[Qemu-devel] Re: Cannot not unplug cold-plugged devices

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 09:50:30PM +0900, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 01:26:30PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > No, I am just trying to understand why is hotplug event dangerous.
> > We still get it if we do device add before starting the VM, right?
> 
> I'm not sure if it's safe to call enable/disable_device() and
> pm_update_sci() before starting VM.
> So I'd like to avoid to call them instead of making sure it.
> If someone else ensures its safety, I'm willing to eliminate the if clause.

Well I don't think it's dangerous.
I guess it makes sense for whatever is supplied on qemu command line
to not cause a hotplug event.

> -- 
> yamahata