From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, berto@igalia.com, akong@redhat.com,
mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 13/19] qapi: Factor open_output(), close_output() out of generators
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 19:28:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1427995743-7865-14-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1427995743-7865-1-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
---
scripts/qapi-commands.py | 101 +++++++++++++++++------------------------------
scripts/qapi-event.py | 85 ++++++++++++---------------------------
scripts/qapi-types.py | 81 ++++++++++++-------------------------
scripts/qapi-visit.py | 101 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
scripts/qapi.py | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 246 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-commands.py b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
index 872bb01..10fa570 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
from ordereddict import OrderedDict
from qapi import *
import re
-import os
-import errno
def type_visitor(name):
if type(name) == list:
@@ -321,51 +319,18 @@ qapi_init(qmp_init_marshal);
registry=registry.rstrip())
return ret
-def gen_command_decl_prologue(header, guard, prefix=""):
+def gen_command_decl_prologue(prefix=""):
ret = mcgen('''
-/* THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
-
-/*
- * schema-defined QAPI function prototypes
- *
- * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
- *
- * Authors:
- * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
- * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef %(guard)s
-#define %(guard)s
-
#include "%(prefix)sqapi-types.h"
#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
#include "qapi/error.h"
''',
- header=basename(header), guard=guardname(header), prefix=prefix)
+ prefix=prefix)
return ret
def gen_command_def_prologue(prefix="", proxy=False):
ret = mcgen('''
-/* THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
-
-/*
- * schema-defined QMP->QAPI command dispatch
- *
- * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
- *
- * Authors:
- * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
- * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
- *
- */
-
#include "qemu-common.h"
#include "qemu/module.h"
#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
@@ -384,8 +349,6 @@ def gen_command_def_prologue(prefix="", proxy=False):
ret += '#include "%sqmp-commands.h"' % prefix
return ret + "\n\n"
-c_file = 'qmp-marshal.c'
-h_file = 'qmp-commands.h'
middle_mode = False
(input_file, output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix, opts) = \
@@ -395,29 +358,44 @@ for o, a in opts:
if o in ("-m", "--middle"):
middle_mode = True
-c_file = output_dir + prefix + c_file
-h_file = output_dir + prefix + h_file
-
-def maybe_open(really, name, opt):
- if really:
- return open(name, opt)
- else:
- import StringIO
- return StringIO.StringIO()
-
-try:
- os.makedirs(output_dir)
-except os.error, e:
- if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
- raise
-
exprs = parse_schema(input_file)
commands = filter(lambda expr: expr.has_key('command'), exprs)
commands = filter(lambda expr: not expr.has_key('gen'), commands)
-fdecl = maybe_open(do_h, h_file, 'w')
-fdef = maybe_open(do_c, c_file, 'w')
-ret = gen_command_decl_prologue(header=basename(h_file), guard=guardname(h_file), prefix=prefix)
+c_comment = '''
+/*
+ * schema-defined QMP->QAPI command dispatch
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+'''
+h_comment = '''
+/*
+ * schema-defined QAPI function prototypes
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+'''
+
+(fdef, fdecl) = open_output(output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix,
+ 'qmp-marshal.c', 'qmp-commands.h',
+ c_comment, h_comment)
+
+ret = gen_command_decl_prologue(prefix=prefix)
fdecl.write(ret)
ret = gen_command_def_prologue(prefix=prefix)
fdef.write(ret)
@@ -441,13 +419,8 @@ for cmd in commands:
ret = gen_marshal_input(cmd['command'], arglist, ret_type, middle_mode) + "\n"
fdef.write(ret)
-fdecl.write("\n#endif\n");
-
if not middle_mode:
ret = gen_registry(commands)
fdef.write(ret)
-fdef.flush()
-fdef.close()
-fdecl.flush()
-fdecl.close()
+close_output(fdef, fdecl)
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-event.py b/scripts/qapi-event.py
index c7bbd54..3fd7e20 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-event.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-event.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
from ordereddict import OrderedDict
from qapi import *
-import os
