Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] qdev: Allow hot-plug for lists with pre-filled descriptors

[Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>]

On (Thu) 10 Feb 2011 [12:57:30], Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > This will be needed for hot-plugging chardevs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  monitor.c |    4 +---
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
> > index 7fc311d..f3d7ab3 100644
> > --- a/monitor.c
> > +++ b/monitor.c
> > @@ -74,8 +74,6 @@
> >   * 'O'          option string of the form NAME=VALUE,...
> >   *              parsed according to QemuOptsList given by its name
> >   *              Example: 'device:O' uses qemu_device_opts.
> > - *              Restriction: only lists with empty desc are supported
> > - *              TODO lift the restriction
> >   * 'i'          32 bit integer
> >   * 'l'          target long (32 or 64 bit)
> >   * 'M'          just like 'l', except in user mode the value is
> > @@ -4064,7 +4062,7 @@ static const mon_cmd_t *monitor_parse_command(Monitor *mon,
> >                  QemuOpts *opts;
> >  
> >                  opts_list = qemu_find_opts(key);
> > -                if (!opts_list || opts_list->desc->name) {
> > +                if (!opts_list) {
> >                      goto bad_type;
> >                  }
> >                  while (qemu_isspace(*p)) {
> 
> Uh, there's more to do that just kill the check (that's why I put in the
> TODO in the first place),

I thought so :-)

This did work for me for a few runs, and I really haven't traversed the
depths of qdev so sent it out anyway for comment.

> but my virus-addled brain can't quite remember
> the details right now :(

Wish you a speedy recovery in the meantime!

		Amit