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[RFC 3/3] cpus: implement cpus interfaces for per-accel threads


From: Claudio Fontana
Subject: [RFC 3/3] cpus: implement cpus interfaces for per-accel threads
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 20:54:07 +0200

Signed-off-by: Claudio Fontana <address@hidden>
---
 MAINTAINERS                          |   1 +
 accel/kvm/Makefile.objs              |   2 +
 accel/kvm/kvm-all.c                  |  15 +-
 accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.c       |  94 ++++
 accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.h       |   8 +
 accel/qtest.c                        |  82 ++++
 accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c               |   3 +-
 accel/tcg/Makefile.objs              |   1 +
 accel/tcg/tcg-all.c                  |  12 +-
 accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.c       | 523 ++++++++++++++++++++
 accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.h       |   8 +
 cpus.c                               | 911 +++--------------------------------
 hw/core/cpu.c                        |   1 +
 include/sysemu/cpus.h                |  44 ++
 include/sysemu/hvf.h                 |   1 -
 include/sysemu/hw_accel.h            |  57 +--
 include/sysemu/kvm.h                 |   2 +-
 stubs/Makefile.objs                  |   1 +
 stubs/cpu-synchronize-state.c        |  15 +
 target/i386/Makefile.objs            |   7 +-
 target/i386/hax-all.c                |   6 +-
 target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.c     |  85 ++++
 target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.h     |   8 +
 target/i386/hax-i386.h               |   2 +
 target/i386/hax-posix.c              |  12 +
 target/i386/hax-windows.c            |  20 +
 target/i386/hvf/Makefile.objs        |   2 +-
 target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.c |  92 ++++
 target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.h |   8 +
 target/i386/hvf/hvf.c                |   5 +-
 target/i386/whpx-all.c               |   3 +
 target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.c    |  96 ++++
 target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.h    |   8 +
 33 files changed, 1232 insertions(+), 903 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.c
 create mode 100644 accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.h
 create mode 100644 accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.c
 create mode 100644 accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.h
 create mode 100644 stubs/cpu-synchronize-state.c
 create mode 100644 target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.c
 create mode 100644 target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.h
 create mode 100644 target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.c
 create mode 100644 target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.h
 create mode 100644 target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.c
 create mode 100644 target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.h

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1b3b17fda8..a256d5574c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ WHPX CPUs
 M: Sunil Muthuswamy <address@hidden>
 S: Supported
 F: target/i386/whpx-all.c
+F: target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.c
 F: target/i386/whp-dispatch.h
 F: accel/stubs/whpx-stub.c
 F: include/sysemu/whpx.h
diff --git a/accel/kvm/Makefile.objs b/accel/kvm/Makefile.objs
index fdfa481578..4babbf7796 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/Makefile.objs
+++ b/accel/kvm/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 obj-y += kvm-all.o
+obj-y += kvm-cpus-interface.o
+
 obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_SEV)) += sev-stub.o
diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index d06cc04079..c9cbbb1184 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-visit-common.h"
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
+
+#include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
+#include "kvm-cpus-interface.h"
 
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 
@@ -329,7 +333,7 @@ err:
     return ret;
 }
 
-int kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+static int do_kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     KVMState *s = kvm_state;
     long mmap_size;
@@ -363,6 +367,14 @@ err:
     return ret;
 }
 
+void kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    if (do_kvm_destroy_vcpu(cpu) < 0) {
+        error_report("kvm_destroy_vcpu failed");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+}
+
 static int kvm_get_vcpu(KVMState *s, unsigned long vcpu_id)
 {
     struct KVMParkedVcpu *cpu;
@@ -2146,6 +2158,7 @@ static int kvm_init(MachineState *ms)
         qemu_balloon_inhibit(true);
     }
 
+    cpus_register_accel_interface(&kvm_cpus_interface);
     return 0;
 
 err:
diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd3d117364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.c
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU KVM support
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2008
+ *           Red Hat, Inc. 2008
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Anthony Liguori   <address@hidden>
+ *  Glauber Costa     <address@hidden>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "sysemu/kvm_int.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
+
+#include "kvm-cpus-interface.h"
+
+static void kvm_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    cpus_kick_thread(cpu);
+}
+
+static void *kvm_vcpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu = arg;
+    int r;
+
+    rcu_register_thread();
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
+    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
+    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
+    current_cpu = cpu;
+
+    r = kvm_init_vcpu(cpu);
+    if (r < 0) {
+        error_report("kvm_init_vcpu failed: %s", strerror(-r));
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    kvm_init_cpu_signals(cpu);
+
+    /* signal CPU creation */
+    cpu_thread_signal_created(cpu);
+    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
+
+    do {
+        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+            r = kvm_cpu_exec(cpu);
+            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
+                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
+            }
+        }
+        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
+    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
+
+    kvm_destroy_vcpu(cpu);
+    cpu_thread_signal_destroyed(cpu);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void kvm_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
+
+    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
+    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
+    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
+    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/KVM",
+             cpu->cpu_index);
+    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, kvm_vcpu_thread_fn,
+                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+}
+
+CpusAccelInterface kvm_cpus_interface = {
+    .create_vcpu_thread = kvm_start_vcpu_thread,
+    .kick_vcpu_thread = kvm_kick_vcpu_thread,
+
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_reset = kvm_cpu_synchronize_post_reset,
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_init = kvm_cpu_synchronize_post_init,
+    .cpu_synchronize_state = kvm_cpu_synchronize_state,
+    .cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm = kvm_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm,
+};
diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.h b/accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5531a4a4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-cpus-interface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef KVM_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+#define KVM_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+
+extern CpusAccelInterface kvm_cpus_interface;
+
+#endif /* KVM_CPUS_INTERFACE */
diff --git a/accel/qtest.c b/accel/qtest.c
index ef9ee0941a..1677c8724d 100644
--- a/accel/qtest.c
+++ b/accel/qtest.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/rcu.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
@@ -20,6 +21,86 @@
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpu-timers.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "hw/core/cpu.h"
+
+static void qtest_cpu_synchronize_noop(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+}
+
+static void qtest_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    cpus_kick_thread(cpu);
+}
+
+static void *qtest_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    error_report("qtest is not supported under Windows");
+    exit(1);
+#else
+    CPUState *cpu = arg;
+    sigset_t waitset;
+    int r;
+
+    rcu_register_thread();
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
+    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
+    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
+    current_cpu = cpu;
+
+    sigemptyset(&waitset);
+    sigaddset(&waitset, SIG_IPI);
+
+    /* signal CPU creation */
+    cpu_thread_signal_created(cpu);
+    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
+
+    do {
+        qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+        do {
+            int sig;
+            r = sigwait(&waitset, &sig);
+        } while (r == -1 && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR));
+        if (r == -1) {
+            perror("sigwait");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+        qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
+    } while (!cpu->unplug);
+
+    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    return NULL;
+#endif
+}
+
+static void qtest_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
+
+    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
+    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
+    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
+    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/DUMMY",
+             cpu->cpu_index);
+    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qtest_cpu_thread_fn, cpu,
+                       QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+}
+
+CpusAccelInterface qtest_cpus_interface = {
+    .create_vcpu_thread = qtest_start_vcpu_thread,
+    .kick_vcpu_thread = qtest_kick_vcpu_thread,
+
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_reset = qtest_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_init = qtest_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+    .cpu_synchronize_state = qtest_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+    .cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm = qtest_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+};
 
 static int qtest_init_accel(MachineState *ms)
 {
@@ -28,6 +109,7 @@ static int qtest_init_accel(MachineState *ms)
     qemu_opt_set(opts, "shift", "0", &error_abort);
     icount_configure(opts, &error_abort);
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
+    cpus_register_accel_interface(&qtest_cpus_interface);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c b/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
index 82f118d2df..69f8a842da 100644
--- a/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ bool kvm_readonly_mem_allowed;
 bool kvm_ioeventfd_any_length_allowed;
 bool kvm_msi_use_devid;
 
