If backends implement the can_be_deleted and it returns false,
Then the qmp_object_del won't delete the given backends.
Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <address@hidden>
---
include/qom/object_interfaces.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
qmp.c | 5 +++++
qom/object_interfaces.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/qom/object_interfaces.h b/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
index b792283..012b653 100644
--- a/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
+++ b/include/qom/object_interfaces.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ typedef struct UserCreatable {
* UserCreatableClass:
* @parent_class: the base class
* @complete: callback to be called after @obj's properties are set.
+ * @can_be_deleted: callback to be called before an object is removed
+ * to check if @obj can be removed safely.
*
* Interface is designed to work with -object/object-add/object_add
* commands.
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ typedef struct UserCreatableClass {
/* <public> */
void (*complete)(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp);
+ bool (*can_be_deleted)(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp);
} UserCreatableClass;
/**
@@ -59,4 +62,15 @@ typedef struct UserCreatableClass {
* nothing.
*/
void user_creatable_complete(Object *obj, Error **errp);
+
+/**
+ * user_creatable_can_be_deleted:
+ * @obj: the object whose can_be_deleted() method is called if defined
+ * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
+ *
+ * Wrapper to call can_be_deleted() method if one of types it's inherited
+ * from implements USER_CREATABLE interface, otherwise the call does
+ * nothing.
+ */
+bool user_creatable_can_be_deleted(Object *obj, Error **errp);
#endif
diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index c479e77..dc61da1 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -711,6 +711,11 @@ void qmp_object_del(const char *id, Error **errp)
error_setg(errp, "object id not found");
return;
}
+
+ if (!user_creatable_can_be_deleted(obj, errp)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "%s is in used, can not be deleted", id);