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From: Yoni Bettan @ 2018-09-02 12:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel; +Cc: ehabkost, Yoni Bettan
Signed-off-by: Yoni Bettan <ybettan@redhat.com>
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--- a/CODING_STYLE
+++ b/CODING_STYLE.md
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-QEMU Coding Style
-=================
+# QEMU Coding Style
Please use the script checkpatch.pl in the scripts directory to check
patches before submitting.
-1. Whitespace
+## Whitespace
Of course, the most important aspect in any coding style is whitespace.
Crusty old coders who have trouble spotting the glasses on their noses
@@ -16,20 +15,20 @@ QEMU indents are four spaces. Tabs are never used, except in Makefiles
where they have been irreversibly coded into the syntax.
Spaces of course are superior to tabs because:
- - You have just one way to specify whitespace, not two. Ambiguity breeds
+* You have just one way to specify whitespace, not two. Ambiguity breeds
mistakes.
- - The confusion surrounding 'use tabs to indent, spaces to justify' is gone.
- - Tab indents push your code to the right, making your screen seriously
+* The confusion surrounding 'use tabs to indent, spaces to justify' is gone.
+* Tab indents push your code to the right, making your screen seriously
unbalanced.
- - Tabs will be rendered incorrectly on editors who are misconfigured not
+* Tabs will be rendered incorrectly on editors who are misconfigured not
to use tab stops of eight positions.
- - Tabs are rendered badly in patches, causing off-by-one errors in almost
+* Tabs are rendered badly in patches, causing off-by-one errors in almost
every line.
- - It is the QEMU coding style.
+* It is the QEMU coding style.
Do not leave whitespace dangling off the ends of lines.
-2. Line width
+## Line width
Lines should be 80 characters; try not to make them longer.
@@ -38,28 +37,28 @@ that use long function or symbol names. Even in that case, do not make
lines much longer than 80 characters.
Rationale:
- - Some people like to tile their 24" screens with a 6x4 matrix of 80x24
- xterms and use vi in all of them. The best way to punish them is to
- let them keep doing it.
- - Code and especially patches is much more readable if limited to a sane
- line length. Eighty is traditional.
- - The four-space indentation makes the most common excuse ("But look
- at all that white space on the left!") moot.
- - It is the QEMU coding style.
+* Some people like to tile their 24" screens with a 6x4 matrix of 80x24
+ xterms and use vi in all of them. The best way to punish them is to
+ let them keep doing it.
+* Code and especially patches is much more readable if limited to a sane
+ line length. Eighty is traditional.
+* The four-space indentation makes the most common excuse ("But look
+ at all that white space on the left!") moot.
+* It is the QEMU coding style.
-3. Naming
+## Naming
-Variables are lower_case_with_underscores; easy to type and read. Structured
-type names are in CamelCase; harder to type but standing out. Enum type
-names and function type names should also be in CamelCase. Scalar type
-names are lower_case_with_underscores_ending_with_a_t, like the POSIX
-uint64_t and family. Note that this last convention contradicts POSIX
+Variables are `lower_case_with_underscores`; easy to type and read. Structured
+type names are in `CamelCase`; harder to type but standing out. Enum type
+names and function type names should also be in `CamelCase`. Scalar type
+names are `lower_case_with_underscores_ending_with_a_t`, like the POSIX
+`uint64_t` and family. Note that this last convention contradicts POSIX
and is therefore likely to be changed.
-When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix qemu_ to alert
+When wrapping standard library functions, use the prefix `qemu_` to alert
readers that they are seeing a wrapped version; otherwise avoid this prefix.
