Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qom: Document ways to retrieve child object added by object_property_add_child()

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 02/21/2012 11:14 AM, alexander_barabash@mentor.com wrote:
> From: Alexander Barabash <alexander_barabash@mentor.com>
> 
> object_property_add_child() creates a property whose values as a string is
> the child object's canonical path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Barabash <alexander_barabash@mentor.com>
> ---
>  include/qemu/object.h |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/qemu/object.h b/include/qemu/object.h
> index ba2409d..d9e9221 100644
> --- a/include/qemu/object.h
> +++ b/include/qemu/object.h
> @@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ Object *object_resolve_path_type(const char *path, const char *typename,
>   *
>   * There is no way for a child to determine what its parent is.  It is not
>   * a bidirectional relationship.  This is by design.
> + *
> + * The value of a child property as a C string will be the child object's
> + * canonical path. It can be retrieved using object_property_get_str().
> + * The child object itself can be retrieved using object_property_get_link().
>   */
>  void object_property_add_child(Object *obj, const char *name,
>                                 Object *child, struct Error **errp);

Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>