Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/qdev-monitor: report error for -device <not-a-device-type>

[Luiz Capitulino]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:02:26 +0100
Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:

> Il 28/11/2012 12:54, Luiz Capitulino ha scritto:
> > On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:54:33 +0200
> > Alon Levy <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> >> Instead of aborting immediately after at DEVICE_CLASS(obj)
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Alon Levy <address@hidden>
> >> ---
> >>  hw/qdev-monitor.c | 5 +++++
> >>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/hw/qdev-monitor.c b/hw/qdev-monitor.c
> >> index 479eecd..3b70cdb 100644
> >> --- a/hw/qdev-monitor.c
> >> +++ b/hw/qdev-monitor.c
> >> @@ -426,6 +426,11 @@ DeviceState *qdev_device_add(QemuOpts *opts)
> >>          return NULL;
> >>      }
> >>  
> >> +    if (!object_class_dynamic_cast(obj, "device")) {
> >> +        qerror_report(QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, "driver", "device 
> >> type");
> >> +        return NULL;
> >> +    }
> > 
> > Gives me the impression that something is wrong before this, but it's
> > better to ask a QOM guy (CC'ing them).
> 
> I would reuse the same error message as for "if (!obj)", and also use
> TYPE_DEVICE instead of the hardcoded string, but the patch is ok.

It's a bit weird to me that you check for a condition and right next
you also assert it (it's what DEVICE_CLASS() will do). But I'm not familiar
with QOM, so I'll just trust you.

If the patch is good, why should we wait post-1.3 giving that it fixes a
real bug?