* Kevin Wolf (kwolf@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Am 15.03.2021 um 10:39 hat Markus Armbruster geschrieben:
> > Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > On 13/03/21 14:28, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> > >> Kevin Wolf <kwolf@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > >>
> > >>> This switches the HMP command object_add from a QemuOpts-based parser to
> > >>> user_creatable_add_from_str() which uses a keyval parser and enforces
> > >>> the QAPI schema.
> > >>>
> > >>> Apart from being a cleanup, this makes non-scalar properties and help
> > >>> accessible. In order for help to be printed to the monitor instead of
> > >>> stdout, the printf() calls in the help functions are changed to
> > >>> qemu_printf().
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> Acked-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> ---
> > >>> monitor/hmp-cmds.c | 17 ++---------------
> > >>> qom/object_interfaces.c | 11 ++++++-----
> > >>> hmp-commands.hx | 2 +-
> > >>> 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> > >>>
> > >>> diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
> > >>> index 3c88a4faef..652cf9ff21 100644
> > >>> --- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
> > >>> +++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
> > >>> @@ -1670,24 +1670,11 @@ void hmp_netdev_del(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
> > >>>
> > >>> void hmp_object_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
> > >>> {
> > >>> + const char *options = qdict_get_str(qdict, "object");
> > >>> Error *err = NULL;
> > >>> - QemuOpts *opts;
> > >>> - Object *obj = NULL;
> > >>> -
> > >>> - opts = qemu_opts_from_qdict(qemu_find_opts("object"), qdict, &err);
> > >>> - if (err) {
> > >>> - goto end;
> > >>> - }
> > >>>
> > >>> - obj = user_creatable_add_opts(opts, &err);
> > >>> - qemu_opts_del(opts);
> > >>> -
> > >>> -end:
> > >>> + user_creatable_add_from_str(options, &err);
> > >>> hmp_handle_error(mon, err);
> > >>> -
> > >>> - if (obj) {
> > >>> - object_unref(obj);
> > >>> - }
> > >>> }
> > >>
> > >> Doesn't this break the list-valued properties (Memdev member host-nodes,
> > >> NumaNodeOptions member cpus) exactly the same way that made us keep
> > >> QemuOpts for qemu-system-FOO -object?
> > >
> > > Yes, it does. I guess it can just be documented, unlike for the command
> > > line?
> >
> > Maybe. Judgement call, not mine to make.
> >
> > Do people create such objects in HMP? I figure we don't really know.
> > Educated guess?
> >
> > If you try, how does it break? Is it confusing? Can you show an
> > example?
>
> (qemu) object_add memory-backend-ram,id=mem,size=4G,policy=bind,host-nodes=0
> Error: Invalid parameter type for 'host-nodes', expected: array
> (qemu) object_add memory-backend-ram,id=mem,size=4G,policy=bind,host-nodes.0=0
> (qemu)
>
> HMP is not a stable interface, so changing the syntax didn't feel like a
> problem to me. I doubt many people do HMP memory hotplug while setting a
> specific NUMA policy, but it wouldn't change my assessment anyway. I
> should have made this explicit in the commit message, though.
I'm OK for it to change, but yes I'd like to have the before/after
syntax listed somewhere as easy references for people confused.
Dave
> Kevin
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