In some cases, a legacy property does need a special print method but not a special parse method. In this case, we can reuse the get/set from the static (non-legacy) property.
If neither parse nor print is needed, though, do not register the legacy property at all. The previous patch ensures that the right fallback will be used. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> --- hw/qdev-monitor.c | 5 ++--- hw/qdev-properties.c | 6 +++--- hw/qdev.c | 11 +++++++---- 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/hw/qdev-monitor.c b/hw/qdev-monitor.c index 64505b4..e21bd50 100644 --- a/hw/qdev-monitor.c +++ b/hw/qdev-monitor.c @@ -489,8 +489,8 @@ static void qdev_print_props(Monitor *mon, DeviceState *dev, Property *props, { if (!props) return; - while (props->name) { - Error *err; + for (; props->name; props++) { + Error *err = NULL; char *value; char *legacy_name = g_strdup_printf("legacy-%s", props->name); if (object_property_get_type(OBJECT(dev), legacy_name, NULL)) { @@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ static void qdev_print_props(Monitor *mon, DeviceState *dev, Property *props, qdev_printf("%s-prop: %s = %s\n", prefix, props->name, value && *value ? value : "<null>"); g_free(value); - props++; } } diff --git a/hw/qdev-properties.c b/hw/qdev-properties.c index 7c41140..16f9b22 100644 --- a/hw/qdev-properties.c +++ b/hw/qdev-properties.c @@ -1025,13 +1025,13 @@ void error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(Error **errp, int ret, DeviceState *dev, int qdev_prop_parse(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, const char *value) { char *legacy_name; - Error *err; + Error *err = NULL; legacy_name = g_strdup_printf("legacy-%s", name); if (object_property_get_type(OBJECT(dev), legacy_name, NULL)) { - object_property_set_str(OBJECT(dev), legacy_name, value, &err); + object_property_set_str(OBJECT(dev), value, legacy_name, &err); } else { - object_property_set_str(OBJECT(dev), name, value, &err); + object_property_set_str(OBJECT(dev), value, name, &err); } g_free(legacy_name); diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c index a731e41..660ee38 100644 --- a/hw/qdev.c +++ b/hw/qdev.c @@ -550,21 +550,24 @@ static void qdev_set_legacy_property(Object *obj, Visitor *v, void *opaque, * Do not use this is new code! Properties added through this interface will * be given names and types in the "legacy" namespace. * - * Legacy properties are always processed as strings. The format of the string - * depends on the property type. + * Legacy properties are string versions of other OOM properties. The format + * of the string depends on the property type. */ void qdev_property_add_legacy(DeviceState *dev, Property *prop, Error **errp) { gchar *name, *type; + if (!prop->info->print && !prop->info->parse) { + return; + } name = g_strdup_printf("legacy-%s", prop->name); type = g_strdup_printf("legacy<%s>", prop->info->legacy_name ?: prop->info->name); object_property_add(OBJECT(dev), name, type, - prop->info->print ? qdev_get_legacy_property : NULL, - prop->info->parse ? qdev_set_legacy_property : NULL, + prop->info->print ? qdev_get_legacy_property : prop->info->get, + prop->info->parse ? qdev_set_legacy_property : prop->info->set, NULL, prop, errp); -- 1.7.7.6