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[RFC] tcg/plugins: enable by default for TCG builds

Message ID 20210625112741.12566-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org
State New
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Series [RFC] tcg/plugins: enable by default for TCG builds | expand

Commit Message

Alex Bennée June 25, 2021, 11:27 a.m. UTC
Aside from a minor bloat to file size the ability to have TCG plugins
has no real impact on performance unless a plugin is actively loaded.
Even then the libempty.so plugin shows only a minor degradation in
performance caused by the extra book keeping the TCG has to do to keep
track of instructions. As it's a useful feature lets just enable it by
default and reduce our testing matrix a little.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>

---
 docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst |  3 ++-
 configure                  |  2 +-
 .gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml | 23 -----------------------
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

-- 
2.20.1

Comments

Willian Rampazzo June 25, 2021, 6:08 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 8:27 AM Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> wrote:
>

> Aside from a minor bloat to file size the ability to have TCG plugins

> has no real impact on performance unless a plugin is actively loaded.

> Even then the libempty.so plugin shows only a minor degradation in

> performance caused by the extra book keeping the TCG has to do to keep

> track of instructions. As it's a useful feature lets just enable it by

> default and reduce our testing matrix a little.

>

> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

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

> ---

>  docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst |  3 ++-

>  configure                  |  2 +-

>  .gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml | 23 -----------------------

>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

>


As far as code is concerned, it looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: WIllian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Thomas Huth June 26, 2021, 6:54 a.m. UTC | #2
On 25/06/2021 13.27, Alex Bennée wrote:
> Aside from a minor bloat to file size the ability to have TCG plugins

> has no real impact on performance unless a plugin is actively loaded.

> Even then the libempty.so plugin shows only a minor degradation in

> performance caused by the extra book keeping the TCG has to do to keep

> track of instructions. As it's a useful feature lets just enable it by

> default and reduce our testing matrix a little.

> 

> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

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

> ---

>   docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst |  3 ++-

>   configure                  |  2 +-

>   .gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml | 23 -----------------------

>   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

> 

> diff --git a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst

> index 18c6581d85..0cd77c77d2 100644

> --- a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst

> +++ b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst

> @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ API

>   Usage

>   =====

>   

> -The QEMU binary needs to be compiled for plugin support::

> +Any QEMU binary with TCG support has plugins enabled by default.

> +Earlier releases needed to be explicitly enabled with::

>   

>     configure --enable-plugins

>   

> diff --git a/configure b/configure

> index 38704b4e11..9f7161e26c 100755

> --- a/configure

> +++ b/configure

> @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ libxml2="$default_feature"

>   debug_mutex="no"

>   libpmem="$default_feature"

>   default_devices="true"

> -plugins="no"

> +plugins="$default_feature"

>   fuzzing="no"

>   rng_none="no"

>   secret_keyring="$default_feature"

> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml

> index d9b834c848..89df51517c 100644

> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml

> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml

> @@ -354,29 +354,6 @@ build-some-softmmu:

>       TARGETS: xtensa-softmmu arm-softmmu aarch64-softmmu alpha-softmmu

>       MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-tcg

>   

> -# Run check-tcg against linux-user (with plugins)

> -# we skip sparc64-linux-user until it has been fixed somewhat

> -# we skip cris-linux-user as it doesn't use the common run loop

> -build-user-plugins:

> -  extends: .native_build_job_template

> -  needs:

> -    job: amd64-debian-user-cross-container

> -  variables:

> -    IMAGE: debian-all-test-cross

> -    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --disable-tools --disable-system --enable-plugins --enable-debug-tcg --target-list-exclude=sparc64-linux-user,cris-linux-user

> -    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-tcg

> -  timeout: 1h 30m

> -

> -build-some-softmmu-plugins:

> -  extends: .native_build_job_template

> -  needs:

> -    job: amd64-debian-user-cross-container

> -  variables:

> -    IMAGE: debian-all-test-cross

> -    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --disable-tools --disable-user --enable-plugins --enable-debug-tcg

> -    TARGETS: xtensa-softmmu arm-softmmu aarch64-softmmu alpha-softmmu

> -    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-tcg

> -

>   clang-system:

>     extends: .native_build_job_template

>     needs:

> 


Seems to be a good idea!

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst
index 18c6581d85..0cd77c77d2 100644
--- a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@  API
 Usage
 =====
 
-The QEMU binary needs to be compiled for plugin support::
+Any QEMU binary with TCG support has plugins enabled by default.
+Earlier releases needed to be explicitly enabled with::
 
   configure --enable-plugins
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 38704b4e11..9f7161e26c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@  libxml2="$default_feature"
 debug_mutex="no"
 libpmem="$default_feature"
 default_devices="true"
-plugins="no"
+plugins="$default_feature"
 fuzzing="no"
 rng_none="no"
 secret_keyring="$default_feature"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
index d9b834c848..89df51517c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
@@ -354,29 +354,6 @@  build-some-softmmu:
     TARGETS: xtensa-softmmu arm-softmmu aarch64-softmmu alpha-softmmu
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-tcg
 
-# Run check-tcg against linux-user (with plugins)
-# we skip sparc64-linux-user until it has been fixed somewhat
-# we skip cris-linux-user as it doesn't use the common run loop
-build-user-plugins:
-  extends: .native_build_job_template
-  needs:
-    job: amd64-debian-user-cross-container
-  variables:
-    IMAGE: debian-all-test-cross
-    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --disable-tools --disable-system --enable-plugins --enable-debug-tcg --target-list-exclude=sparc64-linux-user,cris-linux-user
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-tcg
-  timeout: 1h 30m
-
-build-some-softmmu-plugins:
-  extends: .native_build_job_template
-  needs:
-    job: amd64-debian-user-cross-container
-  variables:
-    IMAGE: debian-all-test-cross
-    CONFIGURE_ARGS: --disable-tools --disable-user --enable-plugins --enable-debug-tcg
-    TARGETS: xtensa-softmmu arm-softmmu aarch64-softmmu alpha-softmmu
-    MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-tcg
-
 clang-system:
   extends: .native_build_job_template
   needs: