[Mono-list] cpblk?

[Dietmar Maurer]

On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 19:18, Michael Giagnocavo wrote:
> >> 	Just assemble this -- it is a very simple case.  It also
> >> demonstrates how the cpblk doesn't have to work when the src and dest
> >> addresses overlap.  Test it on MSFT's CLR and you'll see that it
> >> eventually fails (and sometimes works).  It'd be cool if Mono's
> always
> >> worked (even though Partition III specifies "unspecified" behaviour
> if
> >> src and dest overlap).
> 
> > I just implemented it using unix memcpy(). Doku for memcpy states it
> > does not work for overlapping regions, but IMO it makes no sense to
> make
> > that work, it only makes things slower.
> 
> Hmm.  What if I want to move a block up by a few bytes?

Dick convinced me to use memmove which works with overlapping regions.
(until someone can prove that it is a performance problem).
 
> 
> >> 	This is only a lame test, I'm working on a much longer test
> >> that's more accurate (protects IP) -- if you like I can send that
> later.
> 
> > I would like to have a test that fails if CPBLK does not work. Your
> test
> > even pass if i implement CPBLK as NOP! 
> 
> Well, not a NOP, since then the program would be invalid (throws me a
> System.InvalidProgramException, since NOP does not have the same
> signature. 

I meant implementing it in the jit using a nop instruction - i does not
show an exception/error in that case, so i cant use it for regression
tests.

 But you're right, I shouldn't have sent such bad code.

The code was good enough to implement the opcode :-)

> 
> >> 	Is jmp implemented?
> 
> > No, but I will implement it as soon as I get some code to test ;-)
> 
> Here are you two simple working tests that will print PASS or FAIL.
> Which other opcodes need a test?

wow - thanks for those test. Take a look at mono/mono/jit.c to see whats
not implemented (mono_analyze_stack()). We need more regression tests
for all kinds of instructions, especially value types, pinvoke parameter
passing, exceptions (maybe with fault handlers), delegates, remoting,
...


- Dietmar