1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index ae7a542511..a71d1a53a5 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ typedef struct {
  *    computed based on other criteria such as the host kernel capabilities.
  * @numa_mem_supported:
  *    true if '--numa node.mem' option is supported and false otherwise
+ * @smp_parse:
+ *    The function pointer to hook different machine specific functions for
+ *    parsing "smp-opts" from QemuOpts to MachineState::CpuTopology and more
+ *    machine specific topology fields, such as smp_dies for PCMachine.
  */
 struct MachineClass {
     /*< private >*/
@@ -178,6 +182,7 @@ struct MachineClass {
     void (*reset)(MachineState *state);
     void (*hot_add_cpu)(MachineState *state, const int64_t id, Error **errp);
     int (*kvm_type)(MachineState *machine, const char *arg);
+    void (*smp_parse)(MachineState *ms, QemuOpts *opts);
 
     BlockInterfaceType block_default_type;
     int units_per_default_bus;