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Re: [PATCH v2 08/13] qdev: Make qdev_get_machine() not use container_get


From: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/13] qdev: Make qdev_get_machine() not use container_get()
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:38:40 +0100
User-agent: Mozilla Thunderbird

On 20/12/24 18:24, Peter Xu wrote:
On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 12:25:44PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
On 19/12/24 19:27, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
On 19/12/24 19:20, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
On 21/11/24 20:21, Peter Xu wrote:
Currently, qdev_get_machine() has a slight misuse on container_get(), as
the helper says "get a container" but in reality the goal is to get the
machine object.  It is still a "container" but not strictly.

Note that it _may_ get a container (at "/machine") in our
current unit test
of test-qdev-global-props.c before all these changes, but it's probably
unexpected and worked by accident.

Switch to an explicit object_resolve_path_component(), with a
side benefit
that qdev_get_machine() can happen a lot, and we don't need to split the
string ("/machine") every time.  This also paves way for making
the helper
container_get() never try to return a non-container at all.

Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
---
   hw/core/qdev.c | 7 ++++++-
   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index 5f13111b77..b622be15ee 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -817,7 +817,12 @@ Object *qdev_get_machine(void)
       static Object *dev;
       if (dev == NULL) {
-        dev = container_get(object_get_root(), "/machine");
+        dev = object_resolve_path_component(object_get_root(),
"machine");
+        /*
+         * Any call to this function before machine is created
is treated
+         * as a programming error as of now.
+         */
+        assert(dev);

This fails for user-emulation:

./qemu-x86_64 /bin/echo foo
qemu-x86_64: ../../hw/core/qdev.c:825: qdev_get_machine: Assertion
`dev' failed.

OK so I guess I might have found a "fix" which is to simply not
call qdev_get_machine() for user emulation, but this involves some
invasive refactoring -- so will take time --.

Thanks for taking a look, Phil.  Yes this sounds clean.


I'm dropping this series for now, planning to merge it again on top
of my refactor once it is ready. Any clever / simpler fix is
obviously welcomed first.

I initially thought about this, which could also be clean but I then
noticed LINUX_USER is poisoned..

===8<===
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index 58897a79a7..da26e8d69b 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -1729,7 +1729,19 @@ const char *object_property_get_type(Object *obj, const 
char *name, Error **errp
      return prop->type;
  }

+/*
+ * Create all QEMU default containers.
+ *
+ * For system emulations, "machine" and its sub-containers are only created
+ * when machine initializes (qemu_create_machine()).
+ *
+ * For user emulations, create "machine" before hand to make qdev realize()
+ * work by default.
+ */
  static const char *const root_containers[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_USER
+    "machine",
+#endif
      "chardevs",
      "objects",
      "backend"
@@ -1740,10 +1752,6 @@ static Object *object_root_initialize(void)
      Object *root = object_new(TYPE_CONTAINER);
      int i;

-    /*
-     * Create all QEMU system containers.  "machine" and its sub-containers
-     * are only created when machine initializes (qemu_create_machine()).
-     */
      for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(root_containers); i++) {
          object_property_add_new_container(root, root_containers[i]);
      }
===8<===

Maybe we could still move it somewhere that LINUX_USER is not poisoned
(plus "unattached" be created too, more below)?

OTOH, this works for me:

===8<===
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index b09af8d436..009b7695f2 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -819,6 +819,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
      set_preferred_target_page_bits(ctz32(host_page_size));
      finalize_target_page_bits();
+ Object *fake_obj = object_property_add_new_container(object_get_root(),
+                                                         "machine");
+    object_property_add_new_container(fake_obj, "unattached");
+
      cpu = cpu_create(cpu_type);
      env = cpu_env(cpu);
      cpu_reset(cpu);
===8<===

I like it, simple enough, allowing to remove container_get() now.


So we need both "/machine" and "/machine/unattached" so far to make
linux-user work.  Not sure if bsd-user/main.c needs similar care, but none
of these look as clean.

Maybe add a common method in hw/core/qdev-user.c?
qemu_create_machine() or qdev_create_fake_machine()?



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