-int kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+void kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 {
-    return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
 int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
diff --git a/accel/tcg/Makefile.objs b/accel/tcg/Makefile.objs
index a92f2c454b..ddc57acae2 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/Makefile.objs
+++ b/accel/tcg/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tcg-all.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += cputlb.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tcg-cpus-interface.o
 obj-y += tcg-runtime.o tcg-runtime-gvec.o
 obj-y += cpu-exec.o cpu-exec-common.o translate-all.o
 obj-y += translator.o
diff --git a/accel/tcg/tcg-all.c b/accel/tcg/tcg-all.c
index e27385d051..9e332585d3 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tcg-all.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/tcg-all.c
@@ -24,19 +24,17 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "sysemu/accel.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "sysemu/tcg.h"
-#include "qom/object.h"
-#include "cpu.h"
-#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpu-timers.h"
-#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "tcg/tcg.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-builtin-visit.h"
 
+#include "tcg-cpus-interface.h"
+
 typedef struct TCGState {
     AccelState parent_obj;
 
@@ -123,6 +121,8 @@ static void tcg_accel_instance_init(Object *obj)
     s->mttcg_enabled = default_mttcg_enabled();
 }
 
+bool mttcg_enabled;
+
 static int tcg_init(MachineState *ms)
 {
     TCGState *s = TCG_STATE(current_accel());
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ static int tcg_init(MachineState *ms)
     tcg_exec_init(s->tb_size * 1024 * 1024);
     cpu_interrupt_handler = tcg_handle_interrupt;
     mttcg_enabled = s->mttcg_enabled;
+    cpus_register_accel_interface(&tcg_cpus_interface);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.c b/accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28a88beb84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.c
@@ -0,0 +1,523 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU System Emulator, accelerator interfaces
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to 
deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 
FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "sysemu/tcg.h"
+#include "sysemu/replay.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
+#include "exec/exec-all.h"
+
+#include "tcg-cpus-interface.h"
+
+/* Kick all RR vCPUs */
+static void qemu_cpu_kick_rr_cpus(void)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu;
+
+    CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
+        cpu_exit(cpu);
+    };
+}
+
+static void tcg_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    if (qemu_tcg_mttcg_enabled()) {
+        cpu_exit(cpu);
+    } else {
+        qemu_cpu_kick_rr_cpus();
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * TCG vCPU kick timer
+ *
+ * The kick timer is responsible for moving single threaded vCPU
+ * emulation on to the next vCPU. If more than one vCPU is running a
+ * timer event with force a cpu->exit so the next vCPU can get
+ * scheduled.
+ *
+ * The timer is removed if all vCPUs are idle and restarted again once
+ * idleness is complete.
+ */
+
+static QEMUTimer *tcg_kick_vcpu_timer;
+static CPUState *tcg_current_rr_cpu;
+
+#define TCG_KICK_PERIOD (NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND / 10)
+
+static inline int64_t qemu_tcg_next_kick(void)
+{
+    return qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) + TCG_KICK_PERIOD;
+}
+
+/* Kick the currently round-robin scheduled vCPU to next */
+static void qemu_cpu_kick_rr_next_cpu(void)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu;
+    do {
+        cpu = atomic_mb_read(&tcg_current_rr_cpu);
+        if (cpu) {
+            cpu_exit(cpu);
+        }
+    } while (cpu != atomic_mb_read(&tcg_current_rr_cpu));
+}
+
+static void kick_tcg_thread(void *opaque)
+{
+    timer_mod(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer, qemu_tcg_next_kick());
+    qemu_cpu_kick_rr_next_cpu();
+}
+
+static void start_tcg_kick_timer(void)
+{
+    assert(!mttcg_enabled);
+    if (!tcg_kick_vcpu_timer && CPU_NEXT(first_cpu)) {
+        tcg_kick_vcpu_timer = timer_new_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
+                                           kick_tcg_thread, NULL);
+    }
+    if (tcg_kick_vcpu_timer && !timer_pending(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer)) {
+        timer_mod(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer, qemu_tcg_next_kick());
+    }
+}
+
+static void stop_tcg_kick_timer(void)
+{
+    assert(!mttcg_enabled);
+    if (tcg_kick_vcpu_timer && timer_pending(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer)) {
+        timer_del(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer);
+    }
+}
+
+static void qemu_tcg_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+}
+
+static void qemu_tcg_rr_wait_io_event(void)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu;
+
+    while (all_cpu_threads_idle()) {
+        stop_tcg_kick_timer();
+        qemu_cond_wait_iothread(first_cpu->halt_cond);
+    }
+
+    start_tcg_kick_timer();
+
+    CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
+        qemu_wait_io_event_common(cpu);
+    }
+}
+
+static int64_t tcg_get_icount_limit(void)
+{
+    int64_t deadline;
+
+    if (replay_mode != REPLAY_MODE_PLAY) {
+        /*
+         * Include all the timers, because they may need an attention.
+         * Too long CPU execution may create unnecessary delay in UI.
+         */
+        deadline = qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
+                                              QEMU_TIMER_ATTR_ALL);
+        /* Check realtime timers, because they help with input processing */
+        deadline = qemu_soonest_timeout(deadline,
+                qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME,
+                                           QEMU_TIMER_ATTR_ALL));
+
+        /*
+         * Maintain prior (possibly buggy) behaviour where if no deadline
+         * was set (as there is no QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL timer) or it is more than
+         * INT32_MAX nanoseconds ahead, we still use INT32_MAX
+         * nanoseconds.
+         */
+        if ((deadline < 0) || (deadline > INT32_MAX)) {
+            deadline = INT32_MAX;
+        }
+
+        return icount_round(deadline);
+    } else {
+        return replay_get_instructions();
+    }
+}
+
+static void handle_icount_deadline(void)
+{
+    assert(qemu_in_vcpu_thread());
+    if (icount_enabled()) {
+        int64_t deadline = qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
+                                                      QEMU_TIMER_ATTR_ALL);
+
+        if (deadline == 0) {
+            /* Wake up other AioContexts.  */
+            qemu_clock_notify(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
+            qemu_clock_run_timers(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void prepare_icount_for_run(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    if (icount_enabled()) {
+        int insns_left;
+
+        /*
+         * These should always be cleared by process_icount_data after
+         * each vCPU execution. However u16.high can be raised
+         * asynchronously by cpu_exit/cpu_interrupt/tcg_handle_interrupt
+         */
+        g_assert(cpu_neg(cpu)->icount_decr.u16.low == 0);
+        g_assert(cpu->icount_extra == 0);
+
+        cpu->icount_budget = tcg_get_icount_limit();
+        insns_left = MIN(0xffff, cpu->icount_budget);
+        cpu_neg(cpu)->icount_decr.u16.low = insns_left;
+        cpu->icount_extra = cpu->icount_budget - insns_left;
+
+        replay_mutex_lock();
+    }
+}
+
+static void process_icount_data(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    if (icount_enabled()) {
+        /* Account for executed instructions */
+        icount_update(cpu);
+
+        /* Reset the counters */
+        cpu_neg(cpu)->icount_decr.u16.low = 0;
+        cpu->icount_extra = 0;
+        cpu->icount_budget = 0;
+
+        replay_account_executed_instructions();
+
+        replay_mutex_unlock();
+    }
+}
+
+static int tcg_cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    int ret;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
+    int64_t ti;
+#endif
+
+    assert(tcg_enabled());
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
+    ti = profile_getclock();
+#endif
+    cpu_exec_start(cpu);
+    ret = cpu_exec(cpu);
+    cpu_exec_end(cpu);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
+    atomic_set(&tcg_ctx->prof.cpu_exec_time,
+               tcg_ctx->prof.cpu_exec_time + profile_getclock() - ti);
+#endif
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Destroy any remaining vCPUs which have been unplugged and have
+ * finished running
+ */
+static void deal_with_unplugged_cpus(void)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu;
+
+    CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
+        if (cpu->unplug && !cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+            qemu_tcg_destroy_vcpu(cpu);
+            cpu_thread_signal_destroyed(cpu);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Single-threaded TCG
+ *
+ * In the single-threaded case each vCPU is simulated in turn. If
+ * there is more than a single vCPU we create a simple timer to kick
+ * the vCPU and ensure we don't get stuck in a tight loop in one vCPU.
+ * This is done explicitly rather than relying on side-effects
+ * elsewhere.
+ */
+
+static void *tcg_rr_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu = arg;
+
+    assert(tcg_enabled());
+    rcu_register_thread();
+    tcg_register_thread();
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
+
+    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
+    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
+    cpu_thread_signal_created(cpu);
+    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
+
+    /* wait for initial kick-off after machine start */
+    while (first_cpu->stopped) {
+        qemu_cond_wait_iothread(first_cpu->halt_cond);
+
+        /* process any pending work */
+        CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
+            current_cpu = cpu;
+            qemu_wait_io_event_common(cpu);
+        }
+    }
+
+    start_tcg_kick_timer();
+
+    cpu = first_cpu;
+
+    /* process any pending work */
+    cpu->exit_request = 1;
+
+    while (1) {
+        qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+        replay_mutex_lock();
+        qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+        /* Account partial waits to QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL.  */
+        icount_account_warp_timer();
+
+        /*
+         * Run the timers here.  This is much more efficient than
+         * waking up the I/O thread and waiting for completion.
+         */
+        handle_icount_deadline();
+
+        replay_mutex_unlock();
+
+        if (!cpu) {
+            cpu = first_cpu;
+        }
+
+        while (cpu && !cpu->queued_work_first && !cpu->exit_request) {
+
+            atomic_mb_set(&tcg_current_rr_cpu, cpu);
+            current_cpu = cpu;
+
+            qemu_clock_enable(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
+                              (cpu->singlestep_enabled & SSTEP_NOTIMER) == 0);
+
+            if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+                int r;
+
+                qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+                prepare_icount_for_run(cpu);
+
+                r = tcg_cpu_exec(cpu);
+
+                process_icount_data(cpu);
+                qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+
+                if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
+                    cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
+                    break;
+                } else if (r == EXCP_ATOMIC) {
+                    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+                    cpu_exec_step_atomic(cpu);
+                    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+                    break;
+                }
+            } else if (cpu->stop) {
+                if (cpu->unplug) {
+                    cpu = CPU_NEXT(cpu);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            cpu = CPU_NEXT(cpu);
+        } /* while (cpu && !cpu->exit_request).. */
+
+        /* Does not need atomic_mb_set because a spurious wakeup is okay.  */
+        atomic_set(&tcg_current_rr_cpu, NULL);
+
+        if (cpu && cpu->exit_request) {
+            atomic_mb_set(&cpu->exit_request, 0);
+        }
+
+        if (icount_enabled() && all_cpu_threads_idle()) {
+            /*
+             * When all cpus are sleeping (e.g in WFI), to avoid a deadlock
+             * in the main_loop, wake it up in order to start the warp timer.
+             */
+            qemu_notify_event();
+        }
+
+        qemu_tcg_rr_wait_io_event();
+        deal_with_unplugged_cpus();
+    }
+
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Multi-threaded TCG
+ *
+ * In the multi-threaded case each vCPU has its own thread. The TLS
+ * variable current_cpu can be used deep in the code to find the
+ * current CPUState for a given thread.
+ */
+
+static void *tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu = arg;
+
+    assert(tcg_enabled());
+    g_assert(!icount_enabled());
+
+    rcu_register_thread();
+    tcg_register_thread();
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
+
+    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
+    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
+    current_cpu = cpu;
+    cpu_thread_signal_created(cpu);
+    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
+
+    /* process any pending work */
+    cpu->exit_request = 1;
+
+    do {
+        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+            int r;
+            qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+            r = tcg_cpu_exec(cpu);
+            qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+            switch (r) {
+            case EXCP_DEBUG:
+                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
+                break;
+            case EXCP_HALTED:
+                /*
+                 * during start-up the vCPU is reset and the thread is
+                 * kicked several times. If we don't ensure we go back
+                 * to sleep in the halted state we won't cleanly
+                 * start-up when the vCPU is enabled.
+                 *
+                 * cpu->halted should ensure we sleep in wait_io_event
+                 */
+                g_assert(cpu->halted);
+                break;
+            case EXCP_ATOMIC:
+                qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+                cpu_exec_step_atomic(cpu);
+                qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+            default:
+                /* Ignore everything else? */
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        atomic_mb_set(&cpu->exit_request, 0);
+        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
+    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
+
+    qemu_tcg_destroy_vcpu(cpu);
+    cpu_thread_signal_destroyed(cpu);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void tcg_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
+    static QemuCond *single_tcg_halt_cond;
+    static QemuThread *single_tcg_cpu_thread;
+    static int tcg_region_inited;
+
+    assert(tcg_enabled());
+    /*
+     * Initialize TCG regions--once. Now is a good time, because:
+     * (1) TCG's init context, prologue and target globals have been set up.
+     * (2) qemu_tcg_mttcg_enabled() works now (TCG init code runs before the
+     *     -accel flag is processed, so the check doesn't work then).
+     */
+    if (!tcg_region_inited) {
+        tcg_region_inited = 1;
+        tcg_region_init();
+    }
+
+    if (qemu_tcg_mttcg_enabled() || !single_tcg_cpu_thread) {
+        cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
+        cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
+        qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
+
+        if (qemu_tcg_mttcg_enabled()) {
+            /* create a thread per vCPU with TCG (MTTCG) */
+            parallel_cpus = true;
+            snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/TCG",
+                 cpu->cpu_index);
+
+            qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, tcg_cpu_thread_fn,
+                               cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+
+        } else {
+            /* share a single thread for all cpus with TCG */
+            snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "ALL CPUs/TCG");
+            qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name,
+                               tcg_rr_cpu_thread_fn,
+                               cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+
+            single_tcg_halt_cond = cpu->halt_cond;
+            single_tcg_cpu_thread = cpu->thread;
+        }
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
+#endif
+    } else {
+        /* For non-MTTCG cases we share the thread */
+        cpu->thread = single_tcg_cpu_thread;
+        cpu->halt_cond = single_tcg_halt_cond;
+        cpu->thread_id = first_cpu->thread_id;
+        cpu->can_do_io = 1;
+        cpu->created = true;
+    }
+}
+
+static void tcg_cpu_synchronize_noop(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+}
+
+CpusAccelInterface tcg_cpus_interface = {
+    .create_vcpu_thread = tcg_start_vcpu_thread,
+    .kick_vcpu_thread = tcg_kick_vcpu_thread,
+
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_reset = tcg_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_init = tcg_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+    .cpu_synchronize_state = tcg_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+    .cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm = tcg_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+};
diff --git a/accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.h b/accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6e96b2af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/tcg/tcg-cpus-interface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef TCG_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+#define TCG_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+
+extern CpusAccelInterface tcg_cpus_interface;
+
+#endif /* TCG_CPUS_INTERFACE */
diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index 7e9f545be8..3f5d34981e 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -24,27 +24,19 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "qemu/config-file.h"
-#include "qemu/cutils.h"
-#include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-events-run-state.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
-#include "qemu/error-report.h"
-#include "qemu/qemu-print.h"
 #include "sysemu/tcg.h"
-#include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
-#include "sysemu/dma.h"
 #include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "sysemu/hax.h"
 #include "sysemu/hvf.h"
 #include "sysemu/whpx.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
-
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/plugin.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpus.h"
@@ -87,7 +79,7 @@ bool cpu_is_stopped(CPUState *cpu)
     return cpu->stopped || !runstate_is_running();
 }
 
