Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> writes:
> Extend the ObjectOption code that was added in the previous patch to
> enable passing JSON to -object. Even though we cannot yet add
> non-scalar properties with the human-friendly comma-separated syntax,
> they can now be added as JSON.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
> ---
> softmmu/vl.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
> index b245e912e5..7b07f19de7 100644
> --- a/softmmu/vl.c
> +++ b/softmmu/vl.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
> #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
> #include "qapi/error.h"
> #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
> +#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
> #include "qemu-version.h"
> #include "qemu/cutils.h"
> #include "qemu/help_option.h"
> @@ -1714,19 +1715,27 @@ static void object_option_parse(const char *optarg)
> const char *type;
> Visitor *v;
>
> - opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("object"),
> - optarg, true);
> - if (!opts) {
> - exit(1);
> - }
> + if (optarg[0] == '{') {
> + QObject *obj = qobject_from_json(optarg, &error_fatal);
>
> - type = qemu_opt_get(opts, "qom-type");
> - if (user_creatable_print_help(type, opts)) {
> - exit(0);
> + v = qobject_input_visitor_new(obj);
> + qobject_unref(obj);
> + } else {
> + opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("object"),
> + optarg, true);
> + if (!opts) {
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + type = qemu_opt_get(opts, "qom-type");
> + if (user_creatable_print_help(type, opts)) {
> + exit(0);
> + }
> +
> + v = opts_visitor_new(opts);
> }
>
> opt = g_new0(ObjectOption, 1);
> - v = opts_visitor_new(opts);
> visit_type_ObjectOptions(v, NULL, &opt->opts, &error_fatal);
> visit_free(v);
Best viewed with whitespace change ignored:
commit d13ba69a7cf33f583a22c28644c28928b120aff0
Author: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
Date: Thu Mar 11 12:24:59 2021 -0500
vl: allow passing JSON to -object
Extend the ObjectOption code that was added in the previous patch to
enable passing JSON to -object. Even though we cannot yet add
non-scalar properties with the human-friendly comma-separated syntax,
they can now be added as JSON.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210311172459.990281-4-pbonz...@redhat.com>
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index b245e912e5..7b07f19de7 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
#include "qapi/error.h"
#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
#include "qemu-version.h"
#include "qemu/cutils.h"
#include "qemu/help_option.h"
@@ -1714,6 +1715,12 @@ static void object_option_parse(const char *optarg)
const char *type;
Visitor *v;
+ if (optarg[0] == '{') {
+ QObject *obj = qobject_from_json(optarg, &error_fatal);
+
+ v = qobject_input_visitor_new(obj);
+ qobject_unref(obj);
+ } else {
opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("object"),
optarg, true);
if (!opts) {
@@ -1725,8 +1732,10 @@ static void object_option_parse(const char *optarg)
exit(0);
}
- opt = g_new0(ObjectOption, 1);
v = opts_visitor_new(opts);
+ }
+
+ opt = g_new0(ObjectOption, 1);
visit_type_ObjectOptions(v, NULL, &opt->opts, &error_fatal);
visit_free(v);
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com>
