_BOOKE206 | PPC2_VSX | PPC2_PRCNTL | PPC2_DBRX | \
                         PPC2_ISA205 | PPC2_VSX207 | PPC2_PERM_ISA206 | \
                         PPC2_DIVE_ISA206 | PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206 | \
@@ -2213,7 +2216,7 @@ enum {
                         PPC2_BCTAR_ISA207 | PPC2_LSQ_ISA207 | \
                         PPC2_ALTIVEC_207 | PPC2_ISA207S | PPC2_DFP | \
                         PPC2_FP_CVT_S64 | PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | \
-                        PPC2_ISA300)
+                        PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2)
 };
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/target/ppc/translate.c b/target/ppc/translate.c
index 8ba8f67dc513..a73ef02aef1d 100644
--- a/target/ppc/translate.c
+++ b/target/ppc/translate.c
@@ -2967,7 +2967,22 @@ static void gen_stswx(DisasContext *ctx)
 /* eieio */
 static void gen_eieio(DisasContext *ctx)
 {
-    tcg_gen_mb(TCG_MO_LD_ST | TCG_BAR_SC);
+    TCGBar bar = TCG_MO_LD_ST;
+
+    /*
+     * POWER9 has a eieio instruction variant using bit 6 as a hint to
+     * tell the CPU it is a store-forwarding barrier.
+     */
+    if (ctx->opcode & 0x2000000) {
+        if (!(ctx->insns_flags2 & PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2)) {
+            qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "invalid eieio using bit 6 at @"
+                          TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", ctx->base.pc_next - 4);
+            return;
+        }
+        bar = TCG_MO_ST_LD;
+    }
+
+    tcg_gen_mb(bar | TCG_BAR_SC);
 }
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
@@ -6483,7 +6498,7 @@ GEN_HANDLER(lswi, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x12, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
 GEN_HANDLER(lswx, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x10, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
 GEN_HANDLER(stswi, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x16, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
 GEN_HANDLER(stswx, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x14, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
-GEN_HANDLER(eieio, 0x1F, 0x16, 0x1A, 0x03FFF801, PPC_MEM_EIEIO),
+GEN_HANDLER(eieio, 0x1F, 0x16, 0x1A, 0x01FFF801, PPC_MEM_EIEIO),
 GEN_HANDLER(isync, 0x13, 0x16, 0x04, 0x03FFF801, PPC_MEM),
 GEN_HANDLER_E(lbarx, 0x1F, 0x14, 0x01, 0, PPC_NONE, PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206),
 GEN_HANDLER_E(lharx, 0x1F, 0x14, 0x03, 0, PPC_NONE, PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206),
diff --git a/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c b/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c
index 1a89017ddea8..6b70f6dc5a2c 100644
--- a/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c
+++ b/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c
@@ -8847,7 +8847,8 @@ POWERPC_FAMILY(POWER9)(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
                         PPC2_FP_TST_ISA206 | PPC2_BCTAR_ISA207 |
                         PPC2_LSQ_ISA207 | PPC2_ALTIVEC_207 |
                         PPC2_ISA205 | PPC2_ISA207S | PPC2_FP_CVT_S64 |
-                        PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_PRCNTL;
+                        PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_PRCNTL |
+                        PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2;
     pcc->msr_mask = (1ull << MSR_SF) |
                     (1ull << MSR_TM) |
                     (1ull << MSR_VR) |
-- 
2.13.6


Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] target/ppc: extend eieio for POWER9
Posted by David Gibson 5 years, 10 months ago
On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 08:08:30AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> POWER9 introduced a new variant of the eieio instruction using bit 6
> as a hint to tell the CPU it is a store-forwarding barrier.
> 
> The usage of this eieio extension was recently added in Linux 4.17
> which activated the "support for a store forwarding barrier at kernel
> entry/exit".
> 
> Unfortunately, it is not possible to insert this new eieio instruction
> without considerable change in ppc_tr_translate_insn(). So instead we
> loosen the QEMU eieio instruction mask. The gen_eieio() helper is
> modified to test for bit6 and a custom instruction flag to catch
> invalid eieio opcodes on non-POWER9 CPUs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
> ---
>  target/ppc/cpu.h                |  5 ++++-
>  target/ppc/translate.c          | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c |  3 ++-
>  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h
> index 0247c1f04c37..021c9b2f10d1 100644
> --- a/target/ppc/cpu.h
> +++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h
> @@ -2206,6 +2206,9 @@ enum {
>      /* POWER ISA 3.0                                                         */
>      PPC2_ISA300        = 0x0000000000080000ULL,
>  
> +    /* POWER ISA 3.0 eieio variants                                          */
> +    PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2    = 0x0000000000100000ULL,
> +
>  #define PPC_TCG_INSNS2 (PPC2_BOOKE206 | PPC2_VSX | PPC2_PRCNTL | PPC2_DBRX | \
>                          PPC2_ISA205 | PPC2_VSX207 | PPC2_PERM_ISA206 | \
>                          PPC2_DIVE_ISA206 | PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206 | \
> @@ -2213,7 +2216,7 @@ enum {
>                          PPC2_BCTAR_ISA207 | PPC2_LSQ_ISA207 | \
>                          PPC2_ALTIVEC_207 | PPC2_ISA207S | PPC2_DFP | \
>                          PPC2_FP_CVT_S64 | PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | \
> -                        PPC2_ISA300)
> +                        PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2)
>  };
>  
>  /*****************************************************************************/
> diff --git a/target/ppc/translate.c b/target/ppc/translate.c
> index 8ba8f67dc513..a73ef02aef1d 100644
> --- a/target/ppc/translate.c
> +++ b/target/ppc/translate.c
> @@ -2967,7 +2967,22 @@ static void gen_stswx(DisasContext *ctx)
>  /* eieio */
>  static void gen_eieio(DisasContext *ctx)
>  {
> -    tcg_gen_mb(TCG_MO_LD_ST | TCG_BAR_SC);
> +    TCGBar bar = TCG_MO_LD_ST;
> +
> +    /*
> +     * POWER9 has a eieio instruction variant using bit 6 as a hint to
> +     * tell the CPU it is a store-forwarding barrier.
> +     */
> +    if (ctx->opcode & 0x2000000) {
> +        if (!(ctx->insns_flags2 & PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2)) {

Since we have to adapt the gen_eieio code anyway we don't really need
the new instruction flag - we can just reuse PPC2_ISA300 for it.

> +            qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "invalid eieio using bit 6 at @"
> +                          TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", ctx->base.pc_next - 4);

Logging is ok, but it's not enough in this context - that will turn
the variant eieio into a no-op.  You need to actually generate an
invalid instruction exception here, which is what I assume will happen
if you try to execute the new variant on a POWER8:
    gen_inval_exception(ctx, POWERPC_EXCP_INVAL_INVAL);