-4. Block structure
+## Block structure
Every indented statement is braced; even if the block contains just one
statement. The opening brace is on the line that contains the control
@@ -67,69 +66,79 @@ flow statement that introduces the new block; the closing brace is on the
same line as the else keyword, or on a line by itself if there is no else
keyword. Example:
- if (a == 5) {
- printf("a was 5.\n");
- } else if (a == 6) {
- printf("a was 6.\n");
- } else {
- printf("a was something else entirely.\n");
- }
+```
+if (a == 5) {
+ printf("a was 5.\n");
+} else if (a == 6) {
+ printf("a was 6.\n");
+} else {
+ printf("a was something else entirely.\n");
+}
+```
-Note that 'else if' is considered a single statement; otherwise a long if/
-else if/else if/.../else sequence would need an indent for every else
+Note that `else if` is considered a single statement; otherwise a long `if/
+else` `if/else` `if/.../else` sequence would need an indent for every else
statement.
An exception is the opening brace for a function; for reasons of tradition
and clarity it comes on a line by itself:
- void a_function(void)
- {
- do_something();
- }
+```
+void a_function(void)
+{
+ do_something();
+}
+```
Rationale: a consistent (except for functions...) bracing style reduces
ambiguity and avoids needless churn when lines are added or removed.
Furthermore, it is the QEMU coding style.
-5. Declarations
+## Declarations
Mixed declarations (interleaving statements and declarations within
blocks) are generally not allowed; declarations should be at the beginning
of blocks.
Every now and then, an exception is made for declarations inside a
-#ifdef or #ifndef block: if the code looks nicer, such declarations can
+`#ifdef` or `#ifndef` block: if the code looks nicer, such declarations can
be placed at the top of the block even if there are statements above.
-On the other hand, however, it's often best to move that #ifdef/#ifndef
+On the other hand, however, it's often best to move that `#ifdef/#ifndef`
block to a separate function altogether.
-6. Conditional statements
+## Conditional statements
When comparing a variable for (in)equality with a constant, list the
constant on the right, as in:
+```
if (a == 1) {
/* Reads like: "If a equals 1" */
do_something();
}
+```
-Rationale: Yoda conditions (as in 'if (1 == a)') are awkward to read.
-Besides, good compilers already warn users when '==' is mis-typed as '=',
+Rationale: Yoda conditions (as in `if (1 == a)`) are awkward to read.
+Besides, good compilers already warn users when `==` is mis-typed as `=`,
even when the constant is on the right.
-7. Comment style
+## Comment style
-We use traditional C-style /* */ comments and avoid // comments.
+We use traditional C-style `/* comment */` and avoid `// comment`.
-Rationale: The // form is valid in C99, so this is purely a matter of
+Rationale: The `// comment` form is valid in C99, so this is purely a matter of
consistency of style. The checkpatch script will warn you about this.
Multiline comment blocks should have a row of stars on the left,
-and the initial /* and terminating */ both on their own lines:
- /*
- * like
- * this
- */
+and the initial `/*` and terminating `*/` both on their own lines:
+
+```
+/*
+ * like
+ * this
+ */
+```
+
This is the same format required by the Linux kernel coding style.
(Some of the existing comments in the codebase use the GNU Coding
@@ -141,37 +150,37 @@ comment anyway.)
Rationale: Consistency, and ease of visually picking out a multiline
comment from the surrounding code.
-8. trace-events style
+## trace-events style
-8.1 0x prefix
+### 0x prefix
-In trace-events files, use a '0x' prefix to specify hex numbers, as in:
+In trace-events files, use a `0x` prefix to specify hex numbers, as in:
-some_trace(unsigned x, uint64_t y) "x 0x%x y 0x" PRIx64
+`some_trace(unsigned x, uint64_t y) "x 0x%x y 0x" PRIx64`
An exception is made for groups of numbers that are hexadecimal by
-convention and separated by the symbols '.', '/', ':', or ' ' (such as
+convention and separated by the symbols `.`, `/`, `:`, or ` ` (such as
PCI bus id):
-another_trace(int cssid, int ssid, int dev_num) "bus id: %x.%x.%04x"
+`another_trace(int cssid, int ssid, int dev_num) "bus id: %x.%x.%04x"`
-However, you can use '0x' for such groups if you want. Anyway, be sure that
+However, you can use `0x` for such groups if you want. Anyway, be sure that
it is obvious that numbers are in hex, ex.:
-data_dump(uint8_t c1, uint8_t c2, uint8_t c3) "bytes (in hex): %02x %02x %02x"
+`data_dump(uint8_t c1, uint8_t c2, uint8_t c3) "bytes (in hex): %02x %02x %02x"`
-Rationale: hex numbers are hard to read in logs when there is no 0x prefix,
+Rationale: hex numbers are hard to read in logs when there is no `0x` prefix,
especially when (occasionally) the representation doesn't contain any letters
and especially in one line with other decimal numbers. Number groups are allowed
-to not use '0x' because for some things notations like %x.%x.%x are used not
-only in Qemu. Also dumping raw data bytes with '0x' is less readable.
