Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qom: add helpers REGISTER_STATIC_TYPE[S]()

[Igor Mammedov]

On Tue, 3 Oct 2017 16:44:28 +0100
Peter Maydell <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 3 October 2017 at 13:14, Igor Mammedov <address@hidden> wrote:
> > it will help to remove code duplication in places
> > that currently open code registration of static
> > type[s] and remove necessity to declare function
> > for type_init() to call, when only static types
> > need to be registered.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <address@hidden>
> > ---
> > I'm going to use it for CPU types in followup patches
> >
> > CC: address@hidden
> > ---
> >  include/qemu/module.h | 10 ++++++++++
> >  include/qom/object.h  | 10 ++++++++++
> >  qom/object.c          |  9 +++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/qemu/module.h b/include/qemu/module.h
> > index 56dd218..60dd632 100644
> > --- a/include/qemu/module.h
> > +++ b/include/qemu/module.h
> > @@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ typedef enum {
> >  #define type_init(function) module_init(function, MODULE_INIT_QOM)
> >  #define trace_init(function) module_init(function, MODULE_INIT_TRACE)
> >
> > +#define REGISTER_STATIC_TYPES(t, nr)                                       
> >  \
> > +static void do_qemu_init_ ## t(void)                                       
> >  \
> > +{                                                                          
> >  \
> > +    type_register_static_array(t, nr);                                     
> >  \
> > +}                                                                          
> >  \
> > +type_init(do_qemu_init_ ## t)  
> 
> Could we use
>     type_register_static_array(t, ARRAY_SIZE(t));
> here to save the caller having to pass the array size,
> or is that too magic?
+1
this way user will not have to type ARRAY_SIZE(t) and make mistake by chance