When trying to use the pc-dimm device on a non-NUMA machine, we get: $ qemu-system-arm -M none -cpu max -S -device pc-dimm Segmentation fault (core dumped)
(gdb) bt #0 pc_dimm_realize (dev=0x555556da3e90, errp=0x7fffffffcd10) at hw/mem/pc-dimm.c:184 #1 0x0000555555fe1f8f in device_set_realized (obj=0x555556da3e90, value=true, errp=0x7fffffffce18) at hw/core/qdev.c:761 #2 0x0000555555feb4a9 in property_set_bool (obj=0x555556da3e90, v=0x555556e54420, name=0x5555563c3c41 "realized", opaque=0x555556a704f0, errp=0x7fffffffce18) at qom/object.c:2257 Use a friendler error message instead: $ qemu-system-arm -M none -cpu max -S -device pc-dimm qemu-system-arm: -device pc-dimm: NUMA is not supported by this machine-type Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4...@amsat.org> --- hw/mem/pc-dimm.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c index a3a2560301c..e8851a0c3b1 100644 --- a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c +++ b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c @@ -181,8 +181,13 @@ static void pc_dimm_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp) PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(dev); PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_GET_CLASS(dimm); MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine()); - int nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes; + int nb_numa_nodes; + if (!ms->numa_state) { + error_setg(errp, "NUMA is not supported by this machine-type"); + return; + } + nb_numa_nodes = ms->numa_state->num_nodes; if (!dimm->hostmem) { error_setg(errp, "'" PC_DIMM_MEMDEV_PROP "' property is not set"); return; -- 2.26.3