"Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" <dgilb...@redhat.com> writes:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilb...@redhat.com> > > Simplify qom_set by making it use qmp_qom_set and the JSON parser. > > (qemu) qom-get /machine smm > "auto" > (qemu) qom-set /machine smm "auto" > > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com> > Message-Id: <20200520151108.160598-3-dgilb...@redhat.com> > Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@redhat.com> > Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com> > With 's'->'S' type change suggested by Paolo and Markus This is actually more than just simplification, it's disarming a bear trap: the string visitor is restricted to a subset of the QAPI types, and when you qom-set a property with a type it can't handle, QEMU aborts. I mentioned this in the discussion of possible ways out of the qom-get impasse, but missed reraising it in patch review. A suitably amended commit would be nice, but respinning the PR just for that may not be worthwhile.
