From: Gonglei <arei.gong...@huawei.com> The descriptions can serve as documentation in the code, and they can be used to provide better help. For example:
Before this patch: $./qemu-system-x86_64 -device virtio-blk-pci,? virtio-blk-pci.iothread=link<iothread> virtio-blk-pci.x-data-plane=bool virtio-blk-pci.scsi=bool virtio-blk-pci.config-wce=bool virtio-blk-pci.serial=str virtio-blk-pci.secs=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.heads=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.cyls=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.discard_granularity=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.bootindex=int32 virtio-blk-pci.opt_io_size=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.min_io_size=uint16 virtio-blk-pci.physical_block_size=uint16 virtio-blk-pci.logical_block_size=uint16 virtio-blk-pci.drive=str virtio-blk-pci.virtio-backend=child<virtio-blk-device> virtio-blk-pci.command_serr_enable=on/off virtio-blk-pci.multifunction=on/off virtio-blk-pci.rombar=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.romfile=str virtio-blk-pci.addr=pci-devfn virtio-blk-pci.event_idx=on/off virtio-blk-pci.indirect_desc=on/off virtio-blk-pci.vectors=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.ioeventfd=on/off virtio-blk-pci.class=uint32 After: $./qemu-system-x86_64 -device virtio-blk-pci,? virtio-blk-pci.iothread=link<iothread> virtio-blk-pci.x-data-plane=bool (on/off) virtio-blk-pci.scsi=bool (on/off) virtio-blk-pci.config-wce=bool (on/off) virtio-blk-pci.serial=str virtio-blk-pci.secs=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.heads=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.cyls=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.discard_granularity=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.bootindex=int32 virtio-blk-pci.opt_io_size=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.min_io_size=uint16 virtio-blk-pci.physical_block_size=uint16 (A power of two between 512 and 32768) virtio-blk-pci.logical_block_size=uint16 (A power of two between 512 and 32768) virtio-blk-pci.drive=str (ID of a drive to use as a backend) virtio-blk-pci.virtio-backend=child<virtio-blk-device> virtio-blk-pci.command_serr_enable=bool (on/off) virtio-blk-pci.multifunction=bool (on/off) virtio-blk-pci.rombar=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.romfile=str virtio-blk-pci.addr=int32 (The slot number of a pci device) virtio-blk-pci.event_idx=bool (on/off) virtio-blk-pci.indirect_desc=bool (on/off) virtio-blk-pci.vectors=uint32 virtio-blk-pci.ioeventfd=bool (on/off) virtio-blk-pci.class=uint32 Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> Cc: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Gonglei <arei.gong...@huawei.com> --- qmp.c | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c index c6767c4..20f501b 100644 --- a/qmp.c +++ b/qmp.c @@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ ObjectTypeInfoList *qmp_qom_list_types(bool has_implements, */ static DevicePropertyInfo *make_device_property_info(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name, - const char *default_type) + const char *default_type, + const char *description) { DevicePropertyInfo *info; Property *prop; @@ -465,7 +466,12 @@ static DevicePropertyInfo *make_device_property_info(ObjectClass *klass, info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info)); info->name = g_strdup(prop->name); - info->type = g_strdup(prop->info->legacy_name ?: prop->info->name); + if (prop->info->description) { + info->type = g_strdup_printf("%s (%s)", prop->info->name, + prop->info->description); + } else { + info->type = g_strdup(prop->info->name); + } return info; } klass = object_class_get_parent(klass); @@ -474,7 +480,11 @@ static DevicePropertyInfo *make_device_property_info(ObjectClass *klass, /* Not a qdev property, use the default type */ info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info)); info->name = g_strdup(name); - info->type = g_strdup(default_type); + if (description) { + info->type = g_strdup_printf("%s (%s)", default_type, description); + } else { + info->type = g_strdup(default_type); + } return info; } @@ -521,7 +531,8 @@ DevicePropertyInfoList *qmp_device_list_properties(const char *typename, continue; } - info = make_device_property_info(klass, prop->name, prop->type); + info = make_device_property_info(klass, prop->name, prop->type, + prop->description); if (!info) { continue; } -- 1.7.12.4