[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] cpu: Implement cpu_generic_new()

[Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>]

This patchset adds a new function cpu_generic_new()
which is similar to cpu_generic_init() except that it
does not realize the created CPU object. This means that
board code can do a "new cpu; set QOM properties; realize"
sequence without having to do all the work of splitting
the CPU model string and calling parse_features by hand.

Patch 2 clarifies a TODO comment, hopefully correctly,
based on an email conversation I had with Eduardo a
little while back.

Patches 3 and 4 change the ARM boards which currently
call parse_features by hand to use the new function.


If there's consensus that this is the right general
direction to go in, then I think that some other
architectures could also make cleanups to use this:
 * cpu_s390x_create() is almost exactly this function,
   give or take some fine detail of error handling
 * ppc_cpu_parse_features is almost the same thing,
   except that it doesn't actually create the CPU object,
   it only calls parse_features
 * hw/i386/pc.c does a manual parse_features

I'm not strongly attached to this particular approach
(though it seems like a reasonable one, especially given
the proliferation of different arch-specific helpers
listed above and the bugs in boards which don't call
parse_features when they should), but I would like us to
figure out and document what the right way for a board
to create and configure its CPU objects is...


Michael Davidsaver (1):
  cpu: add cpu_generic_new()

Peter Maydell (3):
  cpu: Clarify TODO comment in cpu_generic_new()
  hw/arm/integrator: Use new cpu_generic_new()
  hw/arm/virt: Use new cpu_generic_new()

 include/qom/cpu.h     | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 hw/arm/integratorcp.c | 22 ++--------------------
 hw/arm/virt.c         | 24 ++----------------------
 qom/cpu.c             | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)

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