Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/7] apic: add global apic_get_class()

["Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@redhat.com>]

2016-09-29 11:53-0300, Eduardo Habkost:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 01:23:23PM +0200, Radim Krčmář wrote:
>> Every configuration has only up to one APIC class and we'll be extending
>> the class with a function that can be called without an instanced
>> object, so a direct access to the class is convenient.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> v2: assert() instead of error_report() and exit() [Peter]
>> ---
>> diff --git a/hw/intc/apic_common.c b/hw/intc/apic_common.c
>> @@ -296,6 +297,13 @@ static int apic_load_old(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
>>  
>>  static const VMStateDescription vmstate_apic_common;
>>  
>> +APICCommonClass *apic_class;
>> +
>> +APICCommonClass *apic_get_class(void)
>> +{
>> +    return apic_class;
>> +}
>> +
> 
> This will break in case we need to look at the APIC class before
> realizing the CPUs for any reason. Instead of adding a global
> variable, what about moving the class name logic that's already
> inside x86_cpu_apic_create() to the apic_get_class() function?
> Then x86_cpu_apic_create() can simply call apic_get_class() too.

Sure, it'll be nicer, thanks.
ia64 seems dead, so no issues with making the code x86 specific.