-static bool cpu_thread_is_idle(CPUState *cpu)
+bool cpu_thread_is_idle(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     if (cpu->stop || cpu->queued_work_first) {
         return false;
@@ -114,78 +106,6 @@ bool all_cpu_threads_idle(void)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool mttcg_enabled;
-
-/***********************************************************/
-/* TCG vCPU kick timer
- *
- * The kick timer is responsible for moving single threaded vCPU
- * emulation on to the next vCPU. If more than one vCPU is running a
- * timer event with force a cpu->exit so the next vCPU can get
- * scheduled.
- *
- * The timer is removed if all vCPUs are idle and restarted again once
- * idleness is complete.
- */
-
-static QEMUTimer *tcg_kick_vcpu_timer;
-static CPUState *tcg_current_rr_cpu;
-
-#define TCG_KICK_PERIOD (NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND / 10)
-
-static inline int64_t qemu_tcg_next_kick(void)
-{
-    return qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) + TCG_KICK_PERIOD;
-}
-
-/* Kick the currently round-robin scheduled vCPU to next */
-static void qemu_cpu_kick_rr_next_cpu(void)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu;
-    do {
-        cpu = atomic_mb_read(&tcg_current_rr_cpu);
-        if (cpu) {
-            cpu_exit(cpu);
-        }
-    } while (cpu != atomic_mb_read(&tcg_current_rr_cpu));
-}
-
-/* Kick all RR vCPUs */
-static void qemu_cpu_kick_rr_cpus(void)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu;
-
-    CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-        cpu_exit(cpu);
-    };
-}
-
-static void kick_tcg_thread(void *opaque)
-{
-    timer_mod(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer, qemu_tcg_next_kick());
-    qemu_cpu_kick_rr_next_cpu();
-}
-
-static void start_tcg_kick_timer(void)
-{
-    assert(!mttcg_enabled);
-    if (!tcg_kick_vcpu_timer && CPU_NEXT(first_cpu)) {
-        tcg_kick_vcpu_timer = timer_new_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
-                                           kick_tcg_thread, NULL);
-    }
-    if (tcg_kick_vcpu_timer && !timer_pending(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer)) {
-        timer_mod(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer, qemu_tcg_next_kick());
-    }
-}
-
-static void stop_tcg_kick_timer(void)
-{
-    assert(!mttcg_enabled);
-    if (tcg_kick_vcpu_timer && timer_pending(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer)) {
-        timer_del(tcg_kick_vcpu_timer);
-    }
-}
-
 /***********************************************************/
 void hw_error(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
@@ -204,16 +124,21 @@ void hw_error(const char *fmt, ...)
     abort();
 }
 
