1 files changed, 19 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/tcg/tcg.h b/tcg/tcg.h
index 9bf31bb..0384d7a 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -287,20 +287,19 @@ typedef enum TCGMemOp {
      * MO_ALIGN accesses will result in a call to the CPU's
      * do_unaligned_access hook if the guest address is not aligned.
      * The default depends on whether the target CPU defines ALIGNED_ONLY.
+     *
      * Some architectures (e.g. ARMv8) need the address which is aligned
      * to a size more than the size of the memory access.
-     * To support such check it's enough the current costless alignment
-     * check implementation in QEMU, but we need to support
-     * an alignment size specifying.
-     * MO_ALIGN supposes a natural alignment
-     * (i.e. the alignment size is the size of a memory access).
-     * Note that an alignment size must be equal or greater
-     * than an access size.
+     * Some architectures (e.g. SPARCv9) need an address which is aligned,
+     * but less strictly than the natural alignment.
+     *
+     * MO_ALIGN supposes the alignment size is the size of a memory access.
+     *
      * There are three options:
-     * - an alignment to the size of an access (MO_ALIGN);
-     * - an alignment to the specified size that is equal or greater than
-     *   an access size (MO_ALIGN_x where 'x' is a size in bytes);
      * - unaligned access permitted (MO_UNALN).
+     * - an alignment to the size of an access (MO_ALIGN);
+     * - an alignment to a specified size, which may be more or less than
+     *   the access size (MO_ALIGN_x where 'x' is a size in bytes);
      */
     MO_ASHIFT = 4,
     MO_AMASK = 7 << MO_ASHIFT,
@@ -353,38 +352,26 @@ typedef enum TCGMemOp {
  * @memop: TCGMemOp value
  *
  * Extract the alignment size from the memop.
- *
- * Returns: 0 in case of byte access (which is always aligned);
- *          positive value - number of alignment bits;
- *          negative value if unaligned access enabled
- *          and this is not a byte access.
  */
-static inline int get_alignment_bits(TCGMemOp memop)
+static inline unsigned get_alignment_bits(TCGMemOp memop)
 {
-    int a = memop & MO_AMASK;
-    int s = memop & MO_SIZE;
-    int r;
+    unsigned a = memop & MO_AMASK;
 
     if (a == MO_UNALN) {
-        /* Negative value if unaligned access enabled,
-         * or zero value in case of byte access.
-         */
-        return -s;
+        /* No alignment required.  */
+        a = 0;
     } else if (a == MO_ALIGN) {
-        /* A natural alignment: return a number of access size bits */
-        r = s;
+        /* A natural alignment requirement.  */
+        a = memop & MO_SIZE;
     } else {
-        /* Specific alignment size. It must be equal or greater
-         * than the access size.
-         */
-        r = a >> MO_ASHIFT;
-        tcg_debug_assert(r >= s);
+        /* A specific alignment requirement.  */
+        a = a >> MO_ASHIFT;
     }
 #if defined(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)
     /* The requested alignment cannot overlap the TLB flags.  */
-    tcg_debug_assert((TLB_FLAGS_MASK & ((1 << r) - 1)) == 0);
+    tcg_debug_assert((TLB_FLAGS_MASK & ((1 << a) - 1)) == 0);
 #endif
-    return r;
+    return a;
 }
 
 typedef tcg_target_ulong TCGArg;