-import errno
def _generate_event_api_name(event_name, params):
api_name = "void qapi_event_send_%s(" % c_fun(event_name).lower();
@@ -214,36 +212,9 @@ const char *%(event_enum_name)s_lookup[] = {
''')
return ret
-
-# Start the real job
-
-c_file = 'qapi-event.c'
-h_file = 'qapi-event.h'
-
(input_file, output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix, dummy) = parse_command_line()
-c_file = output_dir + prefix + c_file
-h_file = output_dir + prefix + h_file
-
-try:
- os.makedirs(output_dir)
-except os.error, e:
- if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
- raise
-
-def maybe_open(really, name, opt):
- if really:
- return open(name, opt)
- else:
- import StringIO
- return StringIO.StringIO()
-
-fdef = maybe_open(do_c, c_file, 'w')
-fdecl = maybe_open(do_h, h_file, 'w')
-
-fdef.write(mcgen('''
-/* THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
-
+c_comment = '''
/*
* schema-defined QAPI event functions
*
@@ -256,41 +227,43 @@ fdef.write(mcgen('''
* See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
*
*/
+'''
+h_comment = '''
+/*
+ * schema-defined QAPI event functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Wenchao Xia
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Wenchao Xia <wenchaoqemu@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+'''
+(fdef, fdecl) = open_output(output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix,
+ 'qapi-event.c', 'qapi-event.h',
+ c_comment, h_comment)
+
+fdef.write(mcgen('''
#include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "%(header)s"
+#include "%(prefix)sqapi-event.h"
#include "%(prefix)sqapi-visit.h"
#include "qapi/qmp-output-visitor.h"
#include "qapi/qmp-event.h"
''',
- prefix=prefix, header=basename(h_file)))
+ prefix=prefix))
fdecl.write(mcgen('''
-/* THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
-
-/*
- * schema-defined QAPI event functions
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 Wenchao Xia
- *
- * Authors:
- * Wenchao Xia <wenchaoqemu@gmail.com>
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
- * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef %(guard)s
-#define %(guard)s
-
#include "qapi/error.h"
#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
#include "%(prefix)sqapi-types.h"
''',
- prefix=prefix, guard=guardname(h_file)))
+ prefix=prefix))
exprs = parse_schema(input_file)
@@ -323,12 +296,4 @@ fdecl.write(ret)
ret = generate_event_enum_lookup(event_enum_name, event_enum_strings)
fdef.write(ret)
-fdecl.write('''
-#endif
-''')
-
-fdecl.flush()
-fdecl.close()
-
-fdef.flush()
-fdef.close()
+close_output(fdef, fdecl)
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-types.py b/scripts/qapi-types.py
index 3b7ceef..31e8d22 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-types.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-types.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
from ordereddict import OrderedDict
from qapi import *
-import os
-import errno
def generate_fwd_struct(name, members, builtin_type=False):
if builtin_type:
@@ -271,8 +269,6 @@ void qapi_free_%(type)s(%(c_type)s obj)
c_type=c_type(name),type=name)
return ret
-c_file = 'qapi-types.c'
-h_file = 'qapi-types.h'
do_builtins = False
(input_file, output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix, opts) = \
@@ -282,28 +278,7 @@ for o, a in opts:
if o in ("-b", "--builtins"):
do_builtins = True
-c_file = output_dir + prefix + c_file
-h_file = output_dir + prefix + h_file
-
-try:
- os.makedirs(output_dir)
-except os.error, e:
- if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
- raise
-
-def maybe_open(really, name, opt):
- if really:
- return open(name, opt)
- else:
- import StringIO
- return StringIO.StringIO()
-
-fdef = maybe_open(do_c, c_file, 'w')
-fdecl = maybe_open(do_h, h_file, 'w')
-
-fdef.write(mcgen('''
-/* AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
-
+c_comment = '''
/*
* deallocation functions for schema-defined QAPI types
*
@@ -317,37 +292,39 @@ fdef.write(mcgen('''
* See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
*
*/
+'''
+h_comment = '''
+/*
+ * schema-defined QAPI types
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+'''
+(fdef, fdecl) = open_output(output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix,
+ 'qapi-types.c', 'qapi-types.h',
+ c_comment, h_comment)
+
+fdef.write(mcgen('''
#include "qapi/dealloc-visitor.h"
#include "%(prefix)sqapi-types.h"
#include "%(prefix)sqapi-visit.h"
-''', prefix=prefix))
+''',
+ prefix=prefix))
fdecl.write(mcgen('''
-/* AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
-
-/*
- * schema-defined QAPI types
- *
- * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
