Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] Introduce reset notifier order

[Paul Brook]

On Friday 01 May 2009, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Add the parameter 'order' to qemu_register_reset and sort callbacks on
> registration. On system reset, callbacks with lower order will be
> invoked before those with higher order. Update all existing users to the
> standard order 0.
>
> Note: At least for x86, the existing users seem to assume that handlers
> are called in their registration order. Therefore, the patch preserves
> this property. If someone feels bored, (s)he could try to identify this
> dependency and express it properly on callback registration.

Why do we need this? Why isn't creation order good enough?

Paul