The object argument is currently unused and may be used to optimize the
class lookup when needed.
Inspired-by: Peter Crosthwaite <peter.crosthwa...@xilinx.com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Färber <afaer...@suse.de>
---
include/qom/object.h | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index 23fc048..a8e71dc 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -511,6 +511,16 @@ struct TypeInfo
OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(class, object_get_class(OBJECT(obj)), name)
/**
+ * OBJECT_GET_PARENT_CLASS:
+ * @obj: The object to obtain the parent class for.
+ * @name: The QOM typename of @obj.
+ *
+ * Returns the parent class for a given object of a specific class.
+ */
+#define OBJECT_GET_PARENT_CLASS(obj, name) \
+ object_class_get_parent(object_class_by_name(name))
+
+/**
* InterfaceInfo:
* @type: The name of the interface.
*
--
1.8.1.4
