From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72070EC8732 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 14:17:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qeFoU-0006PW-0f; Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:16:54 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qeFoS-0006PJ-Qx for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:16:52 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qeFoQ-0005TK-NY for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:16:52 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1694096208; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=3rDWKriDUW5BjrrmFyShcR6v79WeS7VczQ5PPdV49IU=; b=aNmSlUPYaZs4I5JBXM8v8zgIcFBWTG9pkLNZ5Li9Y76r1nOPtnHcXdhPAKA/Qgs7VQFFnY SY3hh8aJkifozDB+IFev7IyITp5Fqnl+yt0stTfnj6KhzLLHIlGszceXS9WkpnrE3DpUet OBAMD9UHGTVy4uF2pfeFsEhBvFAQmWk= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-20-D23bC-avOkKKnj8Q-BvoyA-1; Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:16:43 -0400 X-MC-Unique: D23bC-avOkKKnj8Q-BvoyA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E454594B526; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 14:16:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (unknown [10.39.192.30]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC53A1121318; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 14:16:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C32EF21E6936; Thu, 7 Sep 2023 16:16:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: Kevin Wolf Cc: Daniel P. =?utf-8?Q?Berrang=C3=A9?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, William Tsai , Paolo Bonzini , Peter Maydell , Eduardo Habkost Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] qom: fix setting of qdev array properties References: <20230904162544.2388037-1-berrange@redhat.com> <87edja9vkr.fsf@pond.sub.org> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:16:41 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Kevin Wolf's message of "Thu, 7 Sep 2023 14:59:49 +0200") Message-ID: <87cyyu6pbq.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.3 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Kevin Wolf writes: > Am 07.09.2023 um 11:33 hat Markus Armbruster geschrieben: >> Kevin Wolf writes: >> > Am 04.09.2023 um 18:25 hat Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 geschrieben: >> >> I still think for user creatable devices we'd be better off just >> >> mandating the use of JSON syntax for -device and thus leveraging >> >> the native JSON array type. This patch was the quick fix for the >> >> existing array property syntax though. >> > >> > I agree, let's not apply this one. It puts another ugly hack in the >> > common QOM code path just to bring back the old ugly hack in qdev. >>=20 >> Since -device supports both JSON and dotted keys, we'd still offer a >> (differently ugly) solution for users averse to JSON. > > I'm afraid this is not true until we actually QAPIfy -device and change > the non-JSON path to the keyval parser. At the moment, it still uses > qemu_opts_parse_noisily(), so no dotted key syntax. You're right; we chickened out of switching the parser, and I suppressed the memory.