+to not use `0x` because for some things notations like `%x.%x.%x` are used not
+only in Qemu. Also dumping raw data bytes with `0x` is less readable.
-8.2 '#' printf flag
+### '#' printf flag
-Do not use printf flag '#', like '%#x'.
+Do not use printf flag `#'`, like `%#x`.
-Rationale: there are two ways to add a '0x' prefix to printed number: '0x%...'
-and '%#...'. For consistency the only one way should be used. Arguments for
-'0x%' are:
- - it is more popular
- - '%#' omits the 0x for the value 0 which makes output inconsistent
+Rationale: there are two ways to add a `0x` prefix to printed number: `0x%...`
+and `%#...`. For consistency the only one way should be used. Arguments for
+`0x%` are:
+* it is more popular
+* `%#` omits the `0x` for the value 0 which makes output inconsistent
--
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To: qemu-devel; +Cc: ehabkost, Yoni Bettan
Signed-off-by: Yoni Bettan <ybettan@redhat.com>
---
HACKING => HACKING.md | 186 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 97 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)
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rename from HACKING
rename to HACKING.md
index 0fc3e0fc04..f9d7631e64 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING.md
@@ -1,86 +1,90 @@
-1. Preprocessor
+## Preprocessor
-1.1. Variadic macros
+### Variadic macros
For variadic macros, stick with this C99-like syntax:
+```
#define DPRINTF(fmt, ...) \
do { printf("IRQ: " fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+```
-1.2. Include directives
+### Include directives
Order include directives as follows:
+```
#include "qemu/osdep.h" /* Always first... */
#include <...> /* then system headers... */
#include "..." /* and finally QEMU headers. */
+```
-The "qemu/osdep.h" header contains preprocessor macros that affect the behavior
-of core system headers like <stdint.h>. It must be the first include so that
+The `qemu/osdep.h` header contains preprocessor macros that affect the behavior
+of core system headers like `<stdint.h>`. It must be the first include so that
core system headers included by external libraries get the preprocessor macros
that QEMU depends on.
-Do not include "qemu/osdep.h" from header files since the .c file will have
+Do not include `qemu/osdep.h` from header files since the .c file will have
already included it.
-2. C types
+## C types
It should be common sense to use the right type, but we have collected
a few useful guidelines here.
-2.1. Scalars
+### Scalars
-If you're using "int" or "long", odds are good that there's a better type.
-If a variable is counting something, it should be declared with an
-unsigned type.
+If you're using `int` or `long`, odds are good that there's a better type.
+If a variable is counting something, it should be declared with
+`unsigned <type>`.
-If it's host memory-size related, size_t should be a good choice (use
-ssize_t only if required). Guest RAM memory offsets must use ram_addr_t,
+If it's host memory-size related, `size_t` should be a good choice (use
+`ssize_t` only if required). Guest RAM memory offsets must use `ram_addr_t`,
but only for RAM, it may not cover whole guest address space.
-If it's file-size related, use off_t.
-If it's file-offset related (i.e., signed), use off_t.
-If it's just counting small numbers use "unsigned int";
+If it's file-size related, use `off_t`.
+If it's file-offset related (i.e., signed), `use off_t`.
+If it's just counting small numbers use `unsigned int`;
(on all but oddball embedded systems, you can assume that that
type is at least four bytes wide).
