Re: [PATCH v2 04/11] hw/ppc/spapr: Inline spapr_dtb_needed()

[Chinmay Rath <rathc@linux.ibm.com>]

On 10/21/25 19:51, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 21/10/25 15:25, Chinmay Rath wrote:
>> Hey Philippe,
>> The commit message says that this commit is inline-ing 
>> spapr_dtb_needed(), but it is actually removing it. I think it's 
>> better to convey that in the commit message.
>> Or did I miss something ?
>>
>> On 10/21/25 14:13, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>>   hw/ppc/spapr.c | 6 ------
>>>   1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
>>> index 458d1c29b4d..ad9fc61c299 100644
>>> --- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
>>> +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
>>> @@ -2053,11 +2053,6 @@ static const VMStateDescription 
>>> vmstate_spapr_irq_map = {
>>>       },
>>>   };
>>> -static bool spapr_dtb_needed(void *opaque)
>>> -{
>>> -    return true; /* backward migration compat */
>>> -}
>>> -
>>>   static int spapr_dtb_pre_load(void *opaque)
>>>   {
>>>       SpaprMachineState *spapr = (SpaprMachineState *)opaque;
>>> @@ -2073,7 +2068,6 @@ static const VMStateDescription 
>>> vmstate_spapr_dtb = {
>>>       .name = "spapr_dtb",
>>>       .version_id = 1,
>>
>> Does this version number need to be incremented ?
>
> No, this is a no-op.
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chinmay
>>
>>>       .minimum_version_id = 1,
>>> -    .needed = spapr_dtb_needed,
>
> Here is the inlining, as '.needed = true' is the default.
Ahh I see.
> Would "Inline and remove spapr_dtb_needed()" be clearer?
Yeah that'd be nice.

Thanks,
Chinmay
>
>>>       .pre_load = spapr_dtb_pre_load,
>>>       .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
>>>           VMSTATE_UINT32(fdt_initial_size, SpaprMachineState),
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