From: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>,
"Markus Armbruster" <armbru@redhat.com>,
"Marc-André Lureau" <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>,
"Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>,
"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@mailo.com>,
"Christian Brauner" <brauner@kernel.org>,
devel@lists.libvirt.org,
"Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 01/34] qom: replace 'can_be_deleted' with 'prepare_delete'
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 17:03:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702160337.1910921-2-berrange@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260702160337.1910921-1-berrange@redhat.com>
While most objects can perform all their cleanup in the finalizer
method, there can be interactions with other resources / subsystems
/ threads which require that some cleanup be performed on an user
creatable object before unparenting it and entering finalization.
The current 'can_be_deleted' method runs in the deletion path and
is intended to be used to block deletion. While it could be used
to perform cleanup tasks, its name suggests it should be free of
side-effects.
Generalize this by renaming it to 'prepare_delete', explicitly
allowing for cleanup to be provided. Existing users of 'can_be_deleted'
are re-written, which provides them with more detailed/tailored error
messages.
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
backends/cryptodev.c | 11 ++++++++---
backends/hostmem.c | 6 ++++--
backends/iommufd.c | 11 ++++++++---
block/throttle-groups.c | 11 ++++++++---
event-loop-base.c | 8 ++++----
include/qom/object_interfaces.h | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
include/system/event-loop-base.h | 2 +-
net/can/can_core.c | 6 ++++--
qom/object_interfaces.c | 14 ++++++--------
tests/qemu-iotests/245 | 4 ++--
util/main-loop.c | 6 ++++--
11 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/backends/cryptodev.c b/backends/cryptodev.c
index 79f8882d3b..9e8e40ffc9 100644
--- a/backends/cryptodev.c
+++ b/backends/cryptodev.c
@@ -454,9 +454,14 @@ bool cryptodev_backend_is_ready(CryptoDevBackend *backend)
}
static bool
-cryptodev_backend_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)
+cryptodev_backend_prepare_delete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
{
- return !cryptodev_backend_is_used(CRYPTODEV_BACKEND(uc));
+ if (cryptodev_backend_is_used(CRYPTODEV_BACKEND(uc))) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Cryptodev backend '%s' is still in use",
+ object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(uc)));
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
}
static void cryptodev_backend_instance_init(Object *obj)
@@ -613,7 +618,7 @@ cryptodev_backend_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, const void *data)
UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(oc);
ucc->complete = cryptodev_backend_complete;
- ucc->can_be_deleted = cryptodev_backend_can_be_deleted;
+ ucc->prepare_delete = cryptodev_backend_prepare_delete;
QTAILQ_INIT(&crypto_clients);
object_class_property_add(oc, "queues", "uint32",
diff --git a/backends/hostmem.c b/backends/hostmem.c
index cd2085fb3c..7a79e69ab0 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem.c
@@ -434,9 +434,11 @@ host_memory_backend_memory_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
}
static bool
-host_memory_backend_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)
+host_memory_backend_prepare_delete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
{
if (host_memory_backend_is_mapped(MEMORY_BACKEND(uc))) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Host memory backend '%s' is still mapped",
+ object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(uc)));
return false;
} else {
return true;
@@ -508,7 +510,7 @@ host_memory_backend_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, const void *data)
UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(oc);
ucc->complete = host_memory_backend_memory_complete;
- ucc->can_be_deleted = host_memory_backend_can_be_deleted;
+ ucc->prepare_delete = host_memory_backend_prepare_delete;
object_class_property_add_bool(oc, "merge",
host_memory_backend_get_merge,
diff --git a/backends/iommufd.c b/backends/iommufd.c
index 09624cd652..a7fc0d5930 100644
--- a/backends/iommufd.c
+++ b/backends/iommufd.c
@@ -63,11 +63,16 @@ static void iommufd_backend_set_fd(Object *obj, const char *str, Error **errp)
trace_iommu_backend_set_fd(be->fd);
}
-static bool iommufd_backend_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)
