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[88.187.86.199]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-47496c14a26sm13327635e9.4.2025.10.21.03.03.28 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 21 Oct 2025 03:03:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <82acf617-9585-4750-8bed-c32dbe651574@linaro.org> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:03:28 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 34/43] audio: rename AudioState -> AudioBE Content-Language: en-US To: Paolo Bonzini , marcandre.lureau@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: BALATON Zoltan , =?UTF-8?Q?Volker_R=C3=BCmelin?= , Gerd Hoffmann , Christian Schoenebeck , Eduardo Habkost , Marcel Apfelbaum , Yanan Wang , Zhao Liu , =?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_P=2E_Berrang=C3=A9?= References: <20251021090317.425409-1-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> <20251021090317.425409-35-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> <1bd34160-d034-465b-a1ac-0e734ed40484@redhat.com> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Philippe_Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::334; envelope-from=philmd@linaro.org; helo=mail-wm1-x334.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On 21/10/25 11:40, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 10/21/25 11:30, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> On 10/21/25 11:03, marcandre.lureau@redhat.com wrote: >>> From: Marc-André Lureau >>> >>> Naming is hard. But in general in QEMU, a host "backend" is the term >>> used to fullfill the request made by the device "frontend". >>> >>> Note that "audiodev" is the corresponding QAPI type name (or >>> configuration). >> >> BE and FE aren't used in existing code though.  Looking at current use: >> >> - BlockDriverState*/BlockBackend* >> >> - Chardev*/CharBackend >> >> - NetClientState*/NICState* >> >> ... it's actually quite common for the *frontend* to have a pointer or >> object of type FooBackend; that would give Audiodev* and AudioBackend*. > > Hmm, I have to correct myself. > > QEMUSoundCard's name field is basically unused, and QEMUSoundCard should > be just an Audiodev*.  There's no need for a separate AudioFE struct. AudioBackend is still a better name than AudioBE though.