Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>

Index: trunk/hw/dma.c
===================================================================
--- trunk.orig/hw/dma.c
+++ trunk/hw/dma.c
@@ -445,9 +445,7 @@ int DMA_write_memory (int nchan, void *b
 /* request the emulator to transfer a new DMA memory block ASAP */
 void DMA_schedule(int nchan)
 {
-    CPUState *env = cpu_single_env;
-    if (env)
-        cpu_exit(env);
+    qemu_notify_event();
 }
 
 static void dma_reset(void *opaque)
Index: trunk/vl.c
===================================================================
--- trunk.orig/vl.c
+++ trunk/vl.c
@@ -1182,9 +1182,8 @@ void qemu_mod_timer(QEMUTimer *ts, int64
             qemu_rearm_alarm_timer(alarm_timer);
         }
         /* Interrupt execution to force deadline recalculation.  */
-        if (use_icount && cpu_single_env) {
-            cpu_exit(cpu_single_env);
-        }
+        if (use_icount)
+            qemu_notify_event();
     }
 }
 
@@ -1337,8 +1336,6 @@ static void host_alarm_handler(int host_
                                qemu_get_clock(vm_clock))) ||
         qemu_timer_expired(active_timers[QEMU_TIMER_REALTIME],
                            qemu_get_clock(rt_clock))) {
-        CPUState *env = next_cpu;
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
         struct qemu_alarm_win32 *data = ((struct qemu_alarm_timer*)dwUser)->priv;
         SetEvent(data->host_alarm);
@@ -1348,16 +1345,7 @@ static void host_alarm_handler(int host_
 #endif
         alarm_timer->flags |= ALARM_FLAG_EXPIRED;
 
-        if (env) {
-            /* stop the currently executing cpu because a timer occured */
-            cpu_exit(env);
-#ifdef USE_KQEMU
-            if (env->kqemu_enabled) {
-                kqemu_cpu_interrupt(env);
-            }
-#endif
-        }
-        event_pending = 1;
+        qemu_notify_event();
     }
 }
 
@@ -3333,15 +3321,7 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *o
 
 void qemu_service_io(void)
 {
-    CPUState *env = cpu_single_env;
-    if (env) {
-        cpu_exit(env);
-#ifdef USE_KQEMU
-        if (env->kqemu_enabled) {
-            kqemu_cpu_interrupt(env);
-        }
-#endif
-    }
+    qemu_notify_event();
 }
 
 /***********************************************************/
@@ -3409,15 +3389,12 @@ void qemu_bh_schedule_idle(QEMUBH *bh)
 
 void qemu_bh_schedule(QEMUBH *bh)
 {
-    CPUState *env = cpu_single_env;
     if (bh->scheduled)
         return;
     bh->scheduled = 1;
     bh->idle = 0;
     /* stop the currently executing CPU to execute the BH ASAP */
-    if (env) {
-        cpu_exit(env);
-    }
+    qemu_notify_event();
 }
 
 void qemu_bh_cancel(QEMUBH *bh)
@@ -3626,22 +3603,32 @@ void qemu_system_reset_request(void)
     } else {
         reset_requested = 1;
     }
-    if (cpu_single_env)
-        cpu_exit(cpu_single_env);
+    qemu_notify_event();
 }
 
 void qemu_system_shutdown_request(void)
 {
     shutdown_requested = 1;
-    if (cpu_single_env)
-        cpu_exit(cpu_single_env);
+    qemu_notify_event();
 }
 
 void qemu_system_powerdown_request(void)
 {
     powerdown_requested = 1;
-    if (cpu_single_env)
-        cpu_exit(cpu_single_env);
+    qemu_notify_event();
+}
+
+void qemu_notify_event(void)
+{
+    CPUState *env = cpu_single_env;
+
+    if (env) {
+        cpu_exit(env);
+#ifdef USE_KQEMU
+        if (env->kqemu_enabled)
+            kqemu_cpu_interrupt(env);
+#endif
+     }
 }
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
Index: trunk/qemu-common.h
===================================================================
--- trunk.orig/qemu-common.h
+++ trunk/qemu-common.h
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ int cpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, 
 /* Force QEMU to stop what it's doing and service IO */
 void qemu_service_io(void);
 
+/* Force QEMU to process pending events */
+void qemu_notify_event(void);
+
 typedef struct QEMUIOVector {
     struct iovec *iov;
     int niov;
Index: trunk/hw/mac_dbdma.c
===================================================================
--- trunk.orig/hw/mac_dbdma.c
+++ trunk/hw/mac_dbdma.c
@@ -651,9 +651,7 @@ void DBDMA_register_channel(void *dbdma,
 
 void DBDMA_schedule(void)
 {
-    CPUState *env = cpu_single_env;
-    if (env)
-        cpu_exit(env);
+    qemu_notify_event();
 }
 
 static void