Hi Eduardo, Am 01.11.2014 um 16:56 schrieb Eduardo Habkost: > Make sure we try to list properties from classes that can be safely used with > "-device". > > Fixes the following crashes: > > $ qemu-system-x86_64 -device x86_64-cpu,help > ** > ERROR:qom/object.c:336:object_initialize_with_type: assertion failed: > (type->abstract == false) > Aborted (core dumped) > $ qemu-system-x86_64 -device host-x86_64-cpu,help > qemu-system-x86_64: [...]/target-i386/cpu.c:1329: host_x86_cpu_initfn: > Assertion `(kvm_allowed)' failed. > Aborted (core dumped) > > After applying this patch: > > $ qemu-system-x86_64 -device x86_64-cpu,help > Parameter 'driver' expects non-abstract device type > $ qemu-system-x86_64 -device host-x86_64-cpu,help > Parameter 'driver' expects pluggable device type > > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com> > --- > qdev-monitor.c | 9 +++------ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c > index a9702d8..ebfa701 100644 > --- a/qdev-monitor.c > +++ b/qdev-monitor.c > @@ -235,12 +235,9 @@ int qdev_device_help(QemuOpts *opts) > return 0; > } > > - if (!object_class_by_name(driver)) { > - const char *typename = find_typename_by_alias(driver); > - > - if (typename) { > - driver = typename; > - } > + qdev_get_device_class(&driver, &local_err); > + if (local_err) { > + goto error; > } > > prop_list = qmp_device_list_properties(driver, &local_err);
Is dc->cannot_instantiate_with_device_add_yet || (qdev_hotplug && !dc->hotpluggable) really relevant here? Or should that rather remain outside the common function in 1/3? Regards, Andreas -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer; HRB 16746 AG Nürnberg