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 <stefa...@redhat.com> --- 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 + * @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; + } + + 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