[Qemu-devel] [PULL 04/12] qemu-option: improve qemu_opts_print_help() output

[Marc-André Lureau]

Modify qemu_opts_print_help():
- to print expected argument type
- skip description if not available
- sort lines
- prefix with the list name (like qdev, to avoid confusion)
- drop 16-chars alignment, use a '-' as seperator for option name and
  description

For ex, "-spice help" output is changed from:

port             No description available
tls-port         No description available
addr             No description available
[...]
gl               No description available
rendernode       No description available

to:

spice.addr=str
spice.agent-mouse=bool (on/off)
spice.disable-agent-file-xfer=bool (on/off)
[...]
spice.x509-key-password=str
spice.zlib-glz-wan-compression=str

"qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o help", changed from:

size             Virtual disk size
compat           Compatibility level (0.10 or 1.1)
backing_file     File name of a base image
[...]
lazy_refcounts   Postpone refcount updates
refcount_bits    Width of a reference count entry in bits

to:

backing_file=str - File name of a base image
backing_fmt=str - Image format of the base image
cluster_size=size - qcow2 cluster size
[...]
refcount_bits=num - Width of a reference count entry in bits
size=size - Virtual disk size

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
---
 util/qemu-option.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
index 557b6c6626..9a5f263294 100644
--- a/util/qemu-option.c
+++ b/util/qemu-option.c
@@ -208,17 +208,51 @@ out:
     return result;
 }
 
+static const char *opt_type_to_string(enum QemuOptType type)
+{
+    switch (type) {
+    case QEMU_OPT_STRING:
+        return "str";
+    case QEMU_OPT_BOOL:
+        return "bool (on/off)";
+    case QEMU_OPT_NUMBER:
+        return "num";
+    case QEMU_OPT_SIZE:
+        return "size";
+    }
+
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
 void qemu_opts_print_help(QemuOptsList *list)
 {
     QemuOptDesc *desc;
+    int i;
+    GPtrArray *array = g_ptr_array_new();
 
     assert(list);
     desc = list->desc;
     while (desc && desc->name) {
-        printf("%-16s %s\n", desc->name,
-               desc->help ? desc->help : "No description available");
+        GString *str = g_string_new(NULL);
+        if (list->name) {
+            g_string_append_printf(str, "%s.", list->name);
+        }
+        g_string_append_printf(str, "%s=%s", desc->name,
+                               opt_type_to_string(desc->type));
+        if (desc->help) {
+            g_string_append_printf(str, " - %s", desc->help);
+        }
+        g_ptr_array_add(array, g_string_free(str, false));
         desc++;
     }
+
+    g_ptr_array_sort(array, (GCompareFunc)qemu_pstrcmp0);
+    for (i = 0; i < array->len; i++) {
+        printf("%s\n", (char *)array->pdata[i]);
+    }
+    g_ptr_array_set_free_func(array, g_free);
+    g_ptr_array_free(array, true);
+
 }
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
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