Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH for-3.2 v4 16/28] hw: apply machine compat properties without touching globals

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 01:27:49PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Similarly to accel properties, move compat properties out of globals
> registration, and apply the machine compat properties during
> device_post_init().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
[...]
> diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
> index 7066d28271..3b31b2c025 100644
> --- a/hw/core/qdev.c
> +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
> @@ -971,17 +971,26 @@ static void device_initfn(Object *obj)
>  }
>  
>  static const GPtrArray *ac_compat_props;
> +static const GPtrArray *mc_compat_props;
>  
>  void accel_register_compat_props(const GPtrArray *props)
>  {
>      ac_compat_props = props;
>  }
>  
> +void machine_register_compat_props(const GPtrArray *props)
> +{
> +    mc_compat_props = props;
> +}
> +
>  static void device_post_init(Object *obj)
>  {
>      if (ac_compat_props) {
>          object_apply_global_props(obj, ac_compat_props, &error_abort);
>      }

Why not just use MACHINE(qdev_get_machine())->accel->compat_props
directly?

> +    if (mc_compat_props) {
> +        object_apply_global_props(obj, mc_compat_props, &error_abort);
> +    }

Why not just use MACHINE(qdev_get_machine())->compat_props
directly?

>  
>      qdev_prop_set_globals(DEVICE(obj));
>  }
[...]

-- 
Eduardo