In the event that you require a specific width, use a standard type
-like int32_t, uint32_t, uint64_t, etc. The specific types are
+like `int32_t`, `uint32_t`, `uint64_t`, etc. The specific types are
mandatory for VMState fields.
-Don't use Linux kernel internal types like u32, __u32 or __le32.
+Don't use Linux kernel internal types like `u32`, `__u32` or `__le32`.
-Use hwaddr for guest physical addresses except pcibus_t
-for PCI addresses. In addition, ram_addr_t is a QEMU internal address
+Use `hwaddr` for guest physical addresses except `pcibus_t`
+for PCI addresses. In addition, `ram_addr_t` is a QEMU internal address
space that maps guest RAM physical addresses into an intermediate
address space that can map to host virtual address spaces. Generally
-speaking, the size of guest memory can always fit into ram_addr_t but
+speaking, the size of guest memory can always fit into `ram_addr_t` but
it would not be correct to store an actual guest physical address in a
-ram_addr_t.
+`ram_addr_t`.
For CPU virtual addresses there are several possible types.
-vaddr is the best type to use to hold a CPU virtual address in
+`vaddr` is the best type to use to hold a CPU virtual address in
target-independent code. It is guaranteed to be large enough to hold a
virtual address for any target, and it does not change size from target
to target. It is always unsigned.
-target_ulong is a type the size of a virtual address on the CPU; this means
+`target_ulong` is a type the size of a virtual address on the CPU; this means
it may be 32 or 64 bits depending on which target is being built. It should
therefore be used only in target-specific code, and in some
performance-critical built-per-target core code such as the TLB code.
-There is also a signed version, target_long.
-abi_ulong is for the *-user targets, and represents a type the size of
-'void *' in that target's ABI. (This may not be the same as the size of a
+There is also a signed version, `target_long`.
+`abi_ulong` is for the `*-user` targets, and represents a type the size of
+`void *` in that target's ABI. (This may not be the same as the size of a
full CPU virtual address in the case of target ABIs which use 32 bit pointers
-on 64 bit CPUs, like sparc32plus.) Definitions of structures that must match
+on 64 bit CPUs, like `sparc32plus`.) Definitions of structures that must match
the target's ABI must use this type for anything that on the target is defined
-to be an 'unsigned long' or a pointer type.
-There is also a signed version, abi_long.
+to be an `unsigned long` or a pointer type.
+There is also a signed version, `abi_long`.
Of course, take all of the above with a grain of salt. If you're about
-to use some system interface that requires a type like size_t, pid_t or
-off_t, use matching types for any corresponding variables.
+to use some system interface that requires a type like `size_t`, `pid_t` or
+`off_t`, use matching types for any corresponding variables.
-Also, if you try to use e.g., "unsigned int" as a type, and that
+Also, if you try to use e.g., `unsigned int` as a type, and that
conflicts with the signedness of a related variable, sometimes
it's best just to use the *wrong* type, if "pulling the thread"
and fixing all related variables would be too invasive.
@@ -89,83 +93,86 @@ Finally, while using descriptive types is important, be careful not to
go overboard. If whatever you're doing causes warnings, or requires
casts, then reconsider or ask for help.
-2.2. Pointers
+### Pointers
Ensure that all of your pointers are "const-correct".
Unless a pointer is used to modify the pointed-to storage,
-give it the "const" attribute. That way, the reader knows
+give it the `const` attribute. That way, the reader knows
up-front that this is a read-only pointer. Perhaps more
importantly, if we're diligent about this, when you see a non-const
pointer, you're guaranteed that it is used to modify the storage
it points to, or it is aliased to another pointer that is.
-2.3. Typedefs
-Typedefs are used to eliminate the redundant 'struct' keyword.
+### Typedefs
+Typedefs are used to eliminate the redundant `struct` keyword.
-2.4. Reserved namespaces in C and POSIX
-Underscore capital, double underscore, and underscore 't' suffixes should be
+### Reserved namespaces in C and POSIX
+`_`, `__`, and underscore `*_t` suffixes should be
avoided.