+static bool iommufd_backend_prepare_delete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
{
IOMMUFDBackend *be = IOMMUFD_BACKEND(uc);
- return !be->users;
+ if (be->users) {
+ error_setg(errp, "IOMMUFD backend '%s' still has %d users",
+ object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(uc)), be->users);
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
}
static void iommufd_backend_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ static void iommufd_backend_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, const void *data)
{
UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(oc);
- ucc->can_be_deleted = iommufd_backend_can_be_deleted;
+ ucc->prepare_delete = iommufd_backend_prepare_delete;
ucc->complete = iommufd_backend_complete;
object_class_property_add_str(oc, "fd", NULL, iommufd_backend_set_fd);
diff --git a/block/throttle-groups.c b/block/throttle-groups.c
index 4b1b1944c2..9515600ed8 100644
--- a/block/throttle-groups.c
+++ b/block/throttle-groups.c
@@ -960,9 +960,14 @@ static void throttle_group_get_limits(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
visit_type_ThrottleLimits(v, name, &argp, errp);
}
-static bool throttle_group_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)
+static bool throttle_group_prepare_delete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
{
- return OBJECT(uc)->ref == 1;
+ if (OBJECT(uc)->ref > 1) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Throttle group '%s' still has multiple references",
+ object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(uc)));
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
}
static void throttle_group_obj_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,
@@ -972,7 +977,7 @@ static void throttle_group_obj_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,
UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(klass);
ucc->complete = throttle_group_obj_complete;
- ucc->can_be_deleted = throttle_group_can_be_deleted;
+ ucc->prepare_delete = throttle_group_prepare_delete;
/* individual properties */
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(properties) / sizeof(ThrottleParamInfo); i++) {
diff --git a/event-loop-base.c b/event-loop-base.c
index 8ca143bea4..ee5987ddbf 100644
--- a/event-loop-base.c
+++ b/event-loop-base.c
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ static void event_loop_base_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
}
}
-static bool event_loop_base_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)
+static bool event_loop_base_prepare_delete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
{
EventLoopBaseClass *bc = EVENT_LOOP_BASE_GET_CLASS(uc);
EventLoopBase *backend = EVENT_LOOP_BASE(uc);
- if (bc->can_be_deleted) {
- return bc->can_be_deleted(backend);
+ if (bc->prepare_delete) {
+ return bc->prepare_delete(backend, errp);
}
return true;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static void event_loop_base_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,
{
UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(klass);
ucc->complete = event_loop_base_complete;
- ucc->can_be_deleted = event_loop_base_can_be_deleted;
+ ucc->prepare_delete = event_loop_base_prepare_delete;
object_class_property_add(klass, "aio-max-batch", "int",
event_loop_base_get_param,
diff --git a/include/qom/object_interfaces.h b/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
index e2b8615617..afd0fb93b2 100644
--- a/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
+++ b/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ typedef struct UserCreatable UserCreatable;
* UserCreatableClass:
* @parent_class: the base class
* @complete: callback to be called after @obj's properties are set.
- * @can_be_deleted: callback to be called before an object is removed
- * to check if @obj can be removed safely.
+ * @prepare_delete: to be called before an attempt to delete @obj
+ * to validate whether the object can be deleted and trigger any
+ * cleanup of any resources which have to be dealt with before the
+ * object is unparented and enters finalization.
*
* Interface is designed to work with -object/object-add/object_add
* commands.
@@ -36,7 +38,9 @@ typedef struct UserCreatable UserCreatable;
* For objects created without using -object/object-add/object_add,
* @user_creatable_complete() wrapper should be called manually if
* object's type implements USER_CREATABLE interface and needs
- * complete() callback to be called.
+ * complete() callback to be called. Similarly @user_creatable_prepare_delete()
+ * should be called manually prior to an attempt to the delete the
+ * object.