+/*
+ * every accelerator is supposed to register this.
+ * Cannot be done cleanly as a machine state or accel class method,
+ * since TCG is not a normal accelerator yet,
+ * with USER mode being special-cased and other complications.
+ */
+static CpusAccelInterface accel_int;
+
 void cpu_synchronize_all_states(void)
 {
     CPUState *cpu;
 
     CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-        cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
-        /* TODO: move to cpu_synchronize_state() */
-        if (hvf_enabled()) {
-            hvf_cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
-        }
+        assert(accel_int.cpu_synchronize_state != NULL);
+        accel_int.cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
     }
 }
 
@@ -222,11 +147,8 @@ void cpu_synchronize_all_post_reset(void)
     CPUState *cpu;
 
     CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-        cpu_synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
-        /* TODO: move to cpu_synchronize_post_reset() */
-        if (hvf_enabled()) {
-            hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
-        }
+        assert(accel_int.cpu_synchronize_post_reset != NULL);
+        accel_int.cpu_synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
     }
 }
 
@@ -235,11 +157,8 @@ void cpu_synchronize_all_post_init(void)
     CPUState *cpu;
 
     CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-        cpu_synchronize_post_init(cpu);
-        /* TODO: move to cpu_synchronize_post_init() */
-        if (hvf_enabled()) {
-            hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_init(cpu);
-        }
+        assert(accel_int.cpu_synchronize_post_init != NULL);
+        accel_int.cpu_synchronize_post_init(cpu);
     }
 }
 
@@ -248,7 +167,8 @@ void cpu_synchronize_all_pre_loadvm(void)
     CPUState *cpu;
 
     CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-        cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(cpu);
+        assert(accel_int.cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm != NULL);
+        accel_int.cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(cpu);
     }
 }
 
@@ -280,7 +200,7 @@ int vm_shutdown(void)
     return do_vm_stop(RUN_STATE_SHUTDOWN, false);
 }
 
-static bool cpu_can_run(CPUState *cpu)
+bool cpu_can_run(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     if (cpu->stop) {
         return false;
@@ -291,7 +211,7 @@ static bool cpu_can_run(CPUState *cpu)
     return true;
 }
 
-static void cpu_handle_guest_debug(CPUState *cpu)
+void cpu_handle_guest_debug(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     gdb_set_stop_cpu(cpu);
     qemu_system_debug_request();
@@ -374,18 +294,6 @@ void run_on_cpu(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_func func, 
run_on_cpu_data data)
     do_run_on_cpu(cpu, func, data, &qemu_global_mutex);
 }
 
-static void qemu_kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    if (kvm_destroy_vcpu(cpu) < 0) {
-        error_report("kvm_destroy_vcpu failed");
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-}
-
-static void qemu_tcg_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-}
-
 static void qemu_cpu_stop(CPUState *cpu, bool exit)
 {
     g_assert(qemu_cpu_is_self(cpu));
@@ -397,7 +305,7 @@ static void qemu_cpu_stop(CPUState *cpu, bool exit)
     qemu_cond_broadcast(&qemu_pause_cond);
 }
 
-static void qemu_wait_io_event_common(CPUState *cpu)
+void qemu_wait_io_event_common(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     atomic_mb_set(&cpu->thread_kicked, false);
     if (cpu->stop) {
@@ -406,23 +314,7 @@ static void qemu_wait_io_event_common(CPUState *cpu)
     process_queued_cpu_work(cpu);
 }
 
-static void qemu_tcg_rr_wait_io_event(void)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu;
-
-    while (all_cpu_threads_idle()) {
-        stop_tcg_kick_timer();
-        qemu_cond_wait(first_cpu->halt_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-    }
-
-    start_tcg_kick_timer();
-
-    CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-        qemu_wait_io_event_common(cpu);
-    }
-}
-
-static void qemu_wait_io_event(CPUState *cpu)
+void qemu_wait_io_event(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     bool slept = false;
 
@@ -438,7 +330,8 @@ static void qemu_wait_io_event(CPUState *cpu)
     }
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    /* Eat dummy APC queued by qemu_cpu_kick_thread.  */
+    /* Eat dummy APC queued by hax_kick_vcpu_thread */
+    /* NB!!! Should not this be if (hax_enabled)? Is this wrong for whpx? */
     if (!tcg_enabled()) {
         SleepEx(0, TRUE);
     }
@@ -446,540 +339,7 @@ static void qemu_wait_io_event(CPUState *cpu)
     qemu_wait_io_event_common(cpu);
 }
 