- *
- * Authors:
- * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
- * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef %(guard)s
-#define %(guard)s
-
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>
-''',
- guard=guardname(h_file)))
+'''))
exprs = parse_schema(input_file)
exprs = filter(lambda expr: not expr.has_key('gen'), exprs)
@@ -425,12 +402,4 @@ for expr in exprs:
continue
fdecl.write(ret)
-fdecl.write('''
-#endif
-''')
-
-fdecl.flush()
-fdecl.close()
-
-fdef.flush()
-fdef.close()
+close_output(fdef, fdecl)
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-visit.py b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
index ef4a2fd..a7a7568 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-visit.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
from ordereddict import OrderedDict
from qapi import *
import re
-import os
-import errno
implicit_structs = []
@@ -401,8 +399,6 @@ void visit_type_%(name)s(Visitor *m, %(name)s *obj, const char *name, Error **er
''',
name=name)
-c_file = 'qapi-visit.c'
-h_file = 'qapi-visit.h'
do_builtins = False
(input_file, output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix, opts) = \
@@ -412,70 +408,51 @@ for o, a in opts:
if o in ("-b", "--builtins"):
do_builtins = True
-c_file = output_dir + prefix + c_file
-h_file = output_dir + prefix + h_file
+c_comment = '''
+/*
+ * schema-defined QAPI visitor functions
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+'''
+h_comment = '''
+/*
+ * schema-defined QAPI visitor functions
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+'''
-try:
- os.makedirs(output_dir)
-except os.error, e:
- if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
- raise
-
-def maybe_open(really, name, opt):
- if really:
- return open(name, opt)
- else:
- import StringIO
- return StringIO.StringIO()
-
-fdef = maybe_open(do_c, c_file, 'w')
-fdecl = maybe_open(do_h, h_file, 'w')
+(fdef, fdecl) = open_output(output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix,
+ 'qapi-visit.c', 'qapi-visit.h',
+ c_comment, h_comment)
fdef.write(mcgen('''
-/* THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
-
-/*
- * schema-defined QAPI visitor functions
- *
- * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
- *
- * Authors:
- * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
- * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
- *
- */
-
#include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "%(header)s"
+#include "%(prefix)sqapi-visit.h"
''',
- header=basename(h_file)))
+ prefix = prefix))
fdecl.write(mcgen('''
-/* THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
-
-/*
- * schema-defined QAPI visitor functions
- *
- * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
- *
- * Authors:
- * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
- * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef %(guard)s
-#define %(guard)s
-
#include "qapi/visitor.h"
#include "%(prefix)sqapi-types.h"
''',
- prefix=prefix, guard=guardname(h_file)))
+ prefix=prefix))
exprs = parse_schema(input_file)
@@ -532,12 +509,4 @@ for expr in exprs:
ret += generate_enum_declaration(expr['enum'], expr['data'])
fdecl.write(ret)
-fdecl.write('''
-#endif
-''')
-
-fdecl.flush()
-fdecl.close()
-
-fdef.flush()
-fdef.close()
+close_output(fdef, fdecl)
diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index 189c9cd..480d638 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
import re
from ordereddict import OrderedDict
+import errno
import getopt
import os
import sys
@@ -938,3 +939,52 @@ def parse_command_line(extra_options = "", extra_long_options = []):
input_file = args[0]
return (input_file, output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix, extra_opts)
+
+def open_output(output_dir, do_c, do_h, prefix, c_file, h_file,
+ c_comment, h_comment):
+ c_file = output_dir + prefix + c_file
+ h_file = output_dir + prefix + h_file
+
+ try:
+ os.makedirs(output_dir)
+ except os.error, e:
+ if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+ raise
+
+ def maybe_open(really, name, opt):
+ if really:
+ return open(name, opt)
+ else:
+ import StringIO
+ return StringIO.StringIO()
+
+ fdef = maybe_open(do_c, c_file, 'w')
+ fdecl = maybe_open(do_h, h_file, 'w')
+
+ fdef.write(mcgen('''
+/* AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
+%(comment)s
+''',
+ comment = c_comment))
+
+ fdecl.write(mcgen('''
+/* AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED, DO NOT MODIFY */
+%(comment)s
+#ifndef %(guard)s
+#define %(guard)s
+
+''',
+ comment = h_comment, guard = guardname(h_file)))
+
+ return (fdef, fdecl)
+
+def close_output(fdef, fdecl):
