Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 28/35] kvm: x86: Introduce kvmclock device to save/restore its state

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On 01/10/2011 11:21 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
Am 10.01.2011 22:06, Jan Kiszka wrote:
  kvmclock should be created with
kvm_state as a parameter and kvm_vm_ioctl() is passed the stored
reference.   Taking a global reference to kvm_state in machine_init is
not a bad thing, obviously the machine initialization function needs
access to the kvm_state.

This would also require changing sysbus interfaces for the sake of KVM's
"abstraction". If this is the only way forward, I could look into this.

Actually, there is already a channel to pass pointers to qdev devices:
the pointer property hack. I'm not sure we should contribute to its user
base or take the chance for a cleanup, but we are not alone with this
requirement. Point below remains valid, though.

The pointer property uses, at least last time I checked, were all:

1) for a CPU (apic, etrax interrupt controller)

2) for a device (sparc IIRC)

3) useless (smbus_eeprom.c)

So adding a fourth kind is not really a good idea, I think.

Paolo
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