Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] pci: fixed mismatch of error-handling between pci_qdev_init() and qdev

[SeokYeon Hwang <syeon.hwang@samsung.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paolo Bonzini [mailto:paolo.bonzini@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Paolo
> Bonzini
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 11:55 PM
> To: Michael S. Tsirkin
> Cc: Markus Armbruster; SeokYeon Hwang; qemu-devel@nongnu.org
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] pci: fixed mismatch of error-handling
> between pci_qdev_init() and qdev
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/11/2014 14:28, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > I think bypassing the question by converting to realize makes the
> > > most sense...
> >
> > I'm fine with doing that but Markus's patches wouldn't yet have solved
> > the problem by themselves since init is still around, right?
> >
> > This probably means fixing this bug can't justify merging the realize
> > patchset after freeze.
> 
> Yes, I agree.  I meant that the API is not very well defined.  I would
> handle everything else on a case-by-case basis, by reviewing each init
> function that is converted to realize.
> 
> Since the patch was for an out-of-tree device, it can wait for 2.3 anyway.
> 
> Paolo

I cannot fully understand your conversation.
But, I think this patch is still worth before all 'init()' convert to
'realize()'.
Moreover, It has no side effect at all.

Thanks.