hw/cpu: Call object_class_is_abstract() once in cpu_class_by_name()

Let CPUClass::class_by_name() handlers to return abstract classes,
and filter them once in the public cpu_class_by_name() method.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Message-Id: <20230908112235.75914-3-philmd@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/hw/core/cpu.h b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
index 6373aa4..5d6f8dc 100644
--- a/include/hw/core/cpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct SysemuCPUOps;
 /**
  * CPUClass:
  * @class_by_name: Callback to map -cpu command line model name to an
- * instantiatable CPU type.
+ *                 instantiatable CPU type.
  * @parse_features: Callback to parse command line arguments.
  * @reset_dump_flags: #CPUDumpFlags to use for reset logging.
  * @has_work: Callback for checking if there is work to do.
@@ -772,9 +772,10 @@ void cpu_reset(CPUState *cpu);
  * @typename: The CPU base type.
  * @cpu_model: The model string without any parameters.
  *
- * Looks up a CPU #ObjectClass matching name @cpu_model.
+ * Looks up a concrete CPU #ObjectClass matching name @cpu_model.
  *
- * Returns: A #CPUClass or %NULL if not matching class is found.
+ * Returns: A concrete #CPUClass or %NULL if no matching class is found
+ *          or if the matching class is abstract.
  */
 ObjectClass *cpu_class_by_name(const char *typename, const char *cpu_model);