Re: [PATCH v4 6/9] hw/i386/pc: Initialize ram_memory variable directly

[Xiaoyao Li]

On 2/14/2023 12:20 AM, Bernhard Beschow wrote:
> Going through pc_memory_init() seems quite complicated for a simple
> assignment.

...

> diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> index 5bde4533cc..00ba725656 100644
> --- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> +++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> @@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
>       if (xen_enabled()) {
>           xen_hvm_init_pc(pcms, &ram_memory);
>       } else {
> +        ram_memory = machine->ram;
>           if (!pcms->max_ram_below_4g) {
>               pcms->max_ram_below_4g = 0xe0000000; /* default: 3.5G */
>           }
> @@ -205,8 +206,7 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine,
>   
>       /* allocate ram and load rom/bios */
>       if (!xen_enabled()) {
> -        pc_memory_init(pcms, system_memory,
> -                       rom_memory, &ram_memory, hole64_size);

IMHO, it seems more proper to put

+        ram_memory = machine->ram;

here rather than above.

> +        pc_memory_init(pcms, system_memory, rom_memory, hole64_size);
>       } else {
>           pc_system_flash_cleanup_unused(pcms);
>           if (machine->kernel_filename != NULL) {