If "[*]" is given as the last part of a QOM property name, treat that as an array property. The added property is given the first available name, replacing the * with a decimal number counting from 0.
First add with name "foo[*]" will be "foo[0]". Second "foo[1]" and so on. Signed-off-by: Peter Crosthwaite <peter.crosthwa...@xilinx.com> --- changed since v1 (Paolo review): Cache strlen result in variable Use memcmp instead of strncmp Suggest by Paolo and first pass discussion on list about the feature here: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-06/msg03794.html qom/object.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c index 0e8267b..4484330 100644 --- a/qom/object.c +++ b/qom/object.c @@ -738,6 +738,29 @@ object_property_add(Object *obj, const char *name, const char *type, void *opaque, Error **errp) { ObjectProperty *prop; + size_t name_len = strlen(name); + + if (name_len >= 3 && !memcmp(name + name_len - 3, "[*]", 4)) { + int i; + ObjectProperty *ret; + char *name_no_array = g_strdup(name); + + name_no_array[name_len - 3] = '\0'; + for (i = 0; ; ++i) { + char *full_name = g_strdup_printf("%s[%d]", name_no_array, i); + Error *local_err = NULL; + ret = object_property_add(obj, full_name, type, get, set, + release, opaque, &local_err); + + g_free(full_name); + if (!local_err) { + break; + } + error_free(local_err); + } + g_free(name_no_array); + return ret; + } QTAILQ_FOREACH(prop, &obj->properties, node) { if (strcmp(prop->name, name) == 0) { -- 2.0.1.1.gfbfc394
