[webkit-dev] [jsc-dev] Question about ARMv7 JIT maintenance by Apple

Michael Saboff msaboff at apple.com
Tue May 8 14:45:48 PDT 2018


Yusuke,

What are the deficiencies you see in the current ARMv7 disassembler?

- Michael

> On May 4, 2018, at 7:45 PM, Yusuke SUZUKI <utatane.tea at gmail.com <mailto:utatane.tea at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 11:27 AM Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com <mailto:fpizlo at apple.com>> wrote:
> We aren’t maintaining armv7. 
> 
> OK, thanks. I'll replace ARMv7 disassembler with capstone based one once capstone is adopted :)
> 
>  
> 
> -Filip
> 
> > On May 4, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Yusuke SUZUKI <utatane.tea at gmail.com <mailto:utatane.tea at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi WebKittens,
> > 
> > JSC has X86, X86_64, ARM64, ARM, ARMv7, and MIPS JIT architectures.
> > While X86, X86_64, and ARM64 is maintained by build bots configured by Apple,
> > the other architectures are maintained by the community.
> > 
> > Recently, I'm about to adopting capstone disassembler for MIPS and ARM.
> > And I'm also wondering if ARMv7 can use it instead of our own disassembler.
> > 
> > So my question is, is ARMv7 JIT maintained by Apple right now? Or is it maintained by the community?
> > If Apple does not maintain it right now, I would like to drop ARMv7 disassembler and use capstone instead.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Yusuke Suzuki
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