-3. Low level memory management
+## Low level memory management
-Use of the malloc/free/realloc/calloc/valloc/memalign/posix_memalign
+Use of the `malloc/free/realloc/calloc/valloc/memalign/posix_memalign`
APIs is not allowed in the QEMU codebase. Instead of these routines,
-use the GLib memory allocation routines g_malloc/g_malloc0/g_new/
-g_new0/g_realloc/g_free or QEMU's qemu_memalign/qemu_blockalign/qemu_vfree
+use the GLib memory allocation routines `g_malloc/g_malloc0/g_new/
+g_new0/g_realloc/g_free or QEMU's qemu_memalign/qemu_blockalign/qemu_vfree`
APIs.
-Please note that g_malloc will exit on allocation failure, so there
+Please note that `g_malloc` will exit on allocation failure, so there
is no need to test for failure (as you would have to with malloc).
-Calling g_malloc with a zero size is valid and will return NULL.
+Calling `g_malloc` with a zero size is valid and will return `NULL`.
-Prefer g_new(T, n) instead of g_malloc(sizeof(T) * n) for the following
+Prefer `g_new(T, n)` instead of `g_malloc(sizeof(T) * n)` for the following
reasons:
- a. It catches multiplication overflowing size_t;
- b. It returns T * instead of void *, letting compiler catch more type
+ a. It catches multiplication overflowing `size_t`;
+ b. It returns `T *` instead of `void *`, letting compiler catch more type
errors.
-Declarations like T *v = g_malloc(sizeof(*v)) are acceptable, though.
+Declarations like `T *v = g_malloc(sizeof(*v))` are acceptable, though.
-Memory allocated by qemu_memalign or qemu_blockalign must be freed with
-qemu_vfree, since breaking this will cause problems on Win32.
+Memory allocated by `qemu_memalign` or `qemu_blockalign` must be freed with
+`qemu_vfree`, since breaking this will cause problems on Win32.
-4. String manipulation
+## String manipulation
-Do not use the strncpy function. As mentioned in the man page, it does *not*
+Do not use the `strncpy` function. As mentioned in the man page, it does *not*
guarantee a NULL-terminated buffer, which makes it extremely dangerous to use.
It also zeros trailing destination bytes out to the specified length. Instead,
use this similar function when possible, but note its different signature:
-void pstrcpy(char *dest, int dest_buf_size, const char *src)
+`void pstrcpy(char *dest, int dest_buf_size, const char *src)`
-Don't use strcat because it can't check for buffer overflows, but:
-char *pstrcat(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *s)
+Don't use `strcat` because it can't check for buffer overflows, but:
+`char *pstrcat(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *s)`
-The same limitation exists with sprintf and vsprintf, so use snprintf and
-vsnprintf.
+The same limitation exists with `sprintf` and `vsprintf`, so use `snprintf` and
+`vsnprintf`.
QEMU provides other useful string functions:
+
+```
int strstart(const char *str, const char *val, const char **ptr)
int stristart(const char *str, const char *val, const char **ptr)
int qemu_strnlen(const char *s, int max_len)
+```
-There are also replacement character processing macros for isxyz and toxyz,
-so instead of e.g. isalnum you should use qemu_isalnum.
+There are also replacement character processing macros for `isxyz` and `toxyz`,
+so instead of e.g. `isalnum` you should use `qemu_isalnum`.
-Because of the memory management rules, you must use g_strdup/g_strndup
-instead of plain strdup/strndup.
+Because of the memory management rules, you must use `g_strdup/g_strndup`
+instead of plain `strdup/strndup`.
-5. Printf-style functions
+## Printf-style functions
Whenever you add a new printf-style function, i.e., one with a format
-string argument and following "..." in its prototype, be sure to use
+string argument and following `...` in its prototype, be sure to use
gcc's printf attribute directive in the prototype.