*/
struct UserCreatableClass {
/* <private> */
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ struct UserCreatableClass {
/* <public> */
void (*complete)(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp);
- bool (*can_be_deleted)(UserCreatable *uc);
+ bool (*prepare_delete)(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp);
};
/**
@@ -61,13 +65,17 @@ struct UserCreatableClass {
bool user_creatable_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp);
/**
- * user_creatable_can_be_deleted:
- * @uc: the object whose can_be_deleted() method is called if implemented
+ * user_creatable_prepare_delete:
+ * @uc: the user-creatable object whose prepare_delete() method is called
+ * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
+ *
+ * Wrapper to call prepare_delete() class method if defined, otherwise
+ * does nothing.
*
- * Wrapper to call can_be_deleted() method if one of types it's inherited
- * from implements USER_CREATABLE interface.
+ * Returns: %true on success or if prepare_delete() is not defined,
+ * %false on failure.
*/
-bool user_creatable_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc);
+bool user_creatable_prepare_delete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp);
/**
* user_creatable_add_qapi:
diff --git a/include/system/event-loop-base.h b/include/system/event-loop-base.h
index 130629e7f3..1e1e427ac7 100644
--- a/include/system/event-loop-base.h
+++ b/include/system/event-loop-base.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct EventLoopBaseClass {
void (*init)(EventLoopBase *base, Error **errp);
void (*update_params)(EventLoopBase *base, Error **errp);
- bool (*can_be_deleted)(EventLoopBase *base);
+ bool (*prepare_delete)(EventLoopBase *base, Error **errp);
};
struct EventLoopBase {
diff --git a/net/can/can_core.c b/net/can/can_core.c
index 77fe2b8ba4..6a56b33251 100644
--- a/net/can/can_core.c
+++ b/net/can/can_core.c
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ int can_bus_client_set_filters(CanBusClientState *client,
}
-static bool can_bus_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)
+static bool can_bus_prepare_delete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
{
+ error_setg(errp, "Deleting CAN bus device '%s' is not supported",
+ object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(uc)));
return false;
}
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ static void can_bus_class_init(ObjectClass *klass,
{
UserCreatableClass *uc_klass = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(klass);
- uc_klass->can_be_deleted = can_bus_can_be_deleted;
+ uc_klass->prepare_delete = can_bus_prepare_delete;
}
static const TypeInfo can_bus_info = {
diff --git a/qom/object_interfaces.c b/qom/object_interfaces.c
index 7080f85f95..ac992aa786 100644
--- a/qom/object_interfaces.c
+++ b/qom/object_interfaces.c
@@ -32,16 +32,15 @@ bool user_creatable_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
return !*errp;
}
-bool user_creatable_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)
+bool user_creatable_prepare_delete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
{
-
UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_GET_CLASS(uc);
+ ERRP_GUARD();
- if (ucc->can_be_deleted) {
- return ucc->can_be_deleted(uc);
- } else {
- return true;
+ if (ucc->prepare_delete) {
+ return ucc->prepare_delete(uc, errp);
}
+ return true;
}
void user_creatable_add_qapi(ObjectOptions *options, Error **errp)
@@ -253,8 +252,7 @@ bool user_creatable_del(const char *id, Error **errp)
return false;
}
- if (!user_creatable_can_be_deleted(USER_CREATABLE(obj))) {
- error_setg(errp, "object '%s' is in use, can not be deleted", id);
+ if (!user_creatable_prepare_delete(USER_CREATABLE(obj), errp)) {
return false;
}
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/245 b/tests/qemu-iotests/245
index f96610f510..d6eaf30ed4 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/245
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/245
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ class TestBlockdevReopen(iotests.QMPTestCase):
# Now group1 is in use, it cannot be deleted
result = self.vm.qmp('object-del', id = 'group1')
self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/class', 'GenericError')
- self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/desc', "object 'group1' is in use, can not be deleted")
+ self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/desc', "Throttle group 'group1' still has multiple references")
# Default options, this switches the group back to group0
self.reopen(opts)
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ class TestBlockdevReopen(iotests.QMPTestCase):
# So now we cannot delete group0
result = self.vm.qmp('object-del', id = 'group0')
self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/class', 'GenericError')
- self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/desc', "object 'group0' is in use, can not be deleted")
+ self.assert_qmp(result, 'error/desc', "Throttle group 'group0' still has multiple references")
# But group1 is free this time, and it can be deleted
self.vm.cmd('object-del', id = 'group1')
diff --git a/util/main-loop.c b/util/main-loop.c
index ad8645c30a..65e5dbcc94 100644
--- a/util/main-loop.c
+++ b/util/main-loop.c
@@ -218,8 +218,10 @@ static void main_loop_init(EventLoopBase *base, Error **errp)
mloop = m;
}
-static bool main_loop_can_be_deleted(EventLoopBase *base)
+static bool main_loop_prepare_delete(EventLoopBase *base, Error **errp)
