On 26/05/20 07:14, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>> The contract must specify exactly what happens to the reference count,
>>> case by case.
>>
>> For both qdev_realize and qdev_realize_and_unref, on return the caller
>> need not care about keeping alive the device in the long-term.
>>
>> For qdev_real
Paolo Bonzini writes:
> On 25/05/20 08:38, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Paolo Bonzini writes:
>>
>>> On 20/05/20 17:02, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>
>> qdev_realize_and_unref() remains restricted, because its reference
>> counting would become rather confusing for bus-less devices.
>>
On 25/05/20 08:38, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini writes:
>
>> On 20/05/20 17:02, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>
> qdev_realize_and_unref() remains restricted, because its reference
> counting would become rather confusing for bus-less devices.
I think it would be fine, you
Paolo Bonzini writes:
> On 20/05/20 17:02, Markus Armbruster wrote:
qdev_realize_and_unref() remains restricted, because its reference
counting would become rather confusing for bus-less devices.
>>> I think it would be fine, you would just rely on the reference held by
>>> the QOM
On 20/05/20 17:02, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>>
>>> qdev_realize_and_unref() remains restricted, because its reference
>>> counting would become rather confusing for bus-less devices.
>> I think it would be fine, you would just rely on the reference held by
>> the QOM parent (via the child property
Paolo Bonzini writes:
> On 19/05/20 16:55, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> So far, qdev_realize() supports only devices that plug into a bus:
>> argument @bus cannot be null. Extend it to support bus-less devices,
>> too.
>>
>> qdev_realize_and_unref() remains restricted, because its reference
>> c
On 19/05/20 16:55, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> So far, qdev_realize() supports only devices that plug into a bus:
> argument @bus cannot be null. Extend it to support bus-less devices,
> too.
>
> qdev_realize_and_unref() remains restricted, because its reference
> counting would become rather conf
So far, qdev_realize() supports only devices that plug into a bus:
argument @bus cannot be null. Extend it to support bus-less devices,
too.
qdev_realize_and_unref() remains restricted, because its reference
counting would become rather confusing for bus-less devices.
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbr
