When the user specifies a list of accelerators, we pick the first one that initializes successfully. Recent commit 1a3ec8c1564 broke that. Reproducer:
$ qemu-system-x86_64 --machine accel=xen:tcg xencall: error: Could not obtain handle on privileged command interface: No such file or directory xen be core: xen be core: can't open xen interface can't open xen interface qemu-system-x86_64: failed to initialize Xen: Operation not permitted qemu-system-x86_64: /home/armbru/work/qemu/qom/object.c:436: object_set_accelerator_compat_props: Assertion `!object_compat_props[0]' failed. Root cause: we register accelerator compat properties even when the accelerator fails. The failed assertion is object_set_accelerator_compat_props() telling us off. Fix by calling it only for the accelerator that succeeded. Fixes: 1a3ec8c1564f51628cce10d435a2e22559ea29fd Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Igor Mammedov <imamm...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4...@amsat.org> --- accel/accel.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/accel/accel.c b/accel/accel.c index 8deb475b5d..454fef9d92 100644 --- a/accel/accel.c +++ b/accel/accel.c @@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ static int accel_init_machine(AccelClass *acc, MachineState *ms) ms->accelerator = NULL; *(acc->allowed) = false; object_unref(OBJECT(accel)); + } else { + object_set_accelerator_compat_props(acc->compat_props); } - object_set_accelerator_compat_props(acc->compat_props); return ret; } -- 2.17.2