>> index 13ad7d9e04..efb68226bb 100644
>> --- a/hw/ppc/pnv_core.c
>> +++ b/hw/ppc/pnv_core.c
>> @@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ static void pnv_core_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error
>> **errp)
>>
>> snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "thread[%d]", i);
>> object_property_add_child(OBJECT(pc), name, obj, &local_err);
>> + if (local_err) {
>> + goto err;
>> + }
>> object_property_add_alias(obj, "core-pir", OBJECT(pc),
>> "pir", &local_err);
>> if (local_err) {
>
> Hmm... the current error path seems to assume failures to be
> caused by object_property_add_child(). It hence unparents the
> previously parented CPUs, but not the current one. So we'll
> miss one call to object_unparent() if object_property_add_alias()
> fails.
yes, let's just put NULL or &error_abort instead.
C.