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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 20/21] Revert use of DEFINE_MACHINE() for registr


From: Andreas Färber
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 20/21] Revert use of DEFINE_MACHINE() for registrations of multiple machines
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:52:47 +0200
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Am 21.09.2015 um 17:49 schrieb Eduardo Habkost:
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 04:43:29PM +0200, Andreas Färber wrote:
>> The script used for converting from QEMUMachine had used one
>> DEFINE_MACHINE() per machine registered. In cases where multiple
>> machines are registered from one source file, avoid the excessive
>> generation of module init functions by reverting this unrolling.
> 
> Why is that a problem?

It's unnecessary code bloat and it blocks the usual QOM patterns. See
the follow-up series for an example where an abstract base type helps,
which your macro does not allow.

Regards,
Andreas

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