-static void *qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu = arg;
-    int r;
-
-    rcu_register_thread();
-
-    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
-    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
-    current_cpu = cpu;
-
-    r = kvm_init_vcpu(cpu);
-    if (r < 0) {
-        error_report("kvm_init_vcpu failed: %s", strerror(-r));
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    kvm_init_cpu_signals(cpu);
-
-    /* signal CPU creation */
-    cpu->created = true;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
-
-    do {
-        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
-            r = kvm_cpu_exec(cpu);
-            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
-                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
-            }
-        }
-        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
-    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
-
-    qemu_kvm_destroy_vcpu(cpu);
-    cpu->created = false;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-    rcu_unregister_thread();
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void *qemu_dummy_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    error_report("qtest is not supported under Windows");
-    exit(1);
-#else
-    CPUState *cpu = arg;
-    sigset_t waitset;
-    int r;
-
-    rcu_register_thread();
-
-    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
-    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
-    current_cpu = cpu;
-
-    sigemptyset(&waitset);
-    sigaddset(&waitset, SIG_IPI);
-
-    /* signal CPU creation */
-    cpu->created = true;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
-
-    do {
-        qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-        do {
-            int sig;
-            r = sigwait(&waitset, &sig);
-        } while (r == -1 && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR));
-        if (r == -1) {
-            perror("sigwait");
-            exit(1);
-        }
-        qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
-    } while (!cpu->unplug);
-
-    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-    rcu_unregister_thread();
-    return NULL;
-#endif
-}
-
-static int64_t tcg_get_icount_limit(void)
-{
-    int64_t deadline;
-
-    if (replay_mode != REPLAY_MODE_PLAY) {
-        /*
-         * Include all the timers, because they may need an attention.
-         * Too long CPU execution may create unnecessary delay in UI.
-         */
-        deadline = qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
-                                              QEMU_TIMER_ATTR_ALL);
-        /* Check realtime timers, because they help with input processing */
-        deadline = qemu_soonest_timeout(deadline,
-                qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME,
-                                           QEMU_TIMER_ATTR_ALL));
-
-        /* Maintain prior (possibly buggy) behaviour where if no deadline
-         * was set (as there is no QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL timer) or it is more than
-         * INT32_MAX nanoseconds ahead, we still use INT32_MAX
-         * nanoseconds.
-         */
-        if ((deadline < 0) || (deadline > INT32_MAX)) {
-            deadline = INT32_MAX;
-        }
-
-        return icount_round(deadline);
-    } else {
-        return replay_get_instructions();
-    }
-}
-
-static void handle_icount_deadline(void)
-{
-    assert(qemu_in_vcpu_thread());
-    if (icount_enabled()) {
-        int64_t deadline = qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
-                                                      QEMU_TIMER_ATTR_ALL);
-
-        if (deadline == 0) {
-            /* Wake up other AioContexts.  */
-            qemu_clock_notify(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
-            qemu_clock_run_timers(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void prepare_icount_for_run(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    if (icount_enabled()) {
-        int insns_left;
-
-        /* These should always be cleared by process_icount_data after
-         * each vCPU execution. However u16.high can be raised
-         * asynchronously by cpu_exit/cpu_interrupt/tcg_handle_interrupt
-         */
-        g_assert(cpu_neg(cpu)->icount_decr.u16.low == 0);
-        g_assert(cpu->icount_extra == 0);
-
-        cpu->icount_budget = tcg_get_icount_limit();
-        insns_left = MIN(0xffff, cpu->icount_budget);
-        cpu_neg(cpu)->icount_decr.u16.low = insns_left;
-        cpu->icount_extra = cpu->icount_budget - insns_left;
-
-        replay_mutex_lock();
-    }
-}
-
-static void process_icount_data(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    if (icount_enabled()) {
-        /* Account for executed instructions */
-        icount_update(cpu);
-
-        /* Reset the counters */
-        cpu_neg(cpu)->icount_decr.u16.low = 0;
-        cpu->icount_extra = 0;
-        cpu->icount_budget = 0;
-
-        replay_account_executed_instructions();
-
-        replay_mutex_unlock();
-    }
-}
-
-
-static int tcg_cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    int ret;
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
-    int64_t ti;
-#endif
-
-    assert(tcg_enabled());
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
-    ti = profile_getclock();
-#endif
-    cpu_exec_start(cpu);
-    ret = cpu_exec(cpu);
-    cpu_exec_end(cpu);
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
-    atomic_set(&tcg_ctx->prof.cpu_exec_time,
-               tcg_ctx->prof.cpu_exec_time + profile_getclock() - ti);
-#endif
-    return ret;
-}
-
-/* Destroy any remaining vCPUs which have been unplugged and have
- * finished running
- */
-static void deal_with_unplugged_cpus(void)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu;
-
-    CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-        if (cpu->unplug && !cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
-            qemu_tcg_destroy_vcpu(cpu);
-            cpu->created = false;
-            qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/* Single-threaded TCG
- *
- * In the single-threaded case each vCPU is simulated in turn. If
- * there is more than a single vCPU we create a simple timer to kick
- * the vCPU and ensure we don't get stuck in a tight loop in one vCPU.
- * This is done explicitly rather than relying on side-effects
- * elsewhere.
- */
-
-static void *qemu_tcg_rr_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu = arg;
-
-    assert(tcg_enabled());
-    rcu_register_thread();
-    tcg_register_thread();
-
-    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
-
-    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->created = true;
-    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
-
-    /* wait for initial kick-off after machine start */
-    while (first_cpu->stopped) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(first_cpu->halt_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-
-        /* process any pending work */
-        CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
-            current_cpu = cpu;
-            qemu_wait_io_event_common(cpu);
-        }
-    }
-
-    start_tcg_kick_timer();
-
-    cpu = first_cpu;
-
-    /* process any pending work */
-    cpu->exit_request = 1;
-
-    while (1) {
-        qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-        replay_mutex_lock();
-        qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-        /* Account partial waits to QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL.  */
-        icount_account_warp_timer();
-
-        /* Run the timers here.  This is much more efficient than
-         * waking up the I/O thread and waiting for completion.
-         */
-        handle_icount_deadline();
-
-        replay_mutex_unlock();
-
-        if (!cpu) {
-            cpu = first_cpu;
-        }
-
-        while (cpu && !cpu->queued_work_first && !cpu->exit_request) {
-
-            atomic_mb_set(&tcg_current_rr_cpu, cpu);
-            current_cpu = cpu;
-
-            qemu_clock_enable(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
-                              (cpu->singlestep_enabled & SSTEP_NOTIMER) == 0);
-
-            if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
-                int r;
-
-                qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-                prepare_icount_for_run(cpu);
-
-                r = tcg_cpu_exec(cpu);
-
-                process_icount_data(cpu);
-                qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-
-                if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
-                    cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
-                    break;
-                } else if (r == EXCP_ATOMIC) {
-                    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-                    cpu_exec_step_atomic(cpu);
-                    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-                    break;
-                }
-            } else if (cpu->stop) {
-                if (cpu->unplug) {
-                    cpu = CPU_NEXT(cpu);
-                }
-                break;
-            }
-
-            cpu = CPU_NEXT(cpu);
-        } /* while (cpu && !cpu->exit_request).. */
-
-        /* Does not need atomic_mb_set because a spurious wakeup is okay.  */
-        atomic_set(&tcg_current_rr_cpu, NULL);
-
-        if (cpu && cpu->exit_request) {
-            atomic_mb_set(&cpu->exit_request, 0);
-        }
-
-        if (icount_enabled() && all_cpu_threads_idle()) {
-            /*
-             * When all cpus are sleeping (e.g in WFI), to avoid a deadlock
-             * in the main_loop, wake it up in order to start the warp timer.
-             */
-            qemu_notify_event();
-        }
-
-        qemu_tcg_rr_wait_io_event();
-        deal_with_unplugged_cpus();
-    }
-
-    rcu_unregister_thread();
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void *qemu_hax_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu = arg;
-    int r;
-
-    rcu_register_thread();
-    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
-
-    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->created = true;
-    current_cpu = cpu;
-
-    hax_init_vcpu(cpu);
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
-
-    do {
-        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
-            r = hax_smp_cpu_exec(cpu);
-            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
-                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
-            }
-        }
-
-        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
-    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
-    rcu_unregister_thread();
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-/* The HVF-specific vCPU thread function. This one should only run when the 
host
- * CPU supports the VMX "unrestricted guest" feature. */
-static void *qemu_hvf_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu = arg;
-
-    int r;
-
-    assert(hvf_enabled());
-
-    rcu_register_thread();
-
-    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
-
-    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
-    current_cpu = cpu;
-
-    hvf_init_vcpu(cpu);
-
-    /* signal CPU creation */
-    cpu->created = true;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
-
-    do {
-        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
-            r = hvf_vcpu_exec(cpu);
-            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
-                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
-            }
-        }
-        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
-    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
-
-    hvf_vcpu_destroy(cpu);
-    cpu->created = false;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-    rcu_unregister_thread();
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void *qemu_whpx_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu = arg;
-    int r;
-
-    rcu_register_thread();
-
-    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
-    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    current_cpu = cpu;
-
-    r = whpx_init_vcpu(cpu);
-    if (r < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "whpx_init_vcpu failed: %s\n", strerror(-r));
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
-    /* signal CPU creation */
-    cpu->created = true;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
-
-    do {
-        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
-            r = whpx_vcpu_exec(cpu);
-            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
-                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
-            }
-        }
-        while (cpu_thread_is_idle(cpu)) {
-            qemu_cond_wait(cpu->halt_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-        }
-        qemu_wait_io_event_common(cpu);
-    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
-
-    whpx_destroy_vcpu(cpu);
-    cpu->created = false;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-    rcu_unregister_thread();
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-static void CALLBACK dummy_apc_func(ULONG_PTR unused)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
-/* Multi-threaded TCG
- *
- * In the multi-threaded case each vCPU has its own thread. The TLS
- * variable current_cpu can be used deep in the code to find the
- * current CPUState for a given thread.
- */
-
-static void *qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu = arg;
-
-    assert(tcg_enabled());
-    g_assert(!icount_enabled());
-
-    rcu_register_thread();
-    tcg_register_thread();
-
-    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
-
-    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->created = true;
-    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
-    current_cpu = cpu;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
-
-    /* process any pending work */
-    cpu->exit_request = 1;
-
-    do {
-        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
-            int r;
-            qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-            r = tcg_cpu_exec(cpu);
-            qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-            switch (r) {
-            case EXCP_DEBUG:
-                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
-                break;
-            case EXCP_HALTED:
-                /* during start-up the vCPU is reset and the thread is
-                 * kicked several times. If we don't ensure we go back
-                 * to sleep in the halted state we won't cleanly
-                 * start-up when the vCPU is enabled.
-                 *
-                 * cpu->halted should ensure we sleep in wait_io_event
-                 */
-                g_assert(cpu->halted);
-                break;
-            case EXCP_ATOMIC:
-                qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-                cpu_exec_step_atomic(cpu);
-                qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-            default:
-                /* Ignore everything else? */
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        atomic_mb_set(&cpu->exit_request, 0);
-        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
-    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
-
-    qemu_tcg_destroy_vcpu(cpu);
-    cpu->created = false;
-    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-    rcu_unregister_thread();
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-static void qemu_cpu_kick_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+void cpus_kick_thread(CPUState *cpu)
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32
     int err;
@@ -993,44 +353,20 @@ static void qemu_cpu_kick_thread(CPUState *cpu)
         fprintf(stderr, "qemu:%s: %s", __func__, strerror(err));
         exit(1);
     }
-#else /* _WIN32 */
-    if (!qemu_cpu_is_self(cpu)) {
-        if (whpx_enabled()) {
-            whpx_vcpu_kick(cpu);
-        } else if (!QueueUserAPC(dummy_apc_func, cpu->hThread, 0)) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: QueueUserAPC failed with error %lu\n",
-                    __func__, GetLastError());
-            exit(1);
-        }
-    }
 #endif
 }
 
