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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/7] qom: add object_property_add_alias()
From: |
Peter Crosthwaite |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/7] qom: add object_property_add_alias() |
Date: |
Fri, 23 May 2014 00:02:44 +1000 |
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sometimes an object needs to present a property which is actually on
> another object, or it needs to provide an alias name for an existing
> property.
>
> Examples:
> a.foo -> b.foo
> a.old_name -> a.new_name
>
> The new object_property_add_alias() API allows objects to alias a
> property on another object. The source and target names can be
> different.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> ---
> include/qom/object.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> qom/object.c | 52
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
> index a641dcd..70cbd13 100644
> --- a/include/qom/object.h
> +++ b/include/qom/object.h
> @@ -1203,6 +1203,24 @@ void object_property_add_uint64_ptr(Object *obj, const
> char *name,
> const uint64_t *v, Error **Errp);
>
> /**
> + * object_property_add_alias:
> + * @obj: the object to add a property to
> + * @name: the name of the property
> + * @target_obj: the object to forward property access property to
-extra "property"
> + * @target_name: the name of the property on the forwarded object
> + * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
> + *
> + * Add an alias for a property on an object. This function will add a
> property
> + * of the same type as the forwarded property.
> + *
> + * The caller must ensure that <code>@target_obj</code> stays alive as long
> as
> + * this property exists.
> + */
> +void object_property_add_alias(Object *obj, const char *name,
> + Object *target_obj, const char *target_name,
> + Error **errp);
> +
> +/**
> * object_child_foreach:
> * @obj: the object whose children will be navigated
> * @fn: the iterator function to be called
> diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
> index e42b254..ff50f37 100644
> --- a/qom/object.c
> +++ b/qom/object.c
> @@ -1515,6 +1515,58 @@ void object_property_add_uint64_ptr(Object *obj, const
> char *name,
> NULL, NULL, (void *)v, errp);
> }
>
> +typedef struct
> +{
> + Object *target_obj;
> + const char *target_name;
> +} AliasProperty;
> +
> +static void property_get_alias(Object *obj, struct Visitor *v, void *opaque,
> + const char *name, Error **errp)
> +{
> + AliasProperty *prop = opaque;
> +
> + object_property_get(prop->target_obj, v, prop->target_name, errp);
> +}
> +
> +static void property_set_alias(Object *obj, struct Visitor *v, void *opaque,
> + const char *name, Error **errp)
> +{
> + AliasProperty *prop = opaque;
> +
> + object_property_set(prop->target_obj, v, prop->target_name, errp);
> +}
> +
> +static void property_release_alias(Object *obj, const char *name, void
> *opaque)
> +{
> + AliasProperty *prop = opaque;
> +
> + g_free(prop);
> +}
> +
> +void object_property_add_alias(Object *obj, const char *name,
> + Object *target_obj, const char *target_name,
> + Error **errp)
> +{
> + AliasProperty *prop;
> + ObjectProperty *target_prop;
> +
> + target_prop = object_property_find(target_obj, target_name, errp);
> + if (!target_prop) {
> + return;
Not sure silent failure is right here. This should perhaps populate
errp and then caller can decide to assert/ignore/report as needed.
Regards,
Peter
> + }
> +
> + prop = g_malloc(sizeof(*prop));
> + prop->target_obj = target_obj;
> + prop->target_name = target_name;
> +
> + object_property_add(obj, name, target_prop->type,
> + property_get_alias,
> + property_set_alias,
> + property_release_alias,
> + prop, errp);
> +}
> +
> static void object_instance_init(Object *obj)
> {
> object_property_add_str(obj, "type", qdev_get_type, NULL, NULL);
> --
> 1.9.0
>
>
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/7] virtio-blk: move x-data-plane qdev property to virtio-blk.h, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/05/21
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/7] virtio-blk: use aliases instead of duplicate qdev properties, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/05/21