Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen: cleanup unrealized flash devices

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 01:18:41PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
>> From: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> The generic pc_machine_initfn() calls pc_system_flash_create() which creates
>> 'system.flash0' and 'system.flash1' devices. These devices are then realized
>> by pc_system_flash_map() which is called from pc_system_firmware_init() which
>> itself is called via pc_memory_init(). The latter however is not called when
>> xen_enable() is true and hence the following assertion fails:
>> 
>> qemu-system-i386: hw/core/qdev.c:439: qdev_assert_realized_properly:
>> Assertion `dev->realized' failed
>> 
>> These flash devices are unneeded when using Xen so this patch avoids the
>> assertion by simply removing them using pc_system_flash_cleanup_unused().
>> 
>> Reported-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Fixes: ebc29e1beab0 ("pc: Support firmware configuration with -blockdev")
>> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I think I would add:
>
> Fixes: dfe8c79c4468 ("qdev: Assert onboard devices all get realized properly")
>
> as this is the first commit where the unrealized flash devices are an
> issue.

They were an issue before, but commit dfe8c79c4468 turned the minor
issue into a crash bug.  No objections.