{
+ error_setg(errp, "Deleting main loop '%s' is not supported",
+ object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(base)));
return false;
}
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ static void main_loop_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, const void *class_data)
bc->init = main_loop_init;
bc->update_params = main_loop_update_params;
- bc->can_be_deleted = main_loop_can_be_deleted;
+ bc->prepare_delete = main_loop_prepare_delete;
}
static const TypeInfo main_loop_info = {
--
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Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-02 16:03 [PATCH v6 00/34] monitor: turn QMP and HMP into QOM objects Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` Daniel P. Berrangé [this message]
2026-07-03 6:40 ` [PATCH v6 01/34] qom: replace 'can_be_deleted' with 'prepare_delete' Markus Armbruster
2026-07-06 13:00 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-06 13:49 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 02/34] monitor: replace 'common' with 'parent_obj' in MonitorHMP Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 03/34] monitor: replace 'common' with 'parent_obj' in MonitorQMP Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 04/34] monitor: rename monitor_init* to monitor_new* Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 05/34] monitor: minimal conversion of monitors to QOM Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-03 11:38 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-07-03 11:42 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-03 12:48 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-07-06 13:09 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 06/34] monitor: add 'chardev' property to Monitor base class Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-03 13:17 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-07-06 13:19 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 07/34] monitor: add 'readline' property to HMP Monitor class Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 08/34] monitor: add 'pretty' property to QMP " Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 09/34] monitor: remove 'skip_flush' field Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 10/34] monitor: move monitor_data_(init|destroy) into QOM init/finalize Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 11/34] monitor: use class methods for monitor_vprintf Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 12/34] monitor: use class methods for monitor_qapi_event_emit Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 13/34] monitor: use class methods for monitor_accept_input Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 14/34] monitor: use class method for I/O thread request Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 15/34] monitor: use dynamic cast in monitor_qmp_requests_pop_any_with_lock Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 16/34] util: use dynamic cast in error vreport Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 17/34] monitor: drop unused monitor_cur_is_qmp Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 18/34] monitor: use dynamic cast in QMP commands Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 19/34] monitor: use dynamic cast in monitor_is_hmp_non_interactive Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 20/34] monitor: drop unused monitor_is_qmp method Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 21/34] monitor: eliminate monitor_is_hmp_non_interactive method Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 22/34] monitor: implement "user creatable" interface for adding monitors Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 23/34] monitor: convert from oneshot BH to persistent BH Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 24/34] monitor: reject attempts to delete the current monitor Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 25/34] monitor: protect qemu_chr_fe_accept_input with monitor lock Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 26/34] monitor: implement support for deleting QMP objects Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 27/34] tests/qtest: add tests for dynamic monitor add/remove Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 28/34] tests/functional: add e2e test for dynamic QMP monitor hotplug Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 29/34] tests/functional: add a stress test for monitor hot unplug Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 30/34] qom: add trace events for user creatable create/delete APIs Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 31/34] monitor: add support for auto-deleting monitors upon close Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-03 13:42 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-07-06 13:32 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 32/34] tests: switch from -mon to -object monitor-qmp Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 33/34] qemu-options: document new monitor-hmp and monitor-qmp objects Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-06 10:56 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-07-06 13:38 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-02 16:03 ` [PATCH v6 34/34] docs: mark '-mon' as deprecated in favour of -object Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-07-06 11:00 ` Markus Armbruster
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