The current list of CPU model names output by "-cpu help" is sorted
alphabetically based on the internal QOM class name. The text that is
displayed, however, uses the CPU model name, which is equivalent to the
QOM class name, minus a suffix. Unfortunately that suffix has an effect
on the sort ordering, for example, causing the various Broadwell
variants to appear reversed:
x86 486
x86 Broadwell-IBRS Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, IBRS)
x86 Broadwell-noTSX-IBRS Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS
x86 Broadwell-noTSX Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX)
x86 Broadwell Intel Core Processor (Broadwell)
x86 Conroe Intel Celeron_4x0 (Conroe/Merom Class Core 2)
By sorting on the actual CPU model name text that is displayed, the
result is
x86 486
x86 Broadwell Intel Core Processor (Broadwell)
x86 Broadwell-IBRS Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, IBRS)
x86 Broadwell-noTSX Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX)
x86 Broadwell-noTSX-IBRS Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS)
x86 Conroe Intel Celeron_4x0 (Conroe/Merom Class Core 2)
This requires extra string allocations during sorting, but this is not a
concern given the usage scenario and the number of CPU models that exist.
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20180606165527.17365-3-berrange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
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