x86: Add support routines to convert between x87 tag formats

This changeset adds the convX87XTagsToTags() and convX87TagsToXTags()
which convert between the tag formats in the FTW register and the
format used in the xsave area. The conversion from to the x87 FTW
representation is currently loses some information since it does not
reconstruct the valid/zero/special flags which are not included in the
xsave representation.

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/arch/x86/utility.hh b/src/arch/x86/utility.hh
index 24aca3e0a..dcf61bddb 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/utility.hh
+++ b/src/arch/x86/utility.hh
@@ -143,6 +143,37 @@ namespace X86ISA
     }
 
     /**
+     * Convert an x87 tag word to abridged tag format.
+     *
+     * Convert from the x87 tag representation to the tag abridged
+     * representation used in the FXSAVE area. The classic format uses
+     * 2 bits per stack position to indicate if a position is valid,
+     * zero, special, or empty. The abridged format only stores
+     * whether a position is empty or not.
+     *
+     * @param ftw Tag word in classic x87 format.
+     * @return Tag word in the abridged format.
+     */
+    uint8_t convX87TagsToXTags(uint16_t ftw);
+
+    /**
+     * Convert an x87 xtag word to normal tags format.
+     *
+     * Convert from the abridged x87 tag representation used in the
+     * FXSAVE area to a full x87 tag. The classic format uses 2 bits
+     * per stack position to indicate if a position is valid, zero,
+     * special, or empty. The abridged format only stores whether a
+     * position is empty or not.
+     *
+     * @todo Reconstruct the correct state of stack positions instead
+     * of just valid/invalid.
+     *
+     * @param ftwx Tag word in the abridged format.
+     * @return Tag word in classic x87 format.
+     */
+    uint16_t convX87XTagsToTags(uint8_t ftwx);
+
+    /**
      * Generate and updated x87 tag register after a push/pop
      * operation.
      *