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[v2,08/13] qdev: Make qdev_get_machine() not use container_get()

Message ID 20241121192202.4155849-9-peterx@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
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Series QOM: container_get() removal | expand

Commit Message

Peter Xu Nov. 21, 2024, 7:21 p.m. UTC
Currently, qdev_get_machine() has a slight misuse on container_get(), as
the helper says "get a container" but in reality the goal is to get the
machine object.  It is still a "container" but not strictly.

Note that it _may_ get a container (at "/machine") in our current unit test
of test-qdev-global-props.c before all these changes, but it's probably
unexpected and worked by accident.

Switch to an explicit object_resolve_path_component(), with a side benefit
that qdev_get_machine() can happen a lot, and we don't need to split the
string ("/machine") every time.  This also paves way for making the helper
container_get() never try to return a non-container at all.

Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
---
 hw/core/qdev.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Nov. 21, 2024, 8:21 p.m. UTC | #1
On 21/11/24 20:21, Peter Xu wrote:
> Currently, qdev_get_machine() has a slight misuse on container_get(), as
> the helper says "get a container" but in reality the goal is to get the
> machine object.  It is still a "container" but not strictly.
> 
> Note that it _may_ get a container (at "/machine") in our current unit test
> of test-qdev-global-props.c before all these changes, but it's probably
> unexpected and worked by accident.
> 
> Switch to an explicit object_resolve_path_component(), with a side benefit
> that qdev_get_machine() can happen a lot, and we don't need to split the
> string ("/machine") every time.  This also paves way for making the helper
> container_get() never try to return a non-container at all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> ---
>   hw/core/qdev.c | 7 ++++++-
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Dec. 19, 2024, 6:20 p.m. UTC | #2
On 21/11/24 20:21, Peter Xu wrote:
> Currently, qdev_get_machine() has a slight misuse on container_get(), as
> the helper says "get a container" but in reality the goal is to get the
> machine object.  It is still a "container" but not strictly.
> 
> Note that it _may_ get a container (at "/machine") in our current unit test
> of test-qdev-global-props.c before all these changes, but it's probably
> unexpected and worked by accident.
> 
> Switch to an explicit object_resolve_path_component(), with a side benefit
> that qdev_get_machine() can happen a lot, and we don't need to split the
> string ("/machine") every time.  This also paves way for making the helper
> container_get() never try to return a non-container at all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> ---
>   hw/core/qdev.c | 7 ++++++-
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
> index 5f13111b77..b622be15ee 100644
> --- a/hw/core/qdev.c
> +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
> @@ -817,7 +817,12 @@ Object *qdev_get_machine(void)
>       static Object *dev;
>   
>       if (dev == NULL) {
> -        dev = container_get(object_get_root(), "/machine");
> +        dev = object_resolve_path_component(object_get_root(), "machine");
> +        /*
> +         * Any call to this function before machine is created is treated
> +         * as a programming error as of now.
> +         */
> +        assert(dev);

This fails for user-emulation:

./qemu-x86_64 /bin/echo foo
qemu-x86_64: ../../hw/core/qdev.c:825: qdev_get_machine: Assertion `dev' 
failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

We need to skip this test for user emulation, but this file is in
hwcore_ss[] so the CONFIG_USER_ONLY definitions is not available.

Any simple enough idea to not block this?

>       }
>   
>       return dev;
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Dec. 19, 2024, 6:27 p.m. UTC | #3
On 19/12/24 19:20, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 21/11/24 20:21, Peter Xu wrote:
>> Currently, qdev_get_machine() has a slight misuse on container_get(), as
>> the helper says "get a container" but in reality the goal is to get the
>> machine object.  It is still a "container" but not strictly.
>>
>> Note that it _may_ get a container (at "/machine") in our current unit 
>> test
>> of test-qdev-global-props.c before all these changes, but it's probably
>> unexpected and worked by accident.
>>
>> Switch to an explicit object_resolve_path_component(), with a side 
>> benefit
>> that qdev_get_machine() can happen a lot, and we don't need to split the
>> string ("/machine") every time.  This also paves way for making the 
>> helper
>> container_get() never try to return a non-container at all.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>   hw/core/qdev.c | 7 ++++++-
>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
>> index 5f13111b77..b622be15ee 100644
>> --- a/hw/core/qdev.c
>> +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
>> @@ -817,7 +817,12 @@ Object *qdev_get_machine(void)
>>       static Object *dev;
>>       if (dev == NULL) {
>> -        dev = container_get(object_get_root(), "/machine");
>> +        dev = object_resolve_path_component(object_get_root(), 
>> "machine");
>> +        /*
>> +         * Any call to this function before machine is created is 
>> treated
>> +         * as a programming error as of now.
>> +         */
>> +        assert(dev);
> 
> This fails for user-emulation:
> 
> ./qemu-x86_64 /bin/echo foo
> qemu-x86_64: ../../hw/core/qdev.c:825: qdev_get_machine: Assertion `dev' 
> failed.
> Aborted (core dumped)

