Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] S390: Expose s390-specific CPU info

[Eric Blake]

On 02/08/2018 04:37 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:

> > > > @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static void s390_machine_reset(void)
> > > >   
> > > >       /* all cpus are stopped - configure and start the ipl cpu only */
> > > >       s390_ipl_prepare_cpu(ipl_cpu);
> > > > -    s390_cpu_set_state(CPU_STATE_OPERATING, ipl_cpu);
> > > > +    s390_cpu_set_state(CPU_INFOS390_STATE_OPERATING, ipl_cpu);
> > >
> > > Exposing the state as a QAPI enum has the unfortunate side effect of
> > > that new name. It feels slightly awkward to me, as it is a state for
> > > real decisions and not just for info statements...
> >
> > I asked Viktor to use the qapi enum instead of having two sets of defines that
> > we need to keep in sync. (in fact 3, as the kernel kvm mpstate definition is 
> > also
> > there).
>
> Agreed, using the QAPI enum makes sense.
>
> > But yes, the INFO in that name is somewhat strange. No good idea though.
>
> Can we call the enum CpuS390State instead of CpuInfoS390State (while
> keeping the CpuInfoS390 name)? Or does that violate any QAPI rules?

The name of the enum is not important to introspection; and what's more, 
you can set the 'prefix':'...' key in QAPI to pick an enum naming in the 
C code that is saner than what the generator would automatically produce 
from the enum name itself (see qapi/crypto.json for some examples).

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