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

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>]

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.

Would "Inline and remove spapr_dtb_needed()" be clearer?

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