qdev: New qdev_new(), qdev_realize(), etc.

We commonly plug devices into their bus right when we create them,
like this:

    dev = qdev_create(bus, type_name);

Note that @dev is a weak reference.  The reference from @bus to @dev
is the only strong one.

We realize at some later time, either with

    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), true, "realized", errp);

or its convenience wrapper

    qdev_init_nofail(dev);

If @dev still has no QOM parent then, realizing makes the
/machine/unattached/ orphanage its QOM parent.

Note that the device returned by qdev_create() is plugged into a bus,
but doesn't have a QOM parent, yet.  Until it acquires one,
unrealizing the bus will hang in bus_unparent():

    while ((kid = QTAILQ_FIRST(&bus->children)) != NULL) {
        DeviceState *dev = kid->child;
        object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
    }

object_unparent() does nothing when its argument has no QOM parent,
and the loop spins forever.

Device state "no QOM parent, but plugged into bus" is dangerous.

Paolo suggested to delay plugging into the bus until realize.  We need
to plug into the parent bus before we call the device's realize
method, in case it uses the parent bus.  So the dangerous state still
exists, but only within realization, where we can manage it safely.

This commit creates infrastructure to do this:

    dev = qdev_new(type_name);
    ...
    qdev_realize_and_unref(dev, bus, errp)

Note that @dev becomes a strong reference here.
qdev_realize_and_unref() drops it.  There is also plain
qdev_realize(), which doesn't drop it.

The remainder of this series will convert all users to this new
interface.

Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>
Cc: Alistair Francis <alistair@alistair23.me>
Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200610053247.1583243-5-armbru@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 90 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index a68ba674db..f2c5cee278 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -176,6 +176,32 @@ DeviceState *qdev_try_create(BusState *bus, const char *type)
     return dev;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Create a device on the heap.
+ * A type @name must exist.
+ * This only initializes the device state structure and allows
+ * properties to be set.  The device still needs to be realized.  See
+ * qdev-core.h.
+ */
+DeviceState *qdev_new(const char *name)
+{
+    return DEVICE(object_new(name));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Try to create a device on the heap.
+ * This is like qdev_new(), except it returns %NULL when type @name
+ * does not exist.
+ */
+DeviceState *qdev_try_new(const char *name)
+{
+    if (!object_class_by_name(name)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return DEVICE(object_new(name));
+}
+
 static QTAILQ_HEAD(, DeviceListener) device_listeners
     = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(device_listeners);
 
@@ -427,6 +453,66 @@ void qdev_init_nofail(DeviceState *dev)
     object_unref(OBJECT(dev));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Realize @dev.
+ * @dev must not be plugged into a bus.
+ * Plug @dev into @bus if non-null, else into the main system bus.
+ * This takes a reference to @dev.
+ * If @dev has no QOM parent, make one up, taking another reference.
+ * On success, return true.
+ * On failure, store an error through @errp and return false.
+ */
+bool qdev_realize(DeviceState *dev, BusState *bus, Error **errp)
+{
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    assert(!dev->realized && !dev->parent_bus);
+
+    if (!bus) {
+        /*
+         * Assert that the device really is a SysBusDevice before we
+         * put it onto the sysbus.  Non-sysbus devices which aren't
+         * being put onto a bus should be realized with
+         * object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), true, "realized",
+         * errp);
+         */
+        g_assert(object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE));
+        bus = sysbus_get_default();
+    }
+
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(dev, bus);
+
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), true, "realized", &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+    }
+    return !err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Realize @dev and drop a reference.
+ * This is like qdev_realize(), except the caller must hold a
+ * (private) reference, which is dropped on return regardless of
+ * success or failure.  Intended use:
+ *     dev = qdev_new();
+ *     [...]
+ *     qdev_realize_and_unref(dev, bus, errp);
+ * Now @dev can go away without further ado.
+ */
+bool qdev_realize_and_unref(DeviceState *dev, BusState *bus, Error **errp)
+{
+    bool ret;
+
+    ret = qdev_realize(dev, bus, errp);
+    object_unref(OBJECT(dev));
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void qdev_unrealize(DeviceState *dev)
+{
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), false, "realized", &error_abort);
+}
+
 static int qdev_assert_realized_properly(Object *obj, void *opaque)
 {
     DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_DEVICE));
@@ -1002,6 +1088,10 @@ post_realize_fail:
 fail:
     error_propagate(errp, local_err);
     if (unattached_parent) {
+        /*
+         * Beware, this doesn't just revert
+         * object_property_add_child(), it also runs bus_remove()!
+         */
         object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
         unattached_count--;
     }