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Re: [Xen-devel] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-3.2 v3 00/14] Generalize machine compatibility properties



On Wed,  7 Nov 2018 16:36:38 +0400
Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> During "[PATCH v2 05/10] qom/globals: generalize
> object_property_set_globals()" review, Eduardo suggested to rework the
> GlobalProperty handling, so that -global is limited to QDev only and
> we avoid mixing the machine compats and the user-provided -global
> properties (instead of generalizing -global to various object kinds,
> like I proposed in v2).
> 
> "qdev: do not mix compat props with global props" patch decouples a
> bit user-provided -global from machine compat properties. This allows
> to get rid of "user_provided" and "errp" fields in following patches.
> 
> Instead of explcitely calling object_apply_global_props() in the
> various object post_init, I opted for creating a new TYPE_COMPAT_PROPS
> interface. The interface approach gives a lot more flexibility on
> which objects can have compat props. This requires some interface
> improvments in "qom: teach interfaces to implement post-init".
> 
> A new compat property "x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id" is added
> to hostmem for legacy canonical path names, set to true for -file and
> -memfd with qemu < 3.2.
> 
> (this series was initially titled "[PATCH v2 00/10] hostmem: use
> object "id" for memory region name with >= 3.1", but its focus is more
> in refactoring the global and compatilibity properties handling now)
That probably all feedback I'm able to give on this round of review,
so I'll wait till it will addressed.

> 
> v3:
> - GlobalProperties improvements/cleanups
> - drop generalizing the -global idea
> - "replace" the set_globals flag with a TYPE_COMPAT_PROPS interface
> - update hw/i386 machine version to 3.2
> - add "qom: make interface types abstract" interface cleanup
> 
> v2:
> - replace "qom/user-creatable: add a few helper macros" patch for a
>   more optimized "qom: make user_creatable_complete() specific to
>   UserCreatable"
> - rename register_global_list() to register_global_properties()
> - call object_property_set_globals() after post-init
> - add and use a ObjectClass.set_globals flag, instead of dynamically
>   check object class in object_property_set_globals()
> - use object "id" in >= 3.1 instead of canonical path, add compat
>   property "x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id" in base hostmem
>   class.
> 
> Marc-André Lureau (14):
>   tests: qdev_prop_check_globals() doesn't return "all_used"
>   qom: make interface types abstract
>   qom: make user_creatable_complete() specific to UserCreatable
>   accel: register global_props like machine globals
>   qdev: move qdev_prop_register_global_list() to tests
>   qdev: do not mix compat props with global props
>   qdev: all globals are now user-provided
>   qdev-props: convert global_props to GArray
>   qdev-props: remove errp from GlobalProperty
>   qdev-props: call object_apply_global_props()
>   qom: teach interfaces to implement post-init
>   machine: add compat-props interface
>   hw/i386: add pc-i440fx-3.2 & pc-q35-3.2
>   hostmem: use object id for memory region name with >= 3.1
> 
>  include/hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h |  6 +--
>  include/hw/arm/linux-boot-if.h       |  5 +-
>  include/hw/boards.h                  |  3 +-
>  include/hw/compat.h                  | 11 ++++
>  include/hw/fw-path-provider.h        |  4 +-
>  include/hw/hotplug.h                 |  6 +--
>  include/hw/i386/pc.h                 |  3 ++
>  include/hw/intc/intc.h               |  4 +-
>  include/hw/ipmi/ipmi.h               |  4 +-
>  include/hw/isa/isa.h                 |  4 --
>  include/hw/mem/memory-device.h       |  4 +-
>  include/hw/nmi.h                     |  4 +-
>  include/hw/qdev-core.h               |  9 ----
>  include/hw/qdev-properties.h         | 30 -----------
>  include/hw/stream.h                  |  4 +-
>  include/hw/timer/m48t59.h            |  4 +-
>  include/qom/object.h                 |  2 +
>  include/qom/object_interfaces.h      | 10 ++--
>  include/sysemu/accel.h               |  4 +-
>  include/sysemu/hostmem.h             |  3 +-
>  include/sysemu/tpm.h                 |  4 +-
>  target/arm/idau.h                    |  4 +-
>  accel/accel.c                        |  7 +--
>  backends/hostmem-file.c              |  8 +--
>  backends/hostmem-memfd.c             |  2 +-
>  backends/hostmem-ram.c               |  9 ++--
>  backends/hostmem.c                   | 31 +++++++++++
>  hw/core/compat-props.c               | 43 +++++++++++++++
>  hw/core/machine.c                    | 18 -------
>  hw/core/qdev-properties.c            | 73 ++++++-------------------
>  hw/core/qdev.c                       |  4 ++
>  hw/i386/pc_piix.c                    | 21 ++++++--
>  hw/i386/pc_q35.c                     | 19 ++++++-
>  hw/misc/ivshmem.c                    |  2 +-
>  hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c               |  2 +-
>  hw/xen/xen-common.c                  |  9 +++-
>  qom/cpu.c                            |  1 -
>  qom/object.c                         | 49 +++++++++++++++--
>  qom/object_interfaces.c              | 14 ++---
>  stubs/machine.c                      |  4 ++
>  target/i386/cpu.c                    |  1 -
>  target/sparc/cpu.c                   |  1 -
>  tests/check-qom-interface.c          | 27 ++++++++--
>  tests/test-qdev-global-props.c       | 80 ++++++++--------------------
>  vl.c                                 |  4 --
>  MAINTAINERS                          |  1 +
>  hw/core/Makefile.objs                |  1 +
>  stubs/Makefile.objs                  |  1 +
>  tests/Makefile.include               |  1 +
>  49 files changed, 283 insertions(+), 282 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 hw/core/compat-props.c
>  create mode 100644 stubs/machine.c
> 


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