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* Thoughts on CONFIG_TOOLS & CONFIG_USER_ONLY
@ 2021-12-31 11:20 Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
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From: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé @ 2021-12-31 11:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
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  Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Thomas Huth, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé, Qemu-block

Hi,

The CONFIG_USER_ONLY definition allows limiting user-mode
code to user emulation (in contrast to system emulation).
We often use it in common code.

Often the negative form (to *exclude* user-mode) is used.
This works fine with system emulation in mind, but it could
introduce subtle bugs when neither user nor system emulation
are used, for example with tools.

There is a CONFIG_TOOLS definition, but it is not used in C:

  config-host.mak:CONFIG_TOOLS=y
  config-host.h:#define CONFIG_TOOLS 1

Not sure how to clarify / improve, this is a bit confusing.

Just thinking loudly :)

Regards,

Phil.



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