Re: [PATCH 1/9] hw/riscv/sifive_e: Fix inheritance of SiFiveEState

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 20/9/22 01:17, Bernhard Beschow wrote:
> SiFiveEState inherits from SysBusDevice while it's TypeInfo claims it to
> inherit from TYPE_MACHINE. This is an inconsistency which can cause
> undefined behavior such as memory corruption.
>
> Change SiFiveEState to inherit from MachineState since it is registered
> as a machine.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bernhard Beschow <shentey@gmail.com>
> ---
>   include/hw/riscv/sifive_e.h | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/hw/riscv/sifive_e.h b/include/hw/riscv/sifive_e.h
> index 83604da805..d738745925 100644
> --- a/include/hw/riscv/sifive_e.h
> +++ b/include/hw/riscv/sifive_e.h
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>   #include "hw/riscv/riscv_hart.h"
>   #include "hw/riscv/sifive_cpu.h"
>   #include "hw/gpio/sifive_gpio.h"
> +#include "hw/boards.h"
>   
>   #define TYPE_RISCV_E_SOC "riscv.sifive.e.soc"
>   #define RISCV_E_SOC(obj) \
> @@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ typedef struct SiFiveESoCState {
>   
>   typedef struct SiFiveEState {
>       /*< private >*/
> -    SysBusDevice parent_obj;
> +    MachineState parent_obj;

Ouch.

Fixes: 0869490b1c ("riscv: sifive_e: Manually define the machine")

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>