Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] i386: Don't print warning if phys-bits was set automatically

["Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>]

* Eduardo Habkost (ehabkost@redhat.com) wrote:
> If cpu->host_phys_bits_limit is set, QEMU will make
> cpu->phys_bits be lower than host_phys_bits on some cases.  This
> triggers a warning that was supposed to be printed only if
> phys-bits was explicitly set in the command-line.
> 
> Reorder the code so the value of cpu->phys_bits is validated
> before the cpu->host_phys_bits handling.  This will avoid
> unexpected warnings when cpu->host_phys_bits_limit is set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>

I think that's OK; note I think that means you can trigger an erroneous
warning in the case where the user does something odd like:

 phys_bits=50,host_phys_bits=true

so you print the warning and *then* set phys_bits = host_phys_bits.


Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>


> ---
>  target/i386/cpu.c | 18 +++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
> index 7e5b545005..1327e4901a 100644
> --- a/target/i386/cpu.c
> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
> @@ -5269,15 +5269,6 @@ static void x86_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
>              uint32_t host_phys_bits = x86_host_phys_bits();
>              static bool warned;
>  
> -            if (cpu->host_phys_bits) {
> -                /* The user asked for us to use the host physical bits */
> -                cpu->phys_bits = host_phys_bits;
> -                if (cpu->host_phys_bits_limit &&
> -                    cpu->phys_bits > cpu->host_phys_bits_limit) {
> -                    cpu->phys_bits = cpu->host_phys_bits_limit;
> -                }
> -            }
> -
>              /* Print a warning if the user set it to a value that's not the
>               * host value.
>               */
> @@ -5289,6 +5280,15 @@ static void x86_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
>                  warned = true;
>              }
>  
> +            if (cpu->host_phys_bits) {
> +                /* The user asked for us to use the host physical bits */
> +                cpu->phys_bits = host_phys_bits;
> +                if (cpu->host_phys_bits_limit &&
> +                    cpu->phys_bits > cpu->host_phys_bits_limit) {
> +                    cpu->phys_bits = cpu->host_phys_bits_limit;
> +                }
> +            }
> +
>              if (cpu->phys_bits &&
>                  (cpu->phys_bits > TARGET_PHYS_ADDR_SPACE_BITS ||
>                  cpu->phys_bits < 32)) {
> -- 
> 2.18.0.rc1.1.g3f1ff2140
> 
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK