Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 05/33] Switch to new api in qdev/bus

[Cédric Le Goater]

>>> So.. is this change in the device_reset() signature really necessary?
>>> Even if there are compelling reasons to handle warm reset in the new
>>> API, that doesn't been you need to change device_reset() itself from
>>> its established meaning of a cold (i.e. as per power cycle) reset.
>>> Warm resets are generally called in rather more specific circumstances
>>> (often under guest software direction) so it seems likely that users
>>> would want to engage with the new reset API directly.  Or we could
>>> just create a device_warm_reset() wrapper.  That would also avoid the
>>> bare boolean parameter, which is not great for readability (you have
>>> to look up the signature to have any idea what it means).
>>
>> I've added device_reset_cold/warm wrapper functions to avoid having to
>> pass the boolean parameter. it seems I forgot to use them in qdev.c
>> I suppose, like you said, we could live with
>> + no function with the boolean parameter
>> + device_reset doing cold reset
>> + device_reset_warm (or device_warm_reset) for the warm version
> 
> Ok, good.
> 
> I'm afraid the whole series still makes me pretty uncomfortable,
> though, since the whole "warm reset" concept still seems way to vague
> to me.

Isn't the reset after the CAS negotiation sequence between the hypervisor
and the pseries machine some sort of warm reset driven by SW ? 


C.