Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.11 06/27] x86: extract legacy cpu features format parser

[Igor Mammedov]

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:08:48 -0300
Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 12:08:38PM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> > Move cpu_model +-feat parsing into a separate file so that it
> > could be reused later for parsing similar format of sparc target
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <address@hidden>  
> [...]
> > diff --git a/include/qom/cpu.h b/include/qom/cpu.h
> > index 25eefea..30247dc 100644
> > --- a/include/qom/cpu.h
> > +++ b/include/qom/cpu.h
> > @@ -1038,4 +1038,6 @@ extern const struct VMStateDescription 
> > vmstate_cpu_common;
> >  
> >  #define UNASSIGNED_CPU_INDEX -1
> >  
> > +void cpu_legacy_parse_featurestr(const char *typename, char *features,
> > +                                 Error **errp);
> >  #endif
> > diff --git a/default-configs/i386-bsd-user.mak 
> > b/default-configs/i386-bsd-user.mak
> > index af1b31a..b28a05f 100644
> > --- a/default-configs/i386-bsd-user.mak
> > +++ b/default-configs/i386-bsd-user.mak
> > @@ -1 +1,2 @@
> >  # Default configuration for i386-bsd-user
> > +CONFIG_LEGACY_CPU_FEATURES=y
> > diff --git a/default-configs/i386-linux-user.mak 
> > b/default-configs/i386-linux-user.mak
> > index 8657e68..c136967 100644
> > --- a/default-configs/i386-linux-user.mak
> > +++ b/default-configs/i386-linux-user.mak
> > @@ -1 +1,2 @@
> >  # Default configuration for i386-linux-user
> > +CONFIG_LEGACY_CPU_FEATURES=y
> > diff --git a/default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak 
> > b/default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak
> > index d2ab2f6..e3e7c0e 100644
> > --- a/default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak
> > +++ b/default-configs/i386-softmmu.mak
> > @@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ CONFIG_SMBIOS=y
> >  CONFIG_HYPERV_TESTDEV=$(CONFIG_KVM)
> >  CONFIG_PXB=y
> >  CONFIG_ACPI_VMGENID=y
> > +CONFIG_LEGACY_CPU_FEATURES=y
> > diff --git a/default-configs/x86_64-bsd-user.mak 
> > b/default-configs/x86_64-bsd-user.mak
> > index 73e5d34..952323c 100644
> > --- a/default-configs/x86_64-bsd-user.mak
> > +++ b/default-configs/x86_64-bsd-user.mak
> > @@ -1 +1,2 @@
> >  # Default configuration for x86_64-bsd-user
> > +CONFIG_LEGACY_CPU_FEATURES=y
> > diff --git a/default-configs/x86_64-linux-user.mak 
> > b/default-configs/x86_64-linux-user.mak
> > index bec1d9e..b513ef2 100644
> > --- a/default-configs/x86_64-linux-user.mak
> > +++ b/default-configs/x86_64-linux-user.mak
> > @@ -1 +1,2 @@
> >  # Default configuration for x86_64-linux-user
> > +CONFIG_LEGACY_CPU_FEATURES=y
> > diff --git a/default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak 
> > b/default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak
> > index 9bde2f1..6594ddf 100644
> > --- a/default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak
> > +++ b/default-configs/x86_64-softmmu.mak
> > @@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ CONFIG_SMBIOS=y
> >  CONFIG_HYPERV_TESTDEV=$(CONFIG_KVM)
> >  CONFIG_PXB=y
> >  CONFIG_ACPI_VMGENID=y
> > +CONFIG_LEGACY_CPU_FEATURES=y  
> [...]
> > diff --git a/util/Makefile.objs b/util/Makefile.objs
> > index 50a55ec..14e28f7 100644
> > --- a/util/Makefile.objs
> > +++ b/util/Makefile.objs
> > @@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ util-obj-y += qht.o
> >  util-obj-y += range.o
> >  util-obj-y += stats64.o
> >  util-obj-y += systemd.o
> > +util-obj-$(CONFIG_LEGACY_CPU_FEATURES) += legacy_cpu_features_parser.o  
> 
> Do we really need this?  Isn't it easier to just tell the linker
> to drop the object file if it's unused?
building unconditionally will make target limited builds to compile file 
uselessly,
I don't care much about it but opted for a less impact way on build time vs 
patch size.