[Qemu-devel] [PULL for-2.1 05/24] qdev: add qdev_alias_all_properties()

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

The qdev_alias_all_properties() function creates QOM alias properties
for each qdev property on a DeviceState.  This is useful for parent
objects that wish to forward property accesses to their children.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Peter Crosthwaite <address@hidden>
---
 hw/core/qdev.c               | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 include/hw/qdev-properties.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index d1eba3c..732e729 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -780,6 +780,27 @@ void qdev_property_add_static(DeviceState *dev, Property 
*prop,
     }
 }
 
+/* @qdev_alias_all_properties - Add alias properties to the source object for
+ * all qdev properties on the target DeviceState.
+ */
+void qdev_alias_all_properties(DeviceState *target, Object *source)
+{
+    ObjectClass *class;
+    Property *prop;
+
+    class = object_get_class(OBJECT(target));
+    do {
+        DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(class);
+
+        for (prop = dc->props; prop && prop->name; prop++) {
+            object_property_add_alias(source, prop->name,
+                                      OBJECT(target), prop->name,
+                                      &error_abort);
+        }
+        class = object_class_get_parent(class);
+    } while (class != object_class_by_name(TYPE_DEVICE));
+}
+
 static bool device_get_realized(Object *obj, Error **errp)
 {
     DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index c962b6b..3726bf3 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ void error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(Error **errp, int ret, 
DeviceState *dev,
  */
 void qdev_property_add_static(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, Error **errp);
 
+void qdev_alias_all_properties(DeviceState *target, Object *source);
+
 /**
  * @qdev_prop_set_after_realize:
  * @dev: device
-- 
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