As per Markus suggestion in [*], use Coccinelle to remove pointless QOM cast macro uses. Since we have more than 1000 QOM types, add a script to generate the semantic patch.
[*] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/87mt1jafjt....@pond.sub.org/ Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (2): scripts: Add qom-cast-macro-clean-cocci-gen.py bulk: Remove pointless QOM casts MAINTAINERS | 1 + block/nbd.c | 4 +- chardev/char-pty.c | 2 +- hw/arm/musicpal.c | 2 +- hw/arm/xlnx-versal.c | 2 +- hw/display/vhost-user-gpu.c | 4 +- hw/intc/loongarch_extioi.c | 6 +-- hw/m68k/q800.c | 2 +- hw/pci-host/bonito.c | 2 +- hw/ppc/pnv_lpc.c | 2 +- hw/ppc/pnv_occ.c | 2 +- hw/ppc/pnv_sbe.c | 2 +- hw/riscv/virt.c | 10 ++--- hw/rx/rx62n.c | 2 +- hw/scsi/esp-pci.c | 18 ++++----- hw/sparc/sun4m.c | 4 +- hw/virtio/virtio-mem-pci.c | 6 +-- hw/virtio/virtio-pmem-pci.c | 6 +-- migration/fd.c | 4 +- migration/multifd.c | 2 +- migration/yank_functions.c | 4 +- nbd/client-connection.c | 2 +- nbd/server.c | 2 +- softmmu/qdev-monitor.c | 2 +- ui/vnc-ws.c | 6 +-- scripts/qom-cast-macro-clean-cocci-gen.py | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 26 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-) create mode 100644 scripts/qom-cast-macro-clean-cocci-gen.py -- 2.38.1