+ fdecl.write('''
+#endif
+''')
+
+ fdecl.flush()
+ fdecl.close()
+
+ fdef.flush()
+ fdef.close()
--
1.9.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-02 17:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-02 17:28 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 00/19] qapi: QMP introspection Markus Armbruster
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 01/19] tests: Add missing dependencies on $(qapi-py) Markus Armbruster
2015-04-02 19:40 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 02/19] qapi: Fix C identifiers generated for names containing '.' Markus Armbruster
2015-04-02 21:48 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-29 7:08 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-04-06 23:25 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-11 18:36 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 03/19] qapi: Rename _generate_enum_string() to camel_to_upper() Markus Armbruster
2015-04-10 22:17 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 04/19] qapi: Rename generate_enum_full_value() to c_enum_const() Markus Armbruster
2015-04-11 18:37 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 05/19] qapi: Simplify c_enum_const() Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 14:40 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 06/19] qapi: Use c_enum_const() in generate_alternate_qtypes() Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 19:03 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 07/19] qapi: Move camel_to_upper(), c_enum_const() to closely related code Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 19:06 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 08/19] qapi: qapi-event.py option -b does nothing, drop it Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 19:07 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 09/19] qapi: qapi-commands.py option --type is unused, " Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 19:12 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 10/19] qapi: Factor parse_command_line() out of the generators Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 19:14 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 11/19] qapi: Fix generators to report command line errors decently Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 19:15 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 12/19] qapi: Turn generators' mandatory option -i into an argument Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 19:17 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-29 7:11 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-04-02 17:28 ` Markus Armbruster [this message]
2015-04-13 19:44 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 13/19] qapi: Factor open_output(), close_output() out of generators Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 14/19] qapi: Drop pointless flush() before close() Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 20:29 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:28 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 15/19] qapi: Inline gen_command_decl_prologue(), gen_command_def_prologue() Markus Armbruster
2015-04-13 20:34 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:29 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 16/19] qobject: Clean up around qtype_code Markus Armbruster
2015-04-14 3:32 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:29 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 17/19] qobject: Add a special null QObject Markus Armbruster
2015-04-14 3:44 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-29 7:15 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-04-02 17:29 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 18/19] json-parser: Fix to recognize null Markus Armbruster
2015-04-14 3:45 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-02 17:29 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 19/19] qapi: New QMP command query-schema for QMP schema introspection Markus Armbruster
2015-04-10 23:06 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-15 9:16 ` Alberto Garcia
2015-04-15 12:56 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-23 12:55 ` Kevin Wolf
2015-04-23 19:29 ` Eric Blake
2015-04-29 8:46 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-04-23 13:13 ` Kevin Wolf
2015-04-29 9:02 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-05-01 21:41 ` Eric Blake
2015-05-04 7:17 ` Markus Armbruster
2015-04-02 19:29 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC 00/19] qapi: QMP introspection Eric Blake
2015-04-06 23:20 ` Eric Blake
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