Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qobject: Use qobject_to() instead of type cast

["Marc-André Lureau" <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 5:28 PM, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> wrote:
> The proper way to convert from (abstract) QObject to a (concrete)
> subtype is qobject_to().  Look for offenders that type cast instead:
>
>     $ git-grep '(Q[A-Z][a-z]* \*)'
>     hmp.c:    qmp_device_add((QDict *)qdict, NULL, &err);
>     include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h:        return (QObject *)obj;
>     qobject/qobject.c:static void (*qdestroy[QTYPE__MAX])(QObject *) = {
>     tests/check-qdict.c:    dst = (QDict *)qdict_crumple(src, &error_abort);
>
> The first two cast away const, the third isn't a type cast.  Fix the
> fourth.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>


> ---
>  tests/check-qdict.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tests/check-qdict.c b/tests/check-qdict.c
> index a0e0454684..eba5d3528e 100644
> --- a/tests/check-qdict.c
> +++ b/tests/check-qdict.c
> @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static void qdict_crumple_test_empty(void)
>
>      src = qdict_new();
>
> -    dst = (QDict *)qdict_crumple(src, &error_abort);
> +    dst = qobject_to(QDict, qdict_crumple(src, &error_abort));
>
>      g_assert_cmpint(qdict_size(dst), ==, 0);
>
> --
> 2.13.6
>