Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 6/6] spapr: fix migration of ICP objects from/to older QEMU

[David Gibson]

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 03:16:02PM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote:
> On Mon, 15 May 2017 14:22:32 +0200
> Cédric Le Goater <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On 05/15/2017 01:40 PM, Greg Kurz wrote:
[snip]
> > > +
> > > +            object_initialize(obj, sizeof(ICPState), spapr->icp_type);
> > > +            object_property_add_child(OBJECT(spapr), "icp[*]", obj,
> > > +                                      &error_abort);  
> > 
> > David does not like the "icp[*]" syntax.
> > 
> 
> Ah... I wasn't aware of that. But I agree that I should probably create
> the object names based on 'i', rather than relying on the more complex
> logic in object_property_add().

Right, the non-obviousness of what the indicies will end up being is
exactly why I dislike the "[*]" syntax.  Especially here, where it's
clearly important that the QOM paths end up exactly like in older qemu
versions, I think it's better to be explicit.

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