> +            return;
> +        }
> +        bar = TCG_MO_ST_LD;
> +    }
> +
> +    tcg_gen_mb(bar | TCG_BAR_SC);
>  }
>  
>  #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
> @@ -6483,7 +6498,7 @@ GEN_HANDLER(lswi, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x12, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
>  GEN_HANDLER(lswx, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x10, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
>  GEN_HANDLER(stswi, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x16, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
>  GEN_HANDLER(stswx, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x14, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
> -GEN_HANDLER(eieio, 0x1F, 0x16, 0x1A, 0x03FFF801, PPC_MEM_EIEIO),
> +GEN_HANDLER(eieio, 0x1F, 0x16, 0x1A, 0x01FFF801, PPC_MEM_EIEIO),
>  GEN_HANDLER(isync, 0x13, 0x16, 0x04, 0x03FFF801, PPC_MEM),
>  GEN_HANDLER_E(lbarx, 0x1F, 0x14, 0x01, 0, PPC_NONE, PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206),
>  GEN_HANDLER_E(lharx, 0x1F, 0x14, 0x03, 0, PPC_NONE, PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206),
> diff --git a/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c b/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c
> index 1a89017ddea8..6b70f6dc5a2c 100644
> --- a/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c
> +++ b/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c
> @@ -8847,7 +8847,8 @@ POWERPC_FAMILY(POWER9)(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
>                          PPC2_FP_TST_ISA206 | PPC2_BCTAR_ISA207 |
>                          PPC2_LSQ_ISA207 | PPC2_ALTIVEC_207 |
>                          PPC2_ISA205 | PPC2_ISA207S | PPC2_FP_CVT_S64 |
> -                        PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_PRCNTL;
> +                        PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_PRCNTL |
> +                        PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2;
>      pcc->msr_mask = (1ull << MSR_SF) |
>                      (1ull << MSR_TM) |
>                      (1ull << MSR_VR) |

-- 
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				| _way_ _around_!
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] target/ppc: extend eieio for POWER9
Posted by Cédric Le Goater 5 years, 10 months ago
On 06/06/2018 08:32 AM, David Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 08:08:30AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
>> POWER9 introduced a new variant of the eieio instruction using bit 6
>> as a hint to tell the CPU it is a store-forwarding barrier.
>>
>> The usage of this eieio extension was recently added in Linux 4.17
>> which activated the "support for a store forwarding barrier at kernel
>> entry/exit".
>>
>> Unfortunately, it is not possible to insert this new eieio instruction
>> without considerable change in ppc_tr_translate_insn(). So instead we
>> loosen the QEMU eieio instruction mask. The gen_eieio() helper is
>> modified to test for bit6 and a custom instruction flag to catch
>> invalid eieio opcodes on non-POWER9 CPUs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
>> ---
>>  target/ppc/cpu.h                |  5 ++++-
>>  target/ppc/translate.c          | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>>  target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c |  3 ++-
>>  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h
>> index 0247c1f04c37..021c9b2f10d1 100644
>> --- a/target/ppc/cpu.h
>> +++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h
>> @@ -2206,6 +2206,9 @@ enum {
>>      /* POWER ISA 3.0                                                         */
>>      PPC2_ISA300        = 0x0000000000080000ULL,
>>  
>> +    /* POWER ISA 3.0 eieio variants                                          */
>> +    PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2    = 0x0000000000100000ULL,
>> +
>>  #define PPC_TCG_INSNS2 (PPC2_BOOKE206 | PPC2_VSX | PPC2_PRCNTL | PPC2_DBRX | \
>>                          PPC2_ISA205 | PPC2_VSX207 | PPC2_PERM_ISA206 | \
>>                          PPC2_DIVE_ISA206 | PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206 | \
>> @@ -2213,7 +2216,7 @@ enum {
>>                          PPC2_BCTAR_ISA207 | PPC2_LSQ_ISA207 | \
>>                          PPC2_ALTIVEC_207 | PPC2_ISA207S | PPC2_DFP | \
>>                          PPC2_FP_CVT_S64 | PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | \
>> -                        PPC2_ISA300)
>> +                        PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2)
>>  };
>>  
>>  /*****************************************************************************/
>> diff --git a/target/ppc/translate.c b/target/ppc/translate.c
>> index 8ba8f67dc513..a73ef02aef1d 100644
>> --- a/target/ppc/translate.c
>> +++ b/target/ppc/translate.c
>> @@ -2967,7 +2967,22 @@ static void gen_stswx(DisasContext *ctx)
>>  /* eieio */
>>  static void gen_eieio(DisasContext *ctx)
>>  {
>> -    tcg_gen_mb(TCG_MO_LD_ST | TCG_BAR_SC);
>> +    TCGBar bar = TCG_MO_LD_ST;
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * POWER9 has a eieio instruction variant using bit 6 as a hint to
>> +     * tell the CPU it is a store-forwarding barrier.
>> +     */
>> +    if (ctx->opcode & 0x2000000) {
>> +        if (!(ctx->insns_flags2 & PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2)) {
> 
> Since we have to adapt the gen_eieio code anyway we don't really need
> the new instruction flag - we can just reuse PPC2_ISA300 for it.

