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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 00/28] Generalize machine compatibility prope


From: Cornelia Huck
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 00/28] Generalize machine compatibility properties
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:58:33 +0100

On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 01:48:22 +0400
Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden> 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.
> 
> 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 < 4.0.
> 
> (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)
> 
> v6:
> - split "hw: apply machine compat properties without touching globals"
> - replace PC_COMPAT_* and HW_COMPAT_* defines with static arrays
> - add ARMCPUInfo *info in ARMCPUClass for "arm: replace
>   instance_post_init()" patch
> - rebased, commit message updates, add some r-b tags

I have not reviewed it in detail, but the machine compat handling
changes look reasonable to me.

[I'll maybe do some proper review if I find some time.]

> 
> v5:
> - replace the SET_COMPAT macros, use normal function instead
>   (suggested by Eduardo)
> - replace the TYPE_COMPAT_PROPS interface approach for explicit
>   object_apply_compat_props(), solving post-init ordering issues.
> - get back to coupling compat properties with machine, in qdev
>   (although there is still some discussion how to improve this, it
>    can be changed later)
> - mark the "arm: replace instance_post_init()" as RFC, since it is not
>   longer required for this series
> - change machines version from 3.2 to 4.0
> - add some r-b tags
> 
> v4:
> - fix accel/machine compat props apply order inversion
> - split "qdev: do not mix compat props with global props": replace
>   using current_machine by new compat_props global, introduce
>   SET_COMPAT() macro, use GPtrArray.
> - add a comment about "qdev-props: call object_apply_global_props()"
>   error reporting
> - add "arm: replace instance_post_init()", to solve the post-init
>   ordering issue
> - add "hw/arm/virt: add virt-3.2 machine type" for completeness
> - commit message improvements
> - rebased, add r-b tags
> 
> 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 (28):
>   hw: apply accel compat properties without touching globals
>   machines: replace COMPAT define with a static array
>   hw: apply machine compat properties without touching globals
>   machine: move compat properties out of globals
>   hw: remove SET_MACHINE_COMPAT
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_3_1 & HW_COMPAT_3_1 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_3_0 & HW_COMPAT_3_0 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_12 & HW_COMPAT_2_12 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_11 & HW_COMPAT_2_11 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_10 & HW_COMPAT_2_10 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_9 & HW_COMPAT_2_9 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_8 & HW_COMPAT_2_8 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_7 & HW_COMPAT_2_7 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_6 & HW_COMPAT_2_6 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_5 & HW_COMPAT_2_5 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_4 & HW_COMPAT_2_4 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_3 & HW_COMPAT_2_3 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_2 & HW_COMPAT_2_2 macros
>   compat: replace PC_COMPAT_2_1 & HW_COMPAT_2_1 macros
>   include: remove compat.h
>   compat: remove remaining PC_COMPAT macros
>   qdev: make a separate helper function to apply compat properties
>   qdev: all globals are now user-provided
>   qdev-props: convert global_props to GPtrArray
>   qdev-props: remove errp from GlobalProperty
>   qdev-props: call object_apply_global_props()
>   arm: replace instance_post_init()
>   hostmem: use object id for memory region name with >= 4.0
> 
>  include/hw/boards.h            |  59 ++-
>  include/hw/compat.h            | 291 --------------
>  include/hw/i386/pc.h           | 684 +++------------------------------
>  include/hw/qdev-core.h         |  21 +-
>  include/qom/object.h           |   3 +
>  include/sysemu/accel.h         |   4 +-
>  include/sysemu/hostmem.h       |   3 +-
>  target/arm/cpu-qom.h           |   3 +
>  target/arm/cpu.h               |   2 +
>  accel/accel.c                  |  12 -
>  backends/hostmem-file.c        |   8 +-
>  backends/hostmem-memfd.c       |   2 +-
>  backends/hostmem-ram.c         |   9 +-
>  backends/hostmem.c             |  36 ++
>  hw/arm/virt.c                  |  46 +--
>  hw/core/machine.c              | 339 +++++++++++++++-
>  hw/core/qdev-properties.c      |  49 +--
>  hw/core/qdev.c                 |  15 +
>  hw/i386/pc.c                   | 668 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  hw/i386/pc_piix.c              | 603 +++++++++++++++--------------
>  hw/i386/pc_q35.c               |  36 +-
>  hw/ppc/spapr.c                 | 207 +++++-----
>  hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c     | 191 +++++----
>  hw/xen/xen-common.c            |  41 +-
>  qom/cpu.c                      |   1 -
>  qom/object.c                   |  35 ++
>  target/arm/cpu.c               |  30 +-
>  target/arm/cpu64.c             |  24 +-
>  target/i386/cpu.c              |   1 -
>  target/sparc/cpu.c             |   1 -
>  tests/test-qdev-global-props.c |  57 +--
>  vl.c                           |   4 -
>  32 files changed, 1817 insertions(+), 1668 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 include/hw/compat.h
> 




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