Since QOM'ification, qdev_try_create() uses object_new() internally,
which asserts "type != NULL" when the type is not registered.
This was revealed by the combination of kvmclock's kvm_enabled() check
and early QOM type registration.
Check whether the class exists before calling object_new(), so that
the caller (e.g., qdev_create) can fail gracefully, telling us which
device could not be created.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Färber <afaer...@suse.de>
Cc: Anthony Liguori <aligu...@codemonkey.ws>
---
hw/qdev.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c
index f0eb3a7..ee21d90 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/qdev.c
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ DeviceState *qdev_try_create(BusState *bus, const char
*name)
{
DeviceState *dev;
+ if (object_class_by_name(name) == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
dev = DEVICE(object_new(name));
if (!dev) {
return NULL;
--
1.7.7