(gdb) bt
#5  0x00007ffff747171b in __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7ffff7626130 
"%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=0x555555725150 
"dev",
     file=0x55555571aff9 "../../hw/core/qdev.c", line=824, 
function=<optimized out>) at ./assert/assert.c:92
#8  0x000055555565e400 in qdev_get_machine () at ../../hw/core/qdev.c:824
#9  machine_get_container (name=0x55555571b052 "unattached") at 
../../hw/core/qdev.c:834
#10 0x000055555565ea2d in device_set_realized (obj=0x5555558b6760, 
value=<optimized out>, errp=0x7fffffffdb50) at ../../hw/core/qdev.c:479
#11 0x000055555566181a in property_set_bool (obj=0x5555558b6760, 
v=<optimized out>, name=<optimized out>, opaque=0x555555813350, 
errp=0x7fffffffdb50)
     at ../../qom/object.c:2375
#12 0x00005555556649f8 in object_property_set 
(obj=obj@entry=0x5555558b6760, name=name@entry=0x55555571b03e 
"realized", v=v@entry=0x5555558c0680,
     errp=errp@entry=0x7fffffffdb50) at ../../qom/object.c:1450
#13 0x0000555555668754 in object_property_set_qobject 
(obj=obj@entry=0x5555558b6760, name=name@entry=0x55555571b03e 
"realized", value=value@entry=0x5555558be490,
     errp=errp@entry=0x7fffffffdb50) at ../../qom/qom-qobject.c:28
#14 0x00005555556650c9 in object_property_set_bool (obj=0x5555558b6760, 
name=name@entry=0x55555571b03e "realized", value=value@entry=true,
     errp=errp@entry=0x7fffffffdb50) at ../../qom/object.c:1520
#15 0x000055555565dd52 in qdev_realize (dev=<optimized out>, 
bus=bus@entry=0x0, errp=errp@entry=0x7fffffffdb50) at 
../../hw/core/qdev.c:276
#16 0x0000555555593dc9 in cpu_create (typename=<optimized out>) at 
../../hw/core/cpu-common.c:61
#17 0x00005555555925de in main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffe308, 
envp=<optimized out>) at ../../linux-user/main.c:823


> 
> We need to skip this test for user emulation, but this file is in
> hwcore_ss[] so the CONFIG_USER_ONLY definitions is not available.
> 
> Any simple enough idea to not block this?
> 
>>       }
>>       return dev;
>
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Dec. 20, 2024, 11:25 a.m. UTC | #4
On 19/12/24 19:27, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 19/12/24 19:20, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> On 21/11/24 20:21, Peter Xu wrote:
>>> Currently, qdev_get_machine() has a slight misuse on container_get(), as
>>> the helper says "get a container" but in reality the goal is to get the
>>> machine object.  It is still a "container" but not strictly.
>>>
>>> Note that it _may_ get a container (at "/machine") in our current 
>>> unit test
>>> of test-qdev-global-props.c before all these changes, but it's probably
>>> unexpected and worked by accident.
>>>
>>> Switch to an explicit object_resolve_path_component(), with a side 
>>> benefit
>>> that qdev_get_machine() can happen a lot, and we don't need to split the
>>> string ("/machine") every time.  This also paves way for making the 
>>> helper
>>> container_get() never try to return a non-container at all.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>>   hw/core/qdev.c | 7 ++++++-
>>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
>>> index 5f13111b77..b622be15ee 100644
>>> --- a/hw/core/qdev.c
>>> +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
>>> @@ -817,7 +817,12 @@ Object *qdev_get_machine(void)
>>>       static Object *dev;
>>>       if (dev == NULL) {
>>> -        dev = container_get(object_get_root(), "/machine");
>>> +        dev = object_resolve_path_component(object_get_root(), 
>>> "machine");
>>> +        /*
>>> +         * Any call to this function before machine is created is 
>>> treated
>>> +         * as a programming error as of now.
>>> +         */
>>> +        assert(dev);
>>
>> This fails for user-emulation:
>>
>> ./qemu-x86_64 /bin/echo foo
>> qemu-x86_64: ../../hw/core/qdev.c:825: qdev_get_machine: Assertion 
>> `dev' failed.

