From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Cc: lvivier@redhat.com, thuth@redhat.com, pkrempa@redhat.com,
berrange@redhat.com, Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>,
qemu-block@nongnu.org, libvir-list@redhat.com, armbru@redhat.com,
jasowang@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, mreitz@redhat.com,
kraxel@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] qapi/qom: QAPIfy object-add
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 13:30:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0a904bef-6341-f950-3f8c-4170c7ba6af8@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201202103824.GB16765@merkur.fritz.box>
On 02/12/20 11:38, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 02.12.2020 um 10:30 hat Paolo Bonzini geschrieben:
>> On 01/12/20 23:08, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>>>> Properties are only a useful concept if they have a use. If
>>>> -object/object_add/object-add can do the same job without properties,
>>>> properties are not needed anymore.
>>>
>>> Do you mean "not needed for -object anymore"? Properties are
>>> still used by internal C code (esp. board code),
>>> -device/device_add, -machine, -cpu, and debugging commands (like
>>> "info qtree" and qom-list/qom-get/qom-set).
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Are internal uses mostly just right after object creation, or do we make
> a lot of use of them during runtime?
Not "a lot" but enough to be nasty. There are a couple uses of
"well-known" QOM properties (e.g. to access the RTC time or the balloon
stats), plus "info qtree".
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-02 12:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-30 12:25 [PATCH 00/18] qapi/qom: QAPIfy object-add Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 01/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for iothread Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 15:00 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-30 15:54 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 02/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for authz-* Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 03/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for cryptodev-* Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 04/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for dbus-vmstate Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 05/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for memory-backend-* Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 06/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for rng-*, deprecate 'opened' Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 07/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for throttle-group Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 08/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for secret*, deprecate 'loaded' Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 09/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for tls-*, " Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 10/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for can-* Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 11/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for colo-compare Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 12/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for filter-* Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 13/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for pr-manager-helper Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 14/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for sev-guest Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 15/18] qapi/qom: Add ObjectOptions for input-* Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 16/18] tests: Drop 'props' from object-add calls Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 17/18] qapi/qom: Drop deprecated 'props' from object-add Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 12:25 ` [PATCH 18/18] qapi/qom: QAPIfy object-add Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 14:58 ` [PATCH 00/18] " Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-30 15:30 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2020-11-30 16:13 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 16:52 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2020-11-30 16:32 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-01 8:36 ` Markus Armbruster
2020-11-30 15:46 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 16:57 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-30 18:10 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-11-30 19:35 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-01 16:20 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-12-01 17:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-01 18:28 ` Eduardo Habkost
2020-12-01 19:35 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-12-01 21:23 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-01 22:08 ` Eduardo Habkost
2020-12-02 9:30 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-02 10:38 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-12-02 12:30 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2020-12-02 12:51 ` Eduardo Habkost
2020-12-02 13:26 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-02 13:54 ` Eduardo Habkost
2020-12-02 15:17 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-12-02 16:05 ` Eduardo Habkost
2020-12-02 17:35 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-12-02 19:45 ` Eduardo Habkost
2020-12-03 6:46 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2020-12-03 14:58 ` Eduardo Habkost
2020-12-03 11:11 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-03 15:15 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-12-03 16:50 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-03 17:43 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-12-03 18:01 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-03 17:52 ` Eduardo Habkost
2020-12-03 18:10 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-03 18:19 ` Eduardo Habkost
2020-12-02 10:27 ` Kevin Wolf
2020-12-02 12:41 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-30 18:58 ` Peter Krempa
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