[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Add new function qemu_register_machines

[Jan Kiszka]

Stefan Weil wrote:
> Jan Kiszka schrieb:
>> Stefan Weil wrote:
>>   
>>> Anthony Liguori schrieb:
>>>     
>>>> Stefan Weil wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> Add new function qemu_register_machines.
>>>>>
>>>>> The patch removes the unused prototype register_machines
>>>>> and adds a new function which makes registration of
>>>>> more than one machine a little easier.
>>>>>
>>>>> The new function is applied to the machines in hw/spitz.c
>>>>> (where a static keyword for akitapda_machine was missing),
>>>>> but it can also be applied to several other QEMU source files.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <address@hidden>
>>>>>   
>>>>>         
>>>> Might as well eliminate qemu_register_machine() and convert everything
>>>> to use qemu_register_machines().
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> Yes. But I prefer to have both interfaces.
>>> qemu_register_machine(&my_machine) looks nicer
>>> than qemu_register_machines(&my_machine, 1).
>>>
>>>     
>> static inline void qemu_register_machine(QEMUMachine *m)
>> {
>>     qemu_register_machines(m, 1);
>> }
>>
>>   
> 
> No. Inline for functions which are only called once
> is a (very small, I admit) waste of code.

OK, that's a matter of taste.

> 
>> BTW, this is also a good chance to drop the now unused return value.
>>
>> Jan
>>
>>   
> 
> Yes. But one never knows,  maybe some day it will be used again? :-)

Not a single existing user checks the return code.

Jan

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