Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/22] target-i386: split APIC creation from initialization in x86_cpu_realizefn()

["Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>]

Am 05.04.2013 16:36, schrieb Igor Mammedov:
> When APIC is hotplugged during CPU hotplug, device_set_realized()
> calls device_reset() on it. And if QEMU runs in KVM mode, following
> call chain will fail:
>     apic_reset_common()
>         -> kvm_apic_vapic_base_update()
>             -> kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cpu->kvm_fd,...)
> due to cpu->kvm_fd not being initialized yet.
> 
> cpu->kvm_fd is initialized during qemu_init_vcpu() call but x86_cpu_apic_init()
> can't be moved after it because kvm_init_vcpu() -> kvm_arch_reset_vcpu()
> relies on APIC to determine if CPU is BSP for setting initial env->mp_state.
> 
> So split APIC device creation from its initialization and realize APIC
> after CPU is created, when it's safe to call APIC's reset method.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
> ---
> v2:
>   * s/x86_cpu_apic_init()/x86_cpu_apic_realize()/

Thanks, applied to qom-cpu (dropping "call" from commit message to
squeeze it into 76 chars):
https://github.com/afaerber/qemu-cpu/commits/qom-cpu

Andreas

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