From: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
To: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] convert code to qdev_new_dynamic() where appropriate
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:00:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZzZk5KAzbu6NVl9Z@x1n> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241111155555.90091-8-berrange@redhat.com>
On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 03:55:54PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> In cases where qdev_new() is not being passed a static, const
> string, the caller cannot be sure what type they are instantiating.
> There is a risk that instantiation could fail, if it is an abstract
> type.
>
> Convert such cases over to use qdev_new_dynamic() such that they
> are forced to expect failure. In some cases failure can be easily
> propagated, but in others using &error_abort or &error_fatal will
> maintain existing behaviour.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
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Peter Xu
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-11-14 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-11-11 15:55 [PATCH v2 0/8] Require error handling for dynamically created objects Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] qom: refactor checking abstract property when creating instances Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-14 19:58 ` Peter Xu
2024-11-15 10:41 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] qom: allow failure of object_new_with_class Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-14 20:04 ` Peter Xu
2024-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] qom: introduce object_new_dynamic() Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-14 20:15 ` Peter Xu
2024-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] convert code to object_new_dynamic() where appropriate Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-14 20:24 ` Peter Xu
2024-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] qom: enforce use of static, const string with object_new() Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-14 20:28 ` Peter Xu
2024-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] qom: introduce qdev_new_dynamic() Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-14 20:47 ` Peter Xu
2024-11-15 17:26 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] convert code to qdev_new_dynamic() where appropriate Daniel P. Berrangé
2024-11-14 21:00 ` Peter Xu [this message]
2024-11-11 15:55 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] hw: enforce use of static, const string with qdev_new() Daniel P. Berrangé
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