OK so I guess I might have found a "fix" which is to simply not
call qdev_get_machine() for user emulation, but this involves some
invasive refactoring -- so will take time --.

I'm dropping this series for now, planning to merge it again on top
of my refactor once it is ready. Any clever / simpler fix is
obviously welcomed first.

Regards,

Phil.

>> Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> (gdb) bt
> #5  0x00007ffff747171b in __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7ffff7626130 
> "%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=0x555555725150 
> "dev",
>      file=0x55555571aff9 "../../hw/core/qdev.c", line=824, 
> function=<optimized out>) at ./assert/assert.c:92
> #8  0x000055555565e400 in qdev_get_machine () at ../../hw/core/qdev.c:824
> #9  machine_get_container (name=0x55555571b052 "unattached") at ../../ 
> hw/core/qdev.c:834
> #10 0x000055555565ea2d in device_set_realized (obj=0x5555558b6760, 
> value=<optimized out>, errp=0x7fffffffdb50) at ../../hw/core/qdev.c:479
> #11 0x000055555566181a in property_set_bool (obj=0x5555558b6760, 
> v=<optimized out>, name=<optimized out>, opaque=0x555555813350, 
> errp=0x7fffffffdb50)
>      at ../../qom/object.c:2375
> #12 0x00005555556649f8 in object_property_set 
> (obj=obj@entry=0x5555558b6760, name=name@entry=0x55555571b03e 
> "realized", v=v@entry=0x5555558c0680,
>      errp=errp@entry=0x7fffffffdb50) at ../../qom/object.c:1450
> #13 0x0000555555668754 in object_property_set_qobject 
> (obj=obj@entry=0x5555558b6760, name=name@entry=0x55555571b03e 
> "realized", value=value@entry=0x5555558be490,
>      errp=errp@entry=0x7fffffffdb50) at ../../qom/qom-qobject.c:28
> #14 0x00005555556650c9 in object_property_set_bool (obj=0x5555558b6760, 
> name=name@entry=0x55555571b03e "realized", value=value@entry=true,
>      errp=errp@entry=0x7fffffffdb50) at ../../qom/object.c:1520
> #15 0x000055555565dd52 in qdev_realize (dev=<optimized out>, 
> bus=bus@entry=0x0, errp=errp@entry=0x7fffffffdb50) at ../../hw/core/ 
> qdev.c:276
> #16 0x0000555555593dc9 in cpu_create (typename=<optimized out>) 
> at ../../hw/core/cpu-common.c:61
> #17 0x00005555555925de in main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffe308, 
> envp=<optimized out>) at ../../linux-user/main.c:823
> 
> 
>>
>> We need to skip this test for user emulation, but this file is in
>> hwcore_ss[] so the CONFIG_USER_ONLY definitions is not available.
>>
>> Any simple enough idea to not block this?
>>
>>>       }
>>>       return dev;
>>
>
Peter Xu Dec. 20, 2024, 5:24 p.m. UTC | #5
On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 12:25:44PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 19/12/24 19:27, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > On 19/12/24 19:20, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > > On 21/11/24 20:21, Peter Xu wrote:
> > > > Currently, qdev_get_machine() has a slight misuse on container_get(), as
> > > > the helper says "get a container" but in reality the goal is to get the
> > > > machine object.  It is still a "container" but not strictly.
> > > > 
> > > > Note that it _may_ get a container (at "/machine") in our
> > > > current unit test
> > > > of test-qdev-global-props.c before all these changes, but it's probably
> > > > unexpected and worked by accident.
> > > > 
> > > > Switch to an explicit object_resolve_path_component(), with a
> > > > side benefit
> > > > that qdev_get_machine() can happen a lot, and we don't need to split the
> > > > string ("/machine") every time.  This also paves way for making
> > > > the helper
> > > > container_get() never try to return a non-container at all.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >   hw/core/qdev.c | 7 ++++++-
> > > >   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
> > > > index 5f13111b77..b622be15ee 100644
> > > > --- a/hw/core/qdev.c
> > > > +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
> > > > @@ -817,7 +817,12 @@ Object *qdev_get_machine(void)
> > > >       static Object *dev;
> > > >       if (dev == NULL) {
> > > > -        dev = container_get(object_get_root(), "/machine");
> > > > +        dev = object_resolve_path_component(object_get_root(),
> > > > "machine");
> > > > +        /*
> > > > +         * Any call to this function before machine is created
> > > > is treated
> > > > +         * as a programming error as of now.
> > > > +         */
> > > > +        assert(dev);
> > > 
> > > This fails for user-emulation:
> > > 
> > > ./qemu-x86_64 /bin/echo foo
> > > qemu-x86_64: ../../hw/core/qdev.c:825: qdev_get_machine: Assertion
> > > `dev' failed.
> 
> OK so I guess I might have found a "fix" which is to simply not
> call qdev_get_machine() for user emulation, but this involves some
> invasive refactoring -- so will take time --.

