+static void do_nothing(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data unused)
+{
+}
+
+void qemu_timer_notify_cb(void *opaque, QEMUClockType type)
+{
+ if (!use_icount || type != QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) {
+ qemu_notify_event();
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!qemu_in_vcpu_thread() && first_cpu) {
+ /* qemu_cpu_kick is not enough to kick a halted CPU out of
+ * qemu_tcg_wait_io_event. async_run_on_cpu, instead,
+ * causes cpu_thread_is_idle to return false. This way,
+ * handle_icount_deadline can run.
+ */
+ async_run_on_cpu(first_cpu, do_nothing, RUN_ON_CPU_NULL);
+ }
+}
+