 void qemu_cpu_kick(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     qemu_cond_broadcast(cpu->halt_cond);
-    if (tcg_enabled()) {
-        if (qemu_tcg_mttcg_enabled()) {
-            cpu_exit(cpu);
-        } else {
-            qemu_cpu_kick_rr_cpus();
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (hax_enabled()) {
-            /*
-             * FIXME: race condition with the exit_request check in
-             * hax_vcpu_hax_exec
-             */
-            cpu->exit_request = 1;
-        }
-        qemu_cpu_kick_thread(cpu);
-    }
+    assert(accel_int.kick_vcpu_thread != NULL);
+    accel_int.kick_vcpu_thread(cpu);
 }
 
 void qemu_cpu_kick_self(void)
 {
     assert(current_cpu);
-    qemu_cpu_kick_thread(current_cpu);
+    cpus_kick_thread(current_cpu);
 }
 
 bool qemu_cpu_is_self(CPUState *cpu)
@@ -1080,6 +416,21 @@ void qemu_cond_timedwait_iothread(QemuCond *cond, int ms)
     qemu_cond_timedwait(cond, &qemu_global_mutex, ms);
 }
 
+/* signal CPU creation */
+void cpu_thread_signal_created(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    cpu->created = true;
+    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
+}
+
+/* signal CPU destruction */
+void cpu_thread_signal_destroyed(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    cpu->created = false;
+    qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
+}
+
+
 static bool all_vcpus_paused(void)
 {
     CPUState *cpu;
@@ -1155,140 +506,18 @@ void cpu_remove_sync(CPUState *cpu)
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
 }
 
-/* For temporary buffers for forming a name */
-#define VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE 16
-
-static void qemu_tcg_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
-    static QemuCond *single_tcg_halt_cond;
-    static QemuThread *single_tcg_cpu_thread;
-    static int tcg_region_inited;
-
-    assert(tcg_enabled());
-    /*
-     * Initialize TCG regions--once. Now is a good time, because:
-     * (1) TCG's init context, prologue and target globals have been set up.
-     * (2) qemu_tcg_mttcg_enabled() works now (TCG init code runs before the
-     *     -accel flag is processed, so the check doesn't work then).
-     */
-    if (!tcg_region_inited) {
-        tcg_region_inited = 1;
-        tcg_region_init();
-    }
-
-    if (qemu_tcg_mttcg_enabled() || !single_tcg_cpu_thread) {
-        cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
-        cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
-        qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
-
-        if (qemu_tcg_mttcg_enabled()) {
-            /* create a thread per vCPU with TCG (MTTCG) */
-            parallel_cpus = true;
-            snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/TCG",
-                 cpu->cpu_index);
-
-            qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, 
qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn,
-                               cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-
-        } else {
-            /* share a single thread for all cpus with TCG */
-            snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "ALL CPUs/TCG");
-            qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name,
-                               qemu_tcg_rr_cpu_thread_fn,
-                               cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-
-            single_tcg_halt_cond = cpu->halt_cond;
-            single_tcg_cpu_thread = cpu->thread;
-        }
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
-#endif
-    } else {
-        /* For non-MTTCG cases we share the thread */
-        cpu->thread = single_tcg_cpu_thread;
-        cpu->halt_cond = single_tcg_halt_cond;
-        cpu->thread_id = first_cpu->thread_id;
-        cpu->can_do_io = 1;
-        cpu->created = true;
-    }
-}
-
-static void qemu_hax_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
-
-    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
-    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
-    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
-
-    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/HAX",
-             cpu->cpu_index);
-    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qemu_hax_cpu_thread_fn,
-                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
-#endif
-}
-
-static void qemu_kvm_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+void cpus_register_accel_interface(CpusAccelInterface *i)
 {
-    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
-
-    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
-    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
-    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
-    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/KVM",
-             cpu->cpu_index);
-    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn,
-                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-}
-
-static void qemu_hvf_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
-
-    /* HVF currently does not support TCG, and only runs in
-     * unrestricted-guest mode. */
-    assert(hvf_enabled());
-
-    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
-    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
-    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
+    assert(i != NULL);
+    assert(i->create_vcpu_thread != NULL);
+    assert(i->kick_vcpu_thread != NULL);
 
-    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/HVF",
-             cpu->cpu_index);
-    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qemu_hvf_cpu_thread_fn,
-                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-}
-
-static void qemu_whpx_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
-
-    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
-    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
-    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
-    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/WHPX",
-             cpu->cpu_index);
-    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qemu_whpx_cpu_thread_fn,
-                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
-#endif
-}
+    assert(i->cpu_synchronize_post_reset != NULL);
+    assert(i->cpu_synchronize_post_init != NULL);
+    assert(i->cpu_synchronize_state != NULL);
+    assert(i->cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm != NULL);
 
-static void qemu_dummy_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
-
-    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
-    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
-    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
-    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/DUMMY",
-             cpu->cpu_index);
-    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qemu_dummy_cpu_thread_fn, cpu,
-                       QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+    accel_int = *i;
 }
 
 void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
@@ -1308,19 +537,8 @@ void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
         cpu_address_space_init(cpu, 0, "cpu-memory", cpu->memory);
     }
 
-    if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        qemu_kvm_start_vcpu(cpu);
-    } else if (hax_enabled()) {
-        qemu_hax_start_vcpu(cpu);
-    } else if (hvf_enabled()) {
-        qemu_hvf_start_vcpu(cpu);
-    } else if (tcg_enabled()) {
-        qemu_tcg_init_vcpu(cpu);
-    } else if (whpx_enabled()) {
-        qemu_whpx_start_vcpu(cpu);
-    } else {
-        qemu_dummy_start_vcpu(cpu);
-    }
+    assert(accel_int.create_vcpu_thread != NULL);
+    accel_int.create_vcpu_thread(cpu);
 
     while (!cpu->created) {
         qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_cpu_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
@@ -1498,3 +716,26 @@ void qmp_inject_nmi(Error **errp)
     nmi_monitor_handle(monitor_get_cpu_index(), errp);
 }
 
+void cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    assert(accel_int.cpu_synchronize_state != NULL);
+    accel_int.cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
+}
+
+void cpu_synchronize_post_reset(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    assert(accel_int.cpu_synchronize_post_reset != NULL);
+    accel_int.cpu_synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
+}
+
+void cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    assert(accel_int.cpu_synchronize_post_init != NULL);
+    accel_int.cpu_synchronize_post_init(cpu);
+}
+
+void cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    assert(accel_int.cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm != NULL);
+    accel_int.cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(cpu);
+}
diff --git a/hw/core/cpu.c b/hw/core/cpu.c
index 5284d384fb..b601654a10 100644
--- a/hw/core/cpu.c
+++ b/hw/core/cpu.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "trace-root.h"
 #include "qemu/plugin.h"
+#include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
 