Thanks for taking a look, Phil.  Yes this sounds clean.

> 
> I'm dropping this series for now, planning to merge it again on top
> of my refactor once it is ready. Any clever / simpler fix is
> obviously welcomed first.

I initially thought about this, which could also be clean but I then
noticed LINUX_USER is poisoned..

===8<===
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index 58897a79a7..da26e8d69b 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -1729,7 +1729,19 @@ const char *object_property_get_type(Object *obj, const char *name, Error **errp
     return prop->type;
 }

+/*
+ * Create all QEMU default containers.
+ *
+ * For system emulations, "machine" and its sub-containers are only created
+ * when machine initializes (qemu_create_machine()).
+ *
+ * For user emulations, create "machine" before hand to make qdev realize()
+ * work by default.
+ */
 static const char *const root_containers[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_USER
+    "machine",
+#endif
     "chardevs",
     "objects",
     "backend"
@@ -1740,10 +1752,6 @@ static Object *object_root_initialize(void)
     Object *root = object_new(TYPE_CONTAINER);
     int i;

-    /*
-     * Create all QEMU system containers.  "machine" and its sub-containers
-     * are only created when machine initializes (qemu_create_machine()).
-     */
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(root_containers); i++) {
         object_property_add_new_container(root, root_containers[i]);
     }
===8<===

Maybe we could still move it somewhere that LINUX_USER is not poisoned
(plus "unattached" be created too, more below)?

OTOH, this works for me:

===8<===
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index b09af8d436..009b7695f2 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -819,6 +819,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     set_preferred_target_page_bits(ctz32(host_page_size));
     finalize_target_page_bits();
 
+    Object *fake_obj = object_property_add_new_container(object_get_root(),
+                                                         "machine");
+    object_property_add_new_container(fake_obj, "unattached");
+
     cpu = cpu_create(cpu_type);
     env = cpu_env(cpu);
     cpu_reset(cpu);
===8<===

So we need both "/machine" and "/machine/unattached" so far to make
linux-user work.  Not sure if bsd-user/main.c needs similar care, but none
of these look as clean.

