Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/19] cpu: introduce get_arch_id() method and override it for target-i386

["Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>]

Am 15.04.2013 17:34, schrieb Igor Mammedov:
> On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:24:36 +0200
> Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de> wrote:
> 
>> Am 11.04.2013 16:51, schrieb Igor Mammedov:
>>> get_arch_id() adds possibility for generic code to get guest visible
>>> CPI id without accessing CPUArchState. If target doesn't override it,
>>> it will return cpu_index.
>>>
>>> Override it on target-i386 to return APIC ID.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>>  * it will be used later by new cpu_exists() generic function and
>>>    acpi_piix.
>>>  * s/cpu_firmware_id/cpu_arch_id/
>>> ---
>>>  include/qom/cpu.h |  2 ++
>>>  qom/cpu.c         |  6 ++++++
>>>  target-i386/cpu.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
>>
>> I'm still unclear about this ID topic, but please don't add QOM methods
>> with arch_ in the name. The arch is expressed through subclasses.
> 
> arch is there to explicitly show that returned ID is defined by target and
> not generic code. This method then allow to implement cpu_exists() and helps
> to init present cpus bitmap in  acpi_piix4.
> 
> Would be  cpu_id() acceptable?

Certainly.

Andreas

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