 CPUInterruptHandler cpu_interrupt_handler;
 
diff --git a/include/sysemu/cpus.h b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
index 149de000a0..b9d76ebda8 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/cpus.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
@@ -4,7 +4,51 @@
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 
 /* cpus.c */
+
+/* CPU execution threads */
+
+typedef struct CpusAccelInterface {
+    void (*create_vcpu_thread)(CPUState *cpu);
+    void (*kick_vcpu_thread)(CPUState *cpu);
+
+    void (*cpu_synchronize_post_reset)(CPUState *cpu);
+    void (*cpu_synchronize_post_init)(CPUState *cpu);
+    void (*cpu_synchronize_state)(CPUState *cpu);
+    void (*cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm)(CPUState *cpu);
+} CpusAccelInterface;
+
+/* register accel-specific interface */
+void cpus_register_accel_interface(CpusAccelInterface *i);
+
+/*
+ * these are the registrable vcpu start functions for all accelerators.
+ * They are arguments to qemu_register_start_vcpu();
+ */
+void qemu_dummy_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
+void qemu_tcg_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
+void qemu_kvm_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
+void qemu_hax_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
+void qemu_hvf_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
+void qemu_whpx_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
+/* end of vcpu start functions for accelerators */
+
+/* interface available for cpus accelerator threads */
+
+/* For temporary buffers for forming a name */
+#define VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE 16
+
+void cpus_kick_thread(CPUState *cpu);
+bool cpu_thread_is_idle(CPUState *cpu);
 bool all_cpu_threads_idle(void);
+bool cpu_can_run(CPUState *cpu);
+void qemu_wait_io_event_common(CPUState *cpu);
+void qemu_wait_io_event(CPUState *cpu);
+void cpu_thread_signal_created(CPUState *cpu);
+void cpu_thread_signal_destroyed(CPUState *cpu);
+void cpu_handle_guest_debug(CPUState *cpu);
+
+/* end interface for cpus accelerator threads */
+
 bool qemu_in_vcpu_thread(void);
 void qemu_init_cpu_loop(void);
 void resume_all_vcpus(void);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/hvf.h b/include/sysemu/hvf.h
index d211e808e9..cdd4172b24 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/hvf.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/hvf.h
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ int hvf_smp_cpu_exec(CPUState *);
 void hvf_cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *);
 void hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_reset(CPUState *);
 void hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *);
-void _hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *, run_on_cpu_data);
 
 void hvf_vcpu_destroy(CPUState *);
 void hvf_raise_event(CPUState *);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/hw_accel.h b/include/sysemu/hw_accel.h
index 0ec2372477..336740e10a 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/hw_accel.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/hw_accel.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * QEMU Hardware accelertors support
+ * QEMU Hardware accelerators support
  *
  * Copyright 2016 Google, Inc.
  *
@@ -16,56 +16,9 @@
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "sysemu/whpx.h"
 
-static inline void cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        kvm_cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
-    }
-    if (hax_enabled()) {
-        hax_cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
-    }
-    if (whpx_enabled()) {
-        whpx_cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
-    }
-}
-
-static inline void cpu_synchronize_post_reset(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        kvm_cpu_synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
-    }
-    if (hax_enabled()) {
-        hax_cpu_synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
-    }
-    if (whpx_enabled()) {
-        whpx_cpu_synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
-    }
-}
-
-static inline void cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        kvm_cpu_synchronize_post_init(cpu);
-    }
-    if (hax_enabled()) {
-        hax_cpu_synchronize_post_init(cpu);
-    }
-    if (whpx_enabled()) {
-        whpx_cpu_synchronize_post_init(cpu);
-    }
-}
-
-static inline void cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        kvm_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(cpu);
-    }
-    if (hax_enabled()) {
-        hax_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(cpu);
-    }
-    if (whpx_enabled()) {
-        whpx_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(cpu);
-    }
-}
+void cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu);
+void cpu_synchronize_post_reset(CPUState *cpu);
+void cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *cpu);
+void cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(CPUState *cpu);
 
 #endif /* QEMU_HW_ACCEL_H */
diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm.h b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
index 3b2250471c..3d84c940db 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/kvm.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ int kvm_has_intx_set_mask(void);
 
 int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
 int kvm_cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu);
-int kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
+void kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
 
 /**
  * kvm_arm_supports_user_irq
diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index 45be5dc0ed..3bbd72b7cd 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ stub-obj-y += pci-host-piix.o
 stub-obj-y += ram-block.o
 stub-obj-y += ramfb.o
 stub-obj-y += fw_cfg.o
+stub-obj-y += cpu-synchronize-state.o
 stub-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += semihost.o
diff --git a/stubs/cpu-synchronize-state.c b/stubs/cpu-synchronize-state.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3112fe439d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/cpu-synchronize-state.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
+
+void cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+}
+void cpu_synchronize_post_reset(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+}
+void cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+}
+void cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+}
diff --git a/target/i386/Makefile.objs b/target/i386/Makefile.objs
index 48e0c28434..a847064e68 100644
--- a/target/i386/Makefile.objs
+++ b/target/i386/Makefile.objs
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ obj-y += machine.o arch_memory_mapping.o arch_dump.o monitor.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KVM) += kvm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HYPERV) += hyperv.o
 obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_HYPERV)) += hyperv-stub.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HAX) += hax-all.o hax-mem.o hax-cpus-interface.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_WIN32),y)
-obj-$(CONFIG_HAX) += hax-all.o hax-mem.o hax-windows.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HAX) += hax-windows.o
 endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_POSIX),y)
-obj-$(CONFIG_HAX) += hax-all.o hax-mem.o hax-posix.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HAX) += hax-posix.o
 endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_HVF) += hvf/
-obj-$(CONFIG_WHPX) += whpx-all.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_WHPX) += whpx-all.o whpx-cpus-interface.o
 endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_SEV) += sev.o
 obj-$(call lnot,$(CONFIG_SEV)) += sev-stub.o
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-all.c b/target/i386/hax-all.c
index f9c83fff25..56c99bffd2 100644
--- a/target/i386/hax-all.c
+++ b/target/i386/hax-all.c
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
 #include "sysemu/accel.h"
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
-#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 
+#include "hax-cpus-interface.h"
+
 #define DEBUG_HAX 0
 
 #define DPRINTF(fmt, ...) \
@@ -361,6 +362,9 @@ static int hax_accel_init(MachineState *ms)
                 !ret ? "working" : "not working",
                 !ret ? "fast virt" : "emulation");
     }
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        cpus_register_accel_interface(&hax_cpus_interface);
+    }
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.c b/target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85cbfb4ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU HAX support
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2008
+ *           Red Hat, Inc. 2008
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Anthony Liguori   <address@hidden>
+ *  Glauber Costa     <address@hidden>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Intel Corporation
+ *  Written by:
+ *  Jiang Yunhong<address@hidden>
+ *  Xin Xiaohui<address@hidden>
+ *  Zhang Xiantao<address@hidden>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "hax-i386.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
+
+#include "hax-cpus-interface.h"
+
+static void *hax_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu = arg;
+    int r;
+
+    rcu_register_thread();
+    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
+
+    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
+    hax_init_vcpu(cpu);
+    cpu_thread_signal_created(cpu);
+    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
+
+    do {
+        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+            r = hax_smp_cpu_exec(cpu);
+            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
+                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
+            }
+        }
+
+        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
+    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void hax_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
+
+    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
+    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
+    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
+
+    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/HAX",
+             cpu->cpu_index);
+    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, hax_cpu_thread_fn,
+                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
+#endif
+}
+
+CpusAccelInterface hax_cpus_interface = {
+    .create_vcpu_thread = hax_start_vcpu_thread,
+    .kick_vcpu_thread = hax_kick_vcpu_thread,
+
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_reset = hax_cpu_synchronize_post_reset,
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_init = hax_cpu_synchronize_post_init,
+    .cpu_synchronize_state = hax_cpu_synchronize_state,
+    .cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm = hax_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm,
+};
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.h b/target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a06f3df752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/i386/hax-cpus-interface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef HAX_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+#define HAX_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+
+extern CpusAccelInterface hax_cpus_interface;
+
+#endif /* HAX_CPUS_INTERFACE */
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-i386.h b/target/i386/hax-i386.h
index 54e9d8b057..667139c7af 100644
--- a/target/i386/hax-i386.h
+++ b/target/i386/hax-i386.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ int hax_inject_interrupt(CPUArchState *env, int vector);
 struct hax_vm *hax_vm_create(struct hax_state *hax);
 int hax_vcpu_run(struct hax_vcpu_state *vcpu);
 int hax_vcpu_create(int id);
+void hax_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu);
+
 int hax_sync_vcpu_state(CPUArchState *env, struct vcpu_state_t *state,
                         int set);
 int hax_sync_msr(CPUArchState *env, struct hax_msr_data *msrs, int set);
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-posix.c b/target/i386/hax-posix.c
index 3bad89f133..ea956ddfc1 100644
--- a/target/i386/hax-posix.c
+++ b/target/i386/hax-posix.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "target/i386/hax-i386.h"
 
