From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists1p.gnu.org (lists1p.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0401606A31E for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:45:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=h9VrgbG5 Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xM25G-00017D-4U; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:44:46 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xM25E-000170-Lh for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:44:44 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1xM25D-0004vh-0Z for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:44:44 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1793187881; 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=0UL4axIFi7OezTV0igFf4DwWX8613hZpr8b/FTjTQfY=; b=h9VrgbG5GKP7jAeBrDjvQLBgcL7/ExMd7ZOzwfbw5UhWPLMyn1US5ti1eiSEATLzryg520 f3F6PdSpBxgYgOXJeMh6FJib2ZoHsHm+J6DWQJWcnI9jcxhXrHUkT380+oaqGMh37Ib0ds k2RHGYLZpBwlLJcNj9SM/thgeHmNdtE= Received: from mx-prod-mc-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-417-fWR7yacuOIa5_zE6-258IA-1; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:44:32 -0400 X-MC-Unique: fWR7yacuOIa5_zE6-258IA-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: fWR7yacuOIa5_zE6-258IA_1793187871 Received: from mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.17]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91E2D195399F; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:44:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (unknown [10.44.22.2]) by mx-prod-int-05.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 398C81956086; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:44:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ED87821E6A04; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:44:28 +0100 (CET) From: Markus Armbruster To: =?utf-8?Q?Marc-Andr=C3=A9?= Lureau Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Michael Roth , John Snow , Paolo Bonzini , Daniel P. =?utf-8?Q?Berrang=C3=A9?= , Eric Blake Subject: Re: ObjectPropertyInfo design In-Reply-To: (=?utf-8?Q?=22Marc-Andr=C3=A9?= Lureau"'s message of "Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:52:30 +0400") References: <20261020-qom-qapi-v7-0-431a86b02b58@redhat.com> <87ik2tj0g3.fsf@pond.sub.org> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:44:28 +0100 Message-ID: <87pkwujbhf.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) X-Archived-By: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.17 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: 5 X-Spam_score: 0.5 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.5 / 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, GB_FAKE_RF=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 Marc-Andr=C3=A9 Lureau writes: [Possible improvement to the QAPI/QMP QOM introspection interface...] >> Thoughts? > > I like it overall. > > But this goes beyond the intended scope of the series. > Blending/merging QOM type & QAPI type would warrant more design > research. So covering child<> & link<> are out of scope of the current > qom-qapi series. I think the addition of qapi-type shouldn't be > incompatible with a future proposal, after all all properties should > have some 'wire' type (link/child are paths). But we can drop it for > now or just rename it x-qapi-type until we agree on the new > introspection. > > my2c Adding @qapi-type with feature unstable means we don't have to worry about the external interface now. One less hurdle for merging. I like it. Whether changing the @type values is safe remains somewhat unclear. See Subject: Property types changed in this series (was: [PATCH v7 00/65] H= i) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:29:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87tsmfkoej.fsf@pond.sub.org>