[PATCH v2 12/29] python/qemu/accel: Use binutils::binary_get_accels()

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

Instead of parsing the process help output, use the
binary_get_accels() helper which queries the list of
accelerators over a QMP socket.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
---
 python/qemu/accel.py | 26 ++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/qemu/accel.py b/python/qemu/accel.py
index 0b38ddf0ab..cde51ae159 100644
--- a/python/qemu/accel.py
+++ b/python/qemu/accel.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ accelerators.
 
 import logging
 import os
-import subprocess
+
+from .binutils import binary_get_accels
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -27,25 +28,6 @@ ADDITIONAL_ARCHES = {
     "aarch64" : "armhf"
 }
 
-def list_accel(qemu_bin):
-    """
-    List accelerators enabled in the QEMU binary.
-
-    @param qemu_bin (str): path to the QEMU binary.
-    @raise Exception: if failed to run `qemu -accel help`
-    @return a list of accelerator names.
-    """
-    if not qemu_bin:
-        return []
-    try:
-        out = subprocess.check_output([qemu_bin, '-accel', 'help'],
-                                      universal_newlines=True)
-    except:
-        LOG.debug("Failed to get the list of accelerators in %s", qemu_bin)
-        raise
-    # Skip the first line which is the header.
-    return [acc.strip() for acc in out.splitlines()[1:]]
-
 def kvm_available(target_arch=None, qemu_bin=None):
     """
     Check if KVM is available using the following heuristic:
@@ -64,7 +46,7 @@ def kvm_available(target_arch=None, qemu_bin=None):
         if target_arch != host_arch:
             if target_arch != ADDITIONAL_ARCHES.get(host_arch):
                 return False
-    if qemu_bin and "kvm" not in list_accel(qemu_bin):
+    if qemu_bin and "kvm" not in binary_get_accels(qemu_bin):
         return False
     return True
 
@@ -74,4 +56,4 @@ def tcg_available(qemu_bin):
 
     @param qemu_bin (str): path to the QEMU binary
     """
-    return 'tcg' in list_accel(qemu_bin)
+    return 'tcg' in binary_get_accels(qemu_bin)
-- 
2.21.1