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+
 hax_fd hax_mod_open(void)
 {
     int fd = open("/dev/HAX", O_RDWR);
@@ -292,3 +294,13 @@ int hax_inject_interrupt(CPUArchState *env, int vector)
 
     return ioctl(fd, HAX_VCPU_IOCTL_INTERRUPT, &vector);
 }
+
+void hax_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    /*
+     * FIXME: race condition with the exit_request check in
+     * hax_vcpu_hax_exec
+     */
+    cpu->exit_request = 1;
+    cpus_kick_thread(cpu);
+}
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-windows.c b/target/i386/hax-windows.c
index 863c2bcc19..469b48e608 100644
--- a/target/i386/hax-windows.c
+++ b/target/i386/hax-windows.c
@@ -463,3 +463,23 @@ int hax_inject_interrupt(CPUArchState *env, int vector)
         return 0;
     }
 }
+
+static void CALLBACK dummy_apc_func(ULONG_PTR unused)
+{
+}
+
+void hax_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    /*
+     * FIXME: race condition with the exit_request check in
+     * hax_vcpu_hax_exec
+     */
+    cpu->exit_request = 1;
+    if (!qemu_cpu_is_self(cpu)) {
+        if (!QueueUserAPC(dummy_apc_func, cpu->hThread, 0)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: QueueUserAPC failed with error %lu\n",
+                    __func__, GetLastError());
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/target/i386/hvf/Makefile.objs b/target/i386/hvf/Makefile.objs
index 927b86bc67..bdbc2c0227 100644
--- a/target/i386/hvf/Makefile.objs
+++ b/target/i386/hvf/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-obj-y += hvf.o
+obj-y += hvf.o hvf-cpus-interface.o
 obj-y += x86.o x86_cpuid.o x86_decode.o x86_descr.o x86_emu.o x86_flags.o 
x86_mmu.o x86hvf.o x86_task.o
diff --git a/target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.c 
b/target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54bfe307c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "sysemu/hvf.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
+
+#include "hvf-cpus-interface.h"
+
+/*
+ * The HVF-specific vCPU thread function. This one should only run when the 
host
+ * CPU supports the VMX "unrestricted guest" feature.
+ */
+static void *hvf_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu = arg;
+
+    int r;
+
+    assert(hvf_enabled());
+
+    rcu_register_thread();
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
+
+    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
+    cpu->can_do_io = 1;
+    current_cpu = cpu;
+
+    hvf_init_vcpu(cpu);
+
+    /* signal CPU creation */
+    cpu_thread_signal_created(cpu);
+    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
+
+    do {
+        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+            r = hvf_vcpu_exec(cpu);
+            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
+                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
+            }
+        }
+        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
+    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
+
+    hvf_vcpu_destroy(cpu);
+    cpu_thread_signal_destroyed(cpu);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void hvf_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    cpus_kick_thread(cpu);
+}
+
+static void hvf_cpu_synchronize_noop(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+}
+
+static void hvf_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
+
+    /*
+     * HVF currently does not support TCG, and only runs in
+     * unrestricted-guest mode.
+     */
+    assert(hvf_enabled());
+
+    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
+    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
+    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
+
+    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/HVF",
+             cpu->cpu_index);
+    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, hvf_cpu_thread_fn,
+                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+}
+
+CpusAccelInterface hvf_cpus_interface = {
+    .create_vcpu_thread = hvf_start_vcpu_thread,
+    .kick_vcpu_thread = hvf_kick_vcpu_thread,
+
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_reset = hvf_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_init = hvf_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+    .cpu_synchronize_state = hvf_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+    .cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm = hvf_cpu_synchronize_noop,
+};
diff --git a/target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.h 
b/target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ea38742e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/i386/hvf/hvf-cpus-interface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef HVF_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+#define HVF_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+
+extern CpusAccelInterface hvf_cpus_interface;
+
+#endif /* HVF_CPUS_INTERFACE */
diff --git a/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c b/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
index d72543dc31..75cdf88cec 100644
--- a/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
+++ b/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
 #include "sysemu/accel.h"
 #include "target/i386/cpu.h"
 
+#include "hvf-cpus-interface.h"
+
 HVFState *hvf_state;
 
 static void assert_hvf_ok(hv_return_t ret)
@@ -312,7 +314,7 @@ void hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_reset(CPUState *cpu_state)
     run_on_cpu(cpu_state, do_hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_reset, RUN_ON_CPU_NULL);
 }
 
-void _hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data arg)
+static void _hvf_cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data arg)
 {
     CPUState *cpu_state = cpu;
     hvf_put_registers(cpu_state);
@@ -979,6 +981,7 @@ static int hvf_accel_init(MachineState *ms)
     hvf_state = s;
     cpu_interrupt_handler = hvf_handle_interrupt;
     memory_listener_register(&hvf_memory_listener, &address_space_memory);
+    cpus_register_accel_interface(&hvf_cpus_interface);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/target/i386/whpx-all.c b/target/i386/whpx-all.c
index c78baac6df..daac9858ae 100644
--- a/target/i386/whpx-all.c
+++ b/target/i386/whpx-all.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "migration/blocker.h"
 #include "whp-dispatch.h"
 
+#include "whpx-cpus-interface.h"
+
 #include <WinHvPlatform.h>
 #include <WinHvEmulation.h>
 
@@ -1575,6 +1577,7 @@ static int whpx_accel_init(MachineState *ms)
     whpx_memory_init();
 
     cpu_interrupt_handler = whpx_handle_interrupt;
+    cpus_register_accel_interface(&whpx_cpus_interface);
 
     printf("Windows Hypervisor Platform accelerator is operational\n");
     return 0;
diff --git a/target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.c 
b/target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2a4ef0699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Windows Hypervisor Platform accelerator (WHPX)
+ *
+ * Copyright Microsoft Corp. 2017
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "sysemu/kvm_int.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
+
+#include "sysemu/whpx.h"
+#include "whpx-cpus-interface.h"
+
+#include <WinHvPlatform.h>
+#include <WinHvEmulation.h>
+
+static void *whpx_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu = arg;
+    int r;
+
+    rcu_register_thread();
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
+    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
+    current_cpu = cpu;
+
+    r = whpx_init_vcpu(cpu);
+    if (r < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "whpx_init_vcpu failed: %s\n", strerror(-r));
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* signal CPU creation */
+    cpu_thread_signal_created(cpu);
+    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
+
+    do {
+        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+            r = whpx_vcpu_exec(cpu);
+            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
+                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
+            }
+        }
+        while (cpu_thread_is_idle(cpu)) {
+            qemu_cond_wait_iothread(cpu->halt_cond);
+        }
+        qemu_wait_io_event_common(cpu);
+    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
+
+    whpx_destroy_vcpu(cpu);
+    cpu_thread_signal_destroyed(cpu);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void whpx_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
+
+    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
+    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
+    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
+    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/WHPX",
+             cpu->cpu_index);
+    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, whpx_cpu_thread_fn,
+                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void whpx_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    if (!qemu_cpu_is_self(cpu)) {
+        whpx_vcpu_kick(cpu);
+    }
+}
+
+CpusAccelInterface whpx_cpus_interface = {
+    .create_vcpu_thread = whpx_start_vcpu_thread,
+    .kick_vcpu_thread = whpx_kick_vcpu_thread,
+
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_reset = whpx_cpu_synchronize_post_reset,
+    .cpu_synchronize_post_init = whpx_cpu_synchronize_post_init,
+    .cpu_synchronize_state = whpx_cpu_synchronize_state,
+    .cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm = whpx_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm,
+};
diff --git a/target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.h 
b/target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..084e8b15b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/i386/whpx-cpus-interface.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef WHPX_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+#define WHPX_CPUS_INTERFACE_H
+
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+
+extern CpusAccelInterface whpx_cpus_interface;
+
+#endif /* WHPX_CPUS_INTERFACE */
-- 
2.16.4




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