Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 1/4] add QemuSupportState

[Murilo Opsfelder Araujo]

Hi, Gerd.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:13:45PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Indicates support state for somerhing (device, backend, subsystem, ...)
> in qemu.  Modeled roughly after the "S:" states we have in MAINTANERS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
> ---
>  include/qemu/support-state.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  util/support-state.c         | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  qapi/common.json             | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  util/Makefile.objs           |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 include/qemu/support-state.h
>  create mode 100644 util/support-state.c
> 
> diff --git a/include/qemu/support-state.h b/include/qemu/support-state.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..5fd3c83eee
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/qemu/support-state.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
> +#ifndef QEMU_SUPPORT_STATE_H
> +#define QEMU_SUPPORT_STATE_H
> +
> +#include "qapi/qapi-types-common.h"
> +
> +typedef struct QemuSupportState {
> +    SupportState state;
> +    const char *reason;
> +} QemuSupportState;
> +
> +void qemu_warn_support_state(const char *type, const char *name,
> +                             QemuSupportState *state);
> +
> +bool qemu_is_deprecated(QemuSupportState *state);
> +bool qemu_is_obsolete(QemuSupportState *state);
> +
> +#endif /* QEMU_SUPPORT_STATE_H */
> diff --git a/util/support-state.c b/util/support-state.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..7966fa0fc7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/util/support-state.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> +#include "qemu/osdep.h"
> +#include "qemu/error-report.h"
> +#include "qemu/support-state.h"
> +
> +void qemu_warn_support_state(const char *type, const char *name,
> +                             QemuSupportState *state)
> +{
> +    warn_report("%s %s is %s%s%s%s", type, name,
> +                SupportState_str(state->state),
> +                state->reason ? " ("          : "",
> +                state->reason ? state->reason : "",
> +                state->reason ? ")"           : "");
> +}
> +
> +bool qemu_is_deprecated(QemuSupportState *state)
> +{
> +    return state->state == SUPPORT_STATE_DEPRECATED;
> +}
> +
> +bool qemu_is_obsolete(QemuSupportState *state)
> +{
> +    return state->state == SUPPORT_STATE_OBSOLETE;
> +}
> diff --git a/qapi/common.json b/qapi/common.json
> index 021174f04e..78176151af 100644
> --- a/qapi/common.json
> +++ b/qapi/common.json
> @@ -151,3 +151,19 @@
>               'ppc64', 'riscv32', 'riscv64', 's390x', 'sh4',
>               'sh4eb', 'sparc', 'sparc64', 'tricore', 'unicore32',
>               'x86_64', 'xtensa', 'xtensaeb' ] }
> +
> +##
> +# @SupportState:
> +#
> +# Indicate Support level of qemu devices, backends, subsystems, ...
> +#
> +# Since: 3.2
> +##
> +{ 'enum': 'SupportState',
> +  'data': [ 'unknown',
> +            'supported',
> +            'maintained',
> +            'odd-fixes',
> +            'orphan',
> +            'obsolete',
> +            'deprecated' ] }

Regardless how fine-grained we decide to be here, is it possible that
you describe in the documentation comment where each state shall be
used?

-- 
Murilo