On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 10:14:25AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 10:14:25 +0100
> From: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RFC v2 01/12] qdev: Allow qdev_device_add() to add specific
> category device
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> On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:11:17 +0800
> Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Topology devices need to be created and realized before board
> > initialization.
> >
> > Allow qdev_device_add() to specify category to help create topology
> > devices early.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> It's not immediately obvious what the category parameter is.
> Can you use DeviceCategory rather than long?
...
> > -DeviceState *qdev_device_add_from_qdict(const QDict *opts,
> > +DeviceState *qdev_device_add_from_qdict(const QDict *opts, long *category,
> > bool from_json, Error **errp)
> > {
> > ERRP_GUARD();
> > @@ -655,6 +655,10 @@ DeviceState *qdev_device_add_from_qdict(const QDict *opts,
> > return NULL;
> > }
> >
> > + if (category && !test_bit(*category, dc->categories)) {
> > + return NULL;
> > + }
> > +
The category parameter is a bit not a bitmap, so, YES.
Thanks,
Zhao
