Hi
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 6:46 PM Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Similar to the existing "-rtc driftfix" option, we will convert some
> legacy "-machine" command line options to global properties on accelerators.
> Because accelerators are not devices, we cannot use qdev_prop_register_global.
> Instead, provide a slot in the generic object_compat_props arrays for
> command line syntactic sugar.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
sounds reasonable
> ---
> include/qom/object.h | 1 +
> qom/object.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
> vl.c | 10 +++-------
> 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
> index 128d00c..230b18f 100644
> --- a/include/qom/object.h
> +++ b/include/qom/object.h
> @@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ void object_apply_global_props(Object *obj, const
> GPtrArray *props,
> Error **errp);
> void object_set_machine_compat_props(GPtrArray *compat_props);
> void object_set_accelerator_compat_props(GPtrArray *compat_props);
> +void object_register_sugar_prop(const char *driver, const char *prop, const
> char *value);
Or simply
void object_add_global_prop(const char *typename, ...) ?
> void object_apply_compat_props(Object *obj);
>
> /**
> diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
> index 6fa9c61..c7825dd 100644
> --- a/qom/object.c
> +++ b/qom/object.c
> @@ -414,10 +414,29 @@ void object_apply_global_props(Object *obj, const
> GPtrArray *props, Error **errp
> * Global property defaults
> * Slot 0: accelerator's global property defaults
> * Slot 1: machine's global property defaults
> + * Slot 2: global properties from legacy command line option
> * Each is a GPtrArray of of GlobalProperty.
> * Applied in order, later entries override earlier ones.
> */
> -static GPtrArray *object_compat_props[2];
> +static GPtrArray *object_compat_props[3];
> +
> +/*
> + * Retrieve @GPtrArray for global property defined with options
> + * other than "-global". These are generally used for syntactic
> + * sugar and legacy command line options.
> + */
> +void object_register_sugar_prop(const char *driver, const char *prop, const
> char *value)
> +{
> + GlobalProperty *g;
> + if (!object_compat_props[2]) {
> + object_compat_props[2] = g_ptr_array_new();
> + }
> + g = g_new(GlobalProperty, 1);
> + g->driver = g_strdup(driver);
> + g->property = g_strdup(prop);
> + g->value = g_strdup(value);
> + g_ptr_array_add(object_compat_props[2], g);
> +}
>
> /*
> * Set machine's global property defaults to @compat_props.
> @@ -445,7 +464,7 @@ void object_apply_compat_props(Object *obj)
>
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(object_compat_props); i++) {
> object_apply_global_props(obj, object_compat_props[i],
> - &error_abort);
> + i == 2 ? &error_fatal : &error_abort);
Isn't error_abort() appropriate in all cases?
> }
> }
>
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index 843b263..cb993dd 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -896,13 +896,9 @@ static void configure_rtc(QemuOpts *opts)
> value = qemu_opt_get(opts, "driftfix");
> if (value) {
> if (!strcmp(value, "slew")) {
> - static GlobalProperty slew_lost_ticks = {
> - .driver = "mc146818rtc",
> - .property = "lost_tick_policy",
> - .value = "slew",
> - };
> -
> - qdev_prop_register_global(&slew_lost_ticks);
> + object_register_sugar_prop("mc146818rtc",
> + "lost_tick_policy",
> + "slew");
Why do you convert this since it's a device?
> } else if (!strcmp(value, "none")) {
> /* discard is default */
> } else {
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
>
>
--
Marc-André Lureau
