@@ -165,4 +165,6 @@ int user_creatable_add_opts_foreach(void *opaque,
*/
void user_creatable_del(const char *id, Error **errp);
+int user_creatable_help_func(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
+
#endif
@@ -3761,7 +3761,9 @@ DEF("object", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_object,
" create a new object of type TYPENAME
setting properties\n"
" in the order they are specified. Note that
the 'id'\n"
" property must be set. These objects are
placed in the\n"
- " '/objects' path.\n",
+ " '/objects' path.\n"
+ " Use '-object help' to print available backend types
and\n"
+ " '-object typename,help' to print relevant
properties.\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -object @var{typename}[,@address@hidden,...]
@@ -3771,6 +3773,9 @@ in the order they are specified. Note that the 'id'
property must be set. These objects are placed in the
'/objects' path.
+Use @code{-object help} to print available backend types and
address@hidden @var{typename},help} to print relevant properties.
+
@table @option
@item -object
memory-backend-file,address@hidden,address@hidden,address@hidden,address@hidden|off}
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include "qapi-visit.h"
#include "qapi/qmp-output-visitor.h"
#include "qapi/opts-visitor.h"
+#include "qemu/help_option.h"
void user_creatable_complete(Object *obj, Error **errp)
{
@@ -212,6 +213,60 @@ void user_creatable_del(const char *id, Error **errp)
object_unparent(obj);
}
+int user_creatable_help_func(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
+{
+ const char *type = NULL;
+ Object *obj = NULL;
+ ObjectClass *klass;
+ ObjectProperty *prop;
+ ObjectPropertyIterator iter;
+
+ type = qemu_opt_get(opts, "qom-type");
+ if (type && is_help_option(type)) {
+ GSList *list;
+ printf("Available object backend types:\n");
+ for (list = object_class_get_list(TYPE_USER_CREATABLE, false); \
+ list;
\
+ list = list->next) {
+ const char *name;
+ name = object_class_get_name(OBJECT_CLASS(list->data));
+ if (strcmp(name, TYPE_USER_CREATABLE)) {
+ printf("%s\n", name);
+ }
+ }
+ g_slist_free(list);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
Is obj == NULL at this call to goto out? If so, you could simply return 1.
+ if (!type || !qemu_opt_has_help_opt(opts)) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ klass = object_class_by_name(type);
+ if (!klass) {
+ printf("invalid object type: %s\n", type);
+ goto out;
+ }
If obj == NULL here too?
+ if (object_class_is_abstract(klass)) {
+ printf("object type '%s' is abstract\n", type);
+ goto out;
+ }
And here?
+ obj = object_new(type);
If this is the only place that obj is set to a non-NULL value, then the goto calls above can be replaced with returns.
+ object_property_iter_init(&iter, obj);
+
+ while ((prop = object_property_iter_next(&iter))) {
+ if (prop->description) {
+ printf("%s (%s, %s)\n", prop->name, prop->type,
prop->description);
+ } else {
+ printf("%s (%s)\n", prop->name, prop->type);
+ }
+ }
+
+out:
+ object_unref(obj);
+ return 1;
+}
+
static void register_types(void)
{
static const TypeInfo uc_interface_info = {
6eca 100644
@@ -4100,6 +4100,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
exit(0);
}
+ if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("object"), user_creatable_help_func,
+ NULL, NULL)) {
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
if (!trace_init_backends()) {
exit(1);
}