-This makes it so gcc's -Wformat and -Wformat-security options can do
+This makes it so gcc's `-Wformat` and `-Wformat-security` options can do
their jobs and cross-check format strings with the number and types
of arguments.
-6. C standard, implementation defined and undefined behaviors
+## C standard, implementation defined and undefined behaviors
C code in QEMU should be written to the C99 language specification. A copy
of the final version of the C99 standard with corrigenda TC1, TC2, and TC3
@@ -181,37 +188,38 @@ argument...) However there are a few areas where we allow ourselves to
assume certain behaviors because in practice all the platforms we care about
behave in the same way and writing strictly conformant code would be
painful. These are:
- * you may assume that integers are 2s complement representation
- * you may assume that right shift of a signed integer duplicates
- the sign bit (ie it is an arithmetic shift, not a logical shift)
+
+* you may assume that integers are 2s complement representation
+* you may assume that right shift of a signed integer duplicates
+ the sign bit (ie it is an arithmetic shift, not a logical shift)
In addition, QEMU assumes that the compiler does not use the latitude
-given in C99 and C11 to treat aspects of signed '<<' as undefined, as
+given in C99 and C11 to treat aspects of signed `<<` as undefined, as
documented in the GNU Compiler Collection manual starting at version 4.0.
-7. Error handling and reporting
+## Error handling and reporting
-7.1 Reporting errors to the human user
+### Reporting errors to the human user
-Do not use printf(), fprintf() or monitor_printf(). Instead, use
-error_report() or error_vreport() from error-report.h. This ensures the
+Do not use `printf()`, `fprintf()` or `monitor_printf()`. Instead, use
+`error_report()` or `error_vreport()` from `error-report.h`. This ensures the
error is reported in the right place (current monitor or stderr), and in
a uniform format.
-Use error_printf() & friends to print additional information.
+Use `error_printf()` & friends to print additional information.
-error_report() prints the current location. In certain common cases
+`error_report()` prints the current location. In certain common cases
like command line parsing, the current location is tracked
-automatically. To manipulate it manually, use the loc_*() from
-error-report.h.
+automatically. To manipulate it manually, use the `loc_*()` from
+`error-report.h`.
-7.2 Propagating errors
+### Propagating errors
An error can't always be reported to the user right where it's detected,
but often needs to be propagated up the call chain to a place that can
handle it. This can be done in various ways.
-The most flexible one is Error objects. See error.h for usage
+The most flexible one is Error objects. See `error.h` for usage
information.
Use the simplest suitable method to communicate success / failure to
@@ -220,26 +228,26 @@ error, non-negative / -errno, non-null / null, or Error objects.
Example: when a function returns a non-null pointer on success, and it
can fail only in one way (as far as the caller is concerned), returning
-null on failure is just fine, and certainly simpler and a lot easier on
-the eyes than propagating an Error object through an Error ** parameter.
+`NULL` on failure is just fine, and certainly simpler and a lot easier on
+the eyes than propagating an Error object through an `Error ** parameter`.
Example: when a function's callers need to report details on failure
-only the function really knows, use Error **, and set suitable errors.
+only the function really knows, use `Error **`, and set suitable errors.
Do not report an error to the user when you're also returning an error
for somebody else to handle. Leave the reporting to the place that
consumes the error returned.
-7.3 Handling errors
+### Handling errors
-Calling exit() is fine when handling configuration errors during
+Calling `exit()` is fine when handling configuration errors during
startup. It's problematic during normal operation. In particular,
-monitor commands should never exit().
+monitor commands should never `exit()`.
-Do not call exit() or abort() to handle an error that can be triggered
+Do not call `exit()` or `abort()` to handle an error that can be triggered
by the guest (e.g., some unimplemented corner case in guest code
translation or device emulation). Guests should not be able to
terminate QEMU.
-Note that &error_fatal is just another way to exit(1), and &error_abort
-is just another way to abort().
+Note that `&error_fatal` is just another way to `exit(1)`, and `&error_abort`
+is just another way to `abort()`.
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