Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.10] mmio-interface: Mark as not user creatable

[Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>]

On 15 August 2017 at 17:16, Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 15.08.2017 16:30, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> The mmio-interface device is not something we want to allow
>> users to create on the command line:
>>  * it is intended as an implementation detail of the memory
>>    subsystem, which gets created and deleted by that
>>    subsystem on demand; it makes no sense to create it
>>    by hand on the command line
>>  * it uses a pointer property 'host_ptr' which can't be
>>    set on the command line
>>
>> Mark the device as not user_creatable to avoid confusion.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  hw/misc/mmio_interface.c | 5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/misc/mmio_interface.c b/hw/misc/mmio_interface.c
>> index da154e5..894e980 100644
>> --- a/hw/misc/mmio_interface.c
>> +++ b/hw/misc/mmio_interface.c
>> @@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ static void mmio_interface_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
>>      dc->realize = mmio_interface_realize;
>>      dc->unrealize = mmio_interface_unrealize;
>>      dc->props = mmio_interface_properties;
>> +    /* Reason: pointer property "host_ptr", and this device
>> +     * is an implementation detail of the memory subsystem,
>> +     * not intended to be created directly by the user.
>> +     */
>> +    dc->user_creatable = false;
>>  }
>>
>>  static const TypeInfo mmio_interface_info = {
>>
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

Applied to master, thanks.

-- PMM