Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH qom-cpu-next v3 0/4] target-i386: X86CPU subclasses

[Andreas Färber]

Am 02.02.2013 01:37, schrieb Andreas Färber:
> Hello,
> 
> Long announced, here it is after the freeze: My 3rd attempt at CPU subclasses.
> v3 is closer to v1 again, slimmed down not to touch x86_def_t much.
> 
> It was noticed that in theory a QOM class enumeration could lead to the host
> CPU class_init running before kvm_init(). My proposal is to make the 
> class_init
> reentrant and to re-run it from target-i386's kvm_arch_init() if necessary.
> Similar to target-ppc, -cpu host code is placed into kvm.c rather than cpu.c.
> 
> This conversion is an interim solution to get the code structured in a
> QOM-friendly way and to reach a hot-plug friendly and cross-target aligned
> CPU initialization. It decouples the work of introducing subclasses (to hide
> object initialization from cpu_init() and device_add) from any x86-internal
> improvements (like Igor's global compat properties set from pc-x.y machines).
> The -cpu ? and QMP support is still based on array iteration.
> 
> Based on qom-cpu-next queue, which contains some cpu_init() cleanups already.
> 
> Available for testing here:
> git://github.com/afaerber/qemu-cpu.git qom-cpu-x86-subclasses.v3
> https://github.com/afaerber/qemu-cpu/commits/qom-cpu-x86-subclasses.v3

Required a trivial update for s/object_delete/object_unref/: qom-cpu-x86

Andreas

> Regards,
> Andreas
> 
> v2 -> v3:
> * Instead of re-coding all CPU definitions as class_init functions, leave
>   the built-in definition array in place and place x86_def_t in the class.
> * Use kvm_arch_init() hook to assure class_init succeeds for -cpu host.
>   Suggested by Eduardo.
> 
> v1-> v2:
> * Instead of turning x86_def_t into X86CPUInfo to initialize classes,
>   drop it completely and register types manually with customizable TypeInfos
> * Use new list facilities for printing -cpu ? models
> * Adopt new name scheme suggested by Eduardo and ideas from my alpha series
> * Keep short names in -cpu ? output for alignment reasons
> * Merge cpu_x86_init() into cpu.c:cpu_x86_register()
> * Append patch showing Haswell as subclass of SandyBridge
> 
> Cc: Anthony Liguori <address@hidden>
> Cc: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
> Cc: Igor Mammedov <address@hidden>
> Cc: Blue Swirl <address@hidden>
> Cc: Richard Henderson <address@hidden>
> 
> Andreas Färber (4):
>   target-i386: Move cpu_x86_init()
>   target-i386: Split command line parsing out of cpu_x86_register()
>   target-i386: Slim conversion to X86CPU subclasses
>   Remove cpudef_setup() hooks
> 
>  arch_init.c                |    7 -
>  bsd-user/main.c            |    3 -
>  include/sysemu/arch_init.h |    1 -
>  linux-user/main.c          |    3 -
>  target-i386/cpu-qom.h      |   24 ++++
>  target-i386/cpu.c          |  326 
> ++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  target-i386/cpu.h          |    3 -
>  target-i386/helper.c       |   24 ----
>  target-i386/kvm.c          |   93 +++++++++++++
>  vl.c                       |    7 -
>  10 Dateien geändert, 247 Zeilen hinzugefügt(+), 244 Zeilen entfernt(-)

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