The QMP visitors have no direct dependency on QMP. It is
valid to use them anywhere that one has a QObject. Rename them
to better reflect their functionality as a generic QObject
to QAPI converter.
This is the first of three parts: rename the files. The next two
parts will rename C identifiers. The split is necessary to make git
rename detection work.
Backports commit b3db211f3c80bb996a704d665fe275619f728bd4 from qemu
Making each output visitor provide its own output collection
function was the only remaining reason for exposing visitor
sub-types to the rest of the code base. Add a polymorphic
visit_complete() function which is a no-op for input visitors,
and which populates an opaque pointer for output visitors. For
maximum type-safety, also add a parameter to the output visitor
constructors with a type-correct version of the output pointer,
and assert that the two uses match.
This approach was considered superior to either passing the
output parameter only during construction (action at a distance
during visit_free() feels awkward) or only during visit_complete()
(defeating type safety makes it easier to use incorrectly).
Most callers were function-local, and therefore a mechanical
conversion; the testsuite was a bit trickier, but the previous
cleanup patch minimized the churn here.
The visit_complete() function may be called at most once; doing
so lets us use transfer semantics rather than duplication or
ref-count semantics to get the just-built output back to the
caller, even though it means our behavior is not idempotent.
Generated code is simplified as follows for events:
|@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void qapi_event_send_acpi_device_ost(ACP
| QDict *qmp;
| Error *err = NULL;
| QMPEventFuncEmit emit;
|- QmpOutputVisitor *qov;
|+ QObject *obj;
| Visitor *v;
| q_obj_ACPI_DEVICE_OST_arg param = {
| info
|@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ void qapi_event_send_acpi_device_ost(ACP
|
| qmp = qmp_event_build_dict("ACPI_DEVICE_OST");
|
|- qov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
|- v = qmp_output_get_visitor(qov);
|+ v = qmp_output_visitor_new(&obj);
|
| visit_start_struct(v, "ACPI_DEVICE_OST", NULL, 0, &err);
| if (err) {
|@@ -55,7 +54,8 @@ void qapi_event_send_acpi_device_ost(ACP
| goto out;
| }
|
|- qdict_put_obj(qmp, "data", qmp_output_get_qobject(qov));
|+ visit_complete(v, &obj);
|+ qdict_put_obj(qmp, "data", obj);
| emit(QAPI_EVENT_ACPI_DEVICE_OST, qmp, &err);
and for commands:
| {
| Error *err = NULL;
|- QmpOutputVisitor *qov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
| Visitor *v;
|
|- v = qmp_output_get_visitor(qov);
|+ v = qmp_output_visitor_new(ret_out);
| visit_type_AddfdInfo(v, "unused", &ret_in, &err);
|- if (err) {
|- goto out;
|+ if (!err) {
|+ visit_complete(v, ret_out);
| }
|- *ret_out = qmp_output_get_qobject(qov);
|-
|-out:
| error_propagate(errp, err);
Backports commit 3b098d56979d2f7fd707c5be85555d114353a28d from qemu
Now that we have a polymorphic visit_free(), we no longer need
qmp_output_visitor_cleanup(); however, we still need to
expose the subtype for qmp_output_get_qobject().
Backports commit 1830f22a6777cedaccd67a08f675d30f7a85ebfd from qemu