On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:38:47 +0100 Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Before configuring an accelerator, check it is valid for > the current machine. Doing so we can return a simple error > message instead of criptic one. s/criptic/cryptic/ > > Before: > > $ qemu-system-arm -M raspi2b -enable-kvm > qemu-system-arm: /build/qemu-ETIdrs/qemu-4.2/exec.c:865: cpu_address_space_init: Assertion `asidx == 0 || !kvm_enabled()' failed. > Aborted > > $ qemu-system-aarch64 -M xlnx-zcu102 -enable-kvm -smp 6 > qemu-system-aarch64: kvm_init_vcpu: kvm_arch_init_vcpu failed (0): Invalid argument > > After: > > $ qemu-system-arm -M raspi2b -enable-kvm > qemu-system-aarch64: invalid accelerator 'kvm' for machine raspi2b > > $ qemu-system-aarch64 -M xlnx-zcu102 -enable-kvm -smp 6 > qemu-system-aarch64: -accel kvm: invalid accelerator 'kvm' for machine xlnx-zcu102 > > Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > softmmu/vl.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c > index b219ce1f357..f2c4074310b 100644 > --- a/softmmu/vl.c > +++ b/softmmu/vl.c > @@ -2133,6 +2133,7 @@ static int do_configure_accelerator(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp) > const char *acc = qemu_opt_get(opts, "accel"); > AccelClass *ac = accel_find(acc); > AccelState *accel; > + MachineClass *mc; > int ret; > bool qtest_with_kvm; > > @@ -2145,6 +2146,12 @@ static int do_configure_accelerator(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp) > } > return 0; > } > + mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(current_machine); > + if (!qtest_chrdev && !machine_class_valid_for_accelerator(mc, ac->name)) { Shouldn't qtest be already allowed in any case in the checking function? > + *p_init_failed = true; > + error_report("invalid accelerator '%s' for machine %s", acc, mc->name); > + return 0; > + } > accel = ACCEL(object_new_with_class(OBJECT_CLASS(ac))); > object_apply_compat_props(OBJECT(accel)); > qemu_opt_foreach(opts, accelerator_set_property,