Re: [PATCH v2 5/9] mips/cps: Use start-powered-off CPUState property

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 7/22/20 5:50 AM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> Instead of setting CPUState::halted to 1 in main_cpu_reset(), use the
> start-powered-off property which makes cpu_common_reset() initialize it
> to 1 in common code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  hw/mips/cps.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> NB: I was only able to test that this patch builds. I wasn't able to
> run it.
> 
> diff --git a/hw/mips/cps.c b/hw/mips/cps.c
> index 615e1a1ad2..d5b6c78019 100644
> --- a/hw/mips/cps.c
> +++ b/hw/mips/cps.c
> @@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ static void main_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
>      CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
>  
>      cpu_reset(cs);
> -
> -    /* All VPs are halted on reset. Leave powering up to CPC. */
> -    cs->halted = 1;
>  }
>  
>  static bool cpu_mips_itu_supported(CPUMIPSState *env)
> @@ -89,6 +86,9 @@ static void mips_cps_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
>              env->itc_tag = mips_itu_get_tag_region(&s->itu);
>              env->itu = &s->itu;
>          }
> +        /* All VPs are halted on reset. Leave powering up to CPC. */
> +        object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), "start-powered-off", true,
> +                                 &error_abort);

This is indeed better as now the property is set once, *after* realize
but *before* reset.

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>

>          qemu_register_reset(main_cpu_reset, cpu);
>      }
>  
>