OK. That seems now a little superfluous, indeed. Unless there are more
or these instructions which depend on CPU revision. I don't know so
let's stick to  PPC2_ISA300.

> 
>> +            qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "invalid eieio using bit 6 at @"
>> +                          TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", ctx->base.pc_next - 4);
> 
> Logging is ok, but it's not enough in this context - that will turn
> the variant eieio into a no-op.  You need to actually generate an
> invalid instruction exception here, which is what I assume will happen
> if you try to execute the new variant on a POWER8:
>     gen_inval_exception(ctx, POWERPC_EXCP_INVAL_INVAL);

well, I didn't try but ISA says that :

	"Reserved fields in instructions are ignored by the processor."

So it should be a no-op.

C. 

>> +            return;
>> +        }
>> +        bar = TCG_MO_ST_LD;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    tcg_gen_mb(bar | TCG_BAR_SC);
>>  }
>>  
>>  #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
>> @@ -6483,7 +6498,7 @@ GEN_HANDLER(lswi, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x12, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
>>  GEN_HANDLER(lswx, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x10, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
>>  GEN_HANDLER(stswi, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x16, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
>>  GEN_HANDLER(stswx, 0x1F, 0x15, 0x14, 0x00000001, PPC_STRING),
>> -GEN_HANDLER(eieio, 0x1F, 0x16, 0x1A, 0x03FFF801, PPC_MEM_EIEIO),
>> +GEN_HANDLER(eieio, 0x1F, 0x16, 0x1A, 0x01FFF801, PPC_MEM_EIEIO),
>>  GEN_HANDLER(isync, 0x13, 0x16, 0x04, 0x03FFF801, PPC_MEM),
>>  GEN_HANDLER_E(lbarx, 0x1F, 0x14, 0x01, 0, PPC_NONE, PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206),
>>  GEN_HANDLER_E(lharx, 0x1F, 0x14, 0x03, 0, PPC_NONE, PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206),
>> diff --git a/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c b/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c
>> index 1a89017ddea8..6b70f6dc5a2c 100644
>> --- a/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c
>> +++ b/target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c
>> @@ -8847,7 +8847,8 @@ POWERPC_FAMILY(POWER9)(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
>>                          PPC2_FP_TST_ISA206 | PPC2_BCTAR_ISA207 |
>>                          PPC2_LSQ_ISA207 | PPC2_ALTIVEC_207 |
>>                          PPC2_ISA205 | PPC2_ISA207S | PPC2_FP_CVT_S64 |
>> -                        PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_PRCNTL;
>> +                        PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_PRCNTL |
>> +                        PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2;
>>      pcc->msr_mask = (1ull << MSR_SF) |
>>                      (1ull << MSR_TM) |
>>                      (1ull << MSR_VR) |
> 


Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] target/ppc: extend eieio for POWER9
Posted by David Gibson 5 years, 10 months ago
On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 08:42:08AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> On 06/06/2018 08:32 AM, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 08:08:30AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> >> POWER9 introduced a new variant of the eieio instruction using bit 6
> >> as a hint to tell the CPU it is a store-forwarding barrier.
> >>
> >> The usage of this eieio extension was recently added in Linux 4.17
> >> which activated the "support for a store forwarding barrier at kernel
> >> entry/exit".
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, it is not possible to insert this new eieio instruction
> >> without considerable change in ppc_tr_translate_insn(). So instead we
> >> loosen the QEMU eieio instruction mask. The gen_eieio() helper is
> >> modified to test for bit6 and a custom instruction flag to catch
> >> invalid eieio opcodes on non-POWER9 CPUs.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
> >> ---
> >>  target/ppc/cpu.h                |  5 ++++-
> >>  target/ppc/translate.c          | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
> >>  target/ppc/translate_init.inc.c |  3 ++-
> >>  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h
> >> index 0247c1f04c37..021c9b2f10d1 100644
> >> --- a/target/ppc/cpu.h
> >> +++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h
> >> @@ -2206,6 +2206,9 @@ enum {
> >>      /* POWER ISA 3.0                                                         */
> >>      PPC2_ISA300        = 0x0000000000080000ULL,
> >>  
> >> +    /* POWER ISA 3.0 eieio variants                                          */
> >> +    PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2    = 0x0000000000100000ULL,
> >> +
> >>  #define PPC_TCG_INSNS2 (PPC2_BOOKE206 | PPC2_VSX | PPC2_PRCNTL | PPC2_DBRX | \
> >>                          PPC2_ISA205 | PPC2_VSX207 | PPC2_PERM_ISA206 | \
> >>                          PPC2_DIVE_ISA206 | PPC2_ATOMIC_ISA206 | \
> >> @@ -2213,7 +2216,7 @@ enum {
> >>                          PPC2_BCTAR_ISA207 | PPC2_LSQ_ISA207 | \
> >>                          PPC2_ALTIVEC_207 | PPC2_ISA207S | PPC2_DFP | \
> >>                          PPC2_FP_CVT_S64 | PPC2_TM | PPC2_PM_ISA206 | \
> >> -                        PPC2_ISA300)
> >> +                        PPC2_ISA300 | PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2)
> >>  };
> >>  
> >>  /*****************************************************************************/
> >> diff --git a/target/ppc/translate.c b/target/ppc/translate.c
> >> index 8ba8f67dc513..a73ef02aef1d 100644
> >> --- a/target/ppc/translate.c
> >> +++ b/target/ppc/translate.c
> >> @@ -2967,7 +2967,22 @@ static void gen_stswx(DisasContext *ctx)
> >>  /* eieio */
> >>  static void gen_eieio(DisasContext *ctx)
> >>  {
> >> -    tcg_gen_mb(TCG_MO_LD_ST | TCG_BAR_SC);
> >> +    TCGBar bar = TCG_MO_LD_ST;
> >> +
> >> +    /*
> >> +     * POWER9 has a eieio instruction variant using bit 6 as a hint to
> >> +     * tell the CPU it is a store-forwarding barrier.
> >> +     */
> >> +    if (ctx->opcode & 0x2000000) {
> >> +        if (!(ctx->insns_flags2 & PPC2_MEM_EIEIO2)) {
> > 
> > Since we have to adapt the gen_eieio code anyway we don't really need
> > the new instruction flag - we can just reuse PPC2_ISA300 for it.
> 
> OK. That seems now a little superfluous, indeed. Unless there are more
> or these instructions which depend on CPU revision. I don't know so
> let's stick to  PPC2_ISA300.
> 
> > 
> >> +            qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "invalid eieio using bit 6 at @"
> >> +                          TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", ctx->base.pc_next - 4);
> > 
> > Logging is ok, but it's not enough in this context - that will turn
> > the variant eieio into a no-op.  You need to actually generate an
> > invalid instruction exception here, which is what I assume will happen
> > if you try to execute the new variant on a POWER8:
> >     gen_inval_exception(ctx, POWERPC_EXCP_INVAL_INVAL);
> 
> well, I didn't try but ISA says that :
> 
> 	"Reserved fields in instructions are ignored by the processor."
> 
> So it should be a no-op.

Ah, ok.  So, no 0x700, but.. that doesn't mean a no-op, that means it
should act as a normal eieio.

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				| _way_ _around_!
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