Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH for-3.2 v4 16/28] hw: apply machine compat properties without touching globals

[Marc-André Lureau]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 4:57 PM Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 01:27:49PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> > Similarly to accel properties, move compat properties out of globals
> > registration, and apply the machine compat properties during
> > device_post_init().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>
> [...]
> > diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
> > index 7066d28271..3b31b2c025 100644
> > --- a/hw/core/qdev.c
> > +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
> > @@ -971,17 +971,26 @@ static void device_initfn(Object *obj)
> >  }
> >
> >  static const GPtrArray *ac_compat_props;
> > +static const GPtrArray *mc_compat_props;
> >
> >  void accel_register_compat_props(const GPtrArray *props)
> >  {
> >      ac_compat_props = props;
> >  }
> >
> > +void machine_register_compat_props(const GPtrArray *props)
> > +{
> > +    mc_compat_props = props;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void device_post_init(Object *obj)
> >  {
> >      if (ac_compat_props) {
> >          object_apply_global_props(obj, ac_compat_props, &error_abort);
> >      }
>
> Why not just use MACHINE(qdev_get_machine())->accel->compat_props
> directly?
>
> > +    if (mc_compat_props) {
> > +        object_apply_global_props(obj, mc_compat_props, &error_abort);
> > +    }
>
> Why not just use MACHINE(qdev_get_machine())->compat_props
> directly?

This was the approach in v3, but Igor didn't quite like referencing
machine in qdev:
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-11/msg04774.html

>
> >
> >      qdev_prop_set_globals(DEVICE(obj));
> >  }
> [...]
>
> --
> Eduardo