Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/9] ACPI: Add Virtual Machine Generation ID support

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 01/25/17 11:04, Laszlo Ersek wrote:

> (7) The blob constructed in this function, as a GArray, should be the
> exact same object that is later linked into fw_cfg, via acpi_setup() -->
> vmgenid_add_fw_cfg().
> 
> Currently, the blob is allocated here under the variable "guid", and
> passed to bios_linker_loader_alloc_ret_addr(). That results in the
> creation of a new BiosLinkerFileEntry object, with the "blob" field
> being set to "guid".
> 
> However, in vmgenid_add_fw_cfg(), the VmGenIdState.guid.data field is
> linked into fw_cfg. This is incorrect, those objects are independent,
> but they should be the same.
> 
> Here's how to implement it:
> 
> * Add the field
> 
>     GArray *vmgenid
> 
>   to the "AcpiBuildTables" structure in "include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h",
>   under the "tcpalog" field.
> 
> * Extend the acpi_build_tables_init() and acpi_build_tables_cleanup()
>   functions in "hw/acpi/aml-build.c", so that the new field is
>   initialized and released.

In acpi_build_tables_cleanup(), the line you need is

    g_array_free(tables->vmgenid, mfre);

similarly to "tcpalog".

> 
> * In the acpi_build() function, pass "tables->vmgenid" to
>   vmgenid_build_acpi(). This will require the a new parameter for the
>   latter function.
> 
> * In vmgenid_build_acpi(), construct the blob as described under (5)
>   and (6).
> 
> * In the acpi_setup() function, pass "tables.vmgenid" to
>   vmgenid_add_fw_cfg(). (Again, new function parameter is necessary.)
> 
> * In vmgenid_add_fw_cfg(), link "tables.vmgenid->data" into fw_cfg, not
>   VmGenIdState.guid.data.

Thanks
Laszlo