On 8 December 2017 at 14:50, Igor Mammedov <imamm...@redhat.com> wrote: > On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 13:19:27 +0000 > Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> wrote: > >> On 8 December 2017 at 13:16, Igor Mammedov <imamm...@redhat.com> wrote: >> > TBH: >> > I do not recall why we have x86 max/host cpu types do feature >> > loading at realize time instead of at class init like the rest >> > of static cpu types. >> >> class init is too early, IIRC -- it's before KVM has been set up at all. > > that shouldn't be an issue as kvm_ppc_register_host_cpu_type() demonstrates > (i.e. an additional class init at kvm/tcg init time), > > so it might be some compat issue or just legacy approach why it > havn't been rewritten to class_init for x86 the way PPC does. > But Eduardo probably knows better if there is anything left that > prevents using class init there.
Hmm. In any case, feel free to review https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-12/msg01225.html and suggest changes if you think there's a better way of structuring things. thanks -- PMM