Thanks,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Dec. 20, 2024, 9:38 p.m. UTC | #6
On 20/12/24 18:24, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 12:25:44PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> On 19/12/24 19:27, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>> On 19/12/24 19:20, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>>> On 21/11/24 20:21, Peter Xu wrote:
>>>>> Currently, qdev_get_machine() has a slight misuse on container_get(), as
>>>>> the helper says "get a container" but in reality the goal is to get the
>>>>> machine object.  It is still a "container" but not strictly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that it _may_ get a container (at "/machine") in our
>>>>> current unit test
>>>>> of test-qdev-global-props.c before all these changes, but it's probably
>>>>> unexpected and worked by accident.
>>>>>
>>>>> Switch to an explicit object_resolve_path_component(), with a
>>>>> side benefit
>>>>> that qdev_get_machine() can happen a lot, and we don't need to split the
>>>>> string ("/machine") every time.  This also paves way for making
>>>>> the helper
>>>>> container_get() never try to return a non-container at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    hw/core/qdev.c | 7 ++++++-
>>>>>    1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
>>>>> index 5f13111b77..b622be15ee 100644
>>>>> --- a/hw/core/qdev.c
>>>>> +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
>>>>> @@ -817,7 +817,12 @@ Object *qdev_get_machine(void)
>>>>>        static Object *dev;
>>>>>        if (dev == NULL) {
>>>>> -        dev = container_get(object_get_root(), "/machine");
>>>>> +        dev = object_resolve_path_component(object_get_root(),
>>>>> "machine");
>>>>> +        /*
>>>>> +         * Any call to this function before machine is created
>>>>> is treated
>>>>> +         * as a programming error as of now.
>>>>> +         */
>>>>> +        assert(dev);
>>>>
>>>> This fails for user-emulation:
>>>>
>>>> ./qemu-x86_64 /bin/echo foo
>>>> qemu-x86_64: ../../hw/core/qdev.c:825: qdev_get_machine: Assertion
>>>> `dev' failed.
>>
>> OK so I guess I might have found a "fix" which is to simply not
>> call qdev_get_machine() for user emulation, but this involves some
>> invasive refactoring -- so will take time --.
> 
> Thanks for taking a look, Phil.  Yes this sounds clean.
> 
>>
>> I'm dropping this series for now, planning to merge it again on top
>> of my refactor once it is ready. Any clever / simpler fix is
>> obviously welcomed first.
> 
> I initially thought about this, which could also be clean but I then
> noticed LINUX_USER is poisoned..
> 
> ===8<===
> diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
> index 58897a79a7..da26e8d69b 100644
> --- a/qom/object.c
> +++ b/qom/object.c
> @@ -1729,7 +1729,19 @@ const char *object_property_get_type(Object *obj, const char *name, Error **errp
>       return prop->type;
>   }
> 
> +/*
> + * Create all QEMU default containers.
> + *
> + * For system emulations, "machine" and its sub-containers are only created
> + * when machine initializes (qemu_create_machine()).
> + *
> + * For user emulations, create "machine" before hand to make qdev realize()
> + * work by default.
> + */
>   static const char *const root_containers[] = {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_USER
> +    "machine",
> +#endif
>       "chardevs",
>       "objects",
>       "backend"
> @@ -1740,10 +1752,6 @@ static Object *object_root_initialize(void)
>       Object *root = object_new(TYPE_CONTAINER);
>       int i;
> 
> -    /*
> -     * Create all QEMU system containers.  "machine" and its sub-containers
> -     * are only created when machine initializes (qemu_create_machine()).
> -     */
>       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(root_containers); i++) {
>           object_property_add_new_container(root, root_containers[i]);
>       }
> ===8<===
> 
> Maybe we could still move it somewhere that LINUX_USER is not poisoned
> (plus "unattached" be created too, more below)?
> 
> OTOH, this works for me:
> 
> ===8<===
> diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
> index b09af8d436..009b7695f2 100644
> --- a/linux-user/main.c
> +++ b/linux-user/main.c
> @@ -819,6 +819,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>       set_preferred_target_page_bits(ctz32(host_page_size));
>       finalize_target_page_bits();
>   
> +    Object *fake_obj = object_property_add_new_container(object_get_root(),
> +                                                         "machine");
> +    object_property_add_new_container(fake_obj, "unattached");
> +
>       cpu = cpu_create(cpu_type);
>       env = cpu_env(cpu);
>       cpu_reset(cpu);
> ===8<===

I like it, simple enough, allowing to remove container_get() now.

> 
> So we need both "/machine" and "/machine/unattached" so far to make
> linux-user work.  Not sure if bsd-user/main.c needs similar care, but none
> of these look as clean.

Maybe add a common method in hw/core/qdev-user.c?
qemu_create_machine() or qdev_create_fake_machine()?
Peter Xu Dec. 23, 2024, 5:29 p.m. UTC | #7
On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 10:38:40PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > OTOH, this works for me:
> > 
> > ===8<===
> > diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
> > index b09af8d436..009b7695f2 100644
> > --- a/linux-user/main.c
> > +++ b/linux-user/main.c
> > @@ -819,6 +819,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
> >       set_preferred_target_page_bits(ctz32(host_page_size));
> >       finalize_target_page_bits();
> > +    Object *fake_obj = object_property_add_new_container(object_get_root(),
> > +                                                         "machine");
> > +    object_property_add_new_container(fake_obj, "unattached");
> > +
> >       cpu = cpu_create(cpu_type);
> >       env = cpu_env(cpu);
> >       cpu_reset(cpu);
> > ===8<===
> 
> I like it, simple enough, allowing to remove container_get() now.
> 
> > 
> > So we need both "/machine" and "/machine/unattached" so far to make
> > linux-user work.  Not sure if bsd-user/main.c needs similar care, but none
> > of these look as clean.
> 
> Maybe add a common method in hw/core/qdev-user.c?
> qemu_create_machine() or qdev_create_fake_machine()?

Sounds good at least to me. I'd vote for the latter to reflect it's unreal.

Thanks,
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index 5f13111b77..b622be15ee 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -817,7 +817,12 @@  Object *qdev_get_machine(void)
     static Object *dev;
 
     if (dev == NULL) {
-        dev = container_get(object_get_root(), "/machine");
+        dev = object_resolve_path_component(object_get_root(), "machine");
+        /*
+         * Any call to this function before machine is created is treated
+         * as a programming error as of now.
+         */
+        assert(dev);
     }
 
     return dev;