linux-user/arm: Deprecate nwfpe

[PATCH for-11.0? 0/3] linux-user/arm: Deprecate nwfpe

Posted by Richard Henderson 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Deprecate nwfpe emulation.
But while it still exists, fix thread safety.

r~

Richard Henderson (3):
  docs: Deprecate linux-user/arm/nwfpe
  linux-user/arm/nwfpe: Replace user_registers with current_cpu
  linux-user/arm/nwfpe: Use thread-local storage for qemufpa

 linux-user/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.h | 25 ++++++++-----------------
 linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c    |  2 +-
 linux-user/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.c | 12 ++----------
 docs/about/deprecated.rst    | 12 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

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2.43.0

Re: [PATCH for-11.0? 0/3] linux-user/arm: Deprecate nwfpe

Posted by Helge Deller 6 days, 4 hours ago

On 4/14/26 01:02, Richard Henderson wrote:
> Deprecate nwfpe emulation.
> But while it still exists, fix thread safety.
> 
> r~
> 
> Richard Henderson (3):
>    docs: Deprecate linux-user/arm/nwfpe
>    linux-user/arm/nwfpe: Replace user_registers with current_cpu
>    linux-user/arm/nwfpe: Use thread-local storage for qemufpa
> 
>   linux-user/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.h | 25 ++++++++-----------------
>   linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c    |  2 +-
>   linux-user/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.c | 12 ++----------
>   docs/about/deprecated.rst    | 12 ++++++++++++
>   4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

I've applied this series to the linux-user for-next git tree:
https://gitlab.com/hdeller/qemu/-/commits/linux-user-next?ref_type=heads

Thanks!
Helge

Re: [PATCH for-11.0? 0/3] linux-user/arm: Deprecate nwfpe

Posted by Peter Maydell 6 days, 4 hours ago

On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 at 19:54, Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> On 4/14/26 01:02, Richard Henderson wrote:
> > Deprecate nwfpe emulation.
> > But while it still exists, fix thread safety.
> >
> > r~
> >
> > Richard Henderson (3):
> >    docs: Deprecate linux-user/arm/nwfpe
> >    linux-user/arm/nwfpe: Replace user_registers with current_cpu
> >    linux-user/arm/nwfpe: Use thread-local storage for qemufpa
> >
> >   linux-user/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.h | 25 ++++++++-----------------
> >   linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c    |  2 +-
> >   linux-user/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.c | 12 ++----------
> >   docs/about/deprecated.rst    | 12 ++++++++++++
> >   4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
> I've applied this series to the linux-user for-next git tree:
> https://gitlab.com/hdeller/qemu/-/commits/linux-user-next?ref_type=heads

Please don't take patch 1 -- we put a different version of
that into git already before 11.0 was released.

thanks
-- PMM

Re: [PATCH for-11.0? 0/3] linux-user/arm: Deprecate nwfpe

Posted by Helge Deller 6 days, 3 hours ago

On 4/23/26 21:02, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 at 19:54, Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 4/14/26 01:02, Richard Henderson wrote:
>>> Deprecate nwfpe emulation.
>>> But while it still exists, fix thread safety.
>>>
>>> r~
>>>
>>> Richard Henderson (3):
>>>     docs: Deprecate linux-user/arm/nwfpe
>>>     linux-user/arm/nwfpe: Replace user_registers with current_cpu
>>>     linux-user/arm/nwfpe: Use thread-local storage for qemufpa
>>>
>>>    linux-user/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.h | 25 ++++++++-----------------
>>>    linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c    |  2 +-
>>>    linux-user/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.c | 12 ++----------
>>>    docs/about/deprecated.rst    | 12 ++++++++++++
>>>    4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>>
>> I've applied this series to the linux-user for-next git tree:
>> https://gitlab.com/hdeller/qemu/-/commits/linux-user-next?ref_type=heads
> 
> Please don't take patch 1 -- we put a different version of
> that into git already before 11.0 was released.
Sure. I've dropped the "docs: Deprecate linux-user/arm/nwfpe" patch.

Thanks!
Helge