qom: Allow properties to be registered against classes

When there are many instances of a given class, registering
properties against the instance is wasteful of resources. The
majority of objects have a statically defined list of possible
properties, so most of the properties are easily registerable
against the class. Only those properties which are conditionally
registered at runtime need be recorded against the klass.

Registering properties against classes also makes it possible
to provide static introspection of QOM - currently introspection
is only possible after creating an instance of a class, which
severely limits its usefulness.

This impl only supports simple scalar properties. It does not
attempt to allow child object / link object properties against
the class. There are ways to support those too, but it would
make this patch more complicated, so it is left as an exercise
for the future.

There is no equivalent to object_property_del() provided, since
classes must be immutable once they are defined.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index 4509166..37d414a 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ struct ObjectClass
     const char *class_cast_cache[OBJECT_CLASS_CAST_CACHE];
 
     ObjectUnparent *unparent;
+
+    GHashTable *properties;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -944,6 +946,13 @@ ObjectProperty *object_property_add(Object *obj, const char *name,
 
 void object_property_del(Object *obj, const char *name, Error **errp);
 
+ObjectProperty *object_class_property_add(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                          const char *type,
+                                          ObjectPropertyAccessor *get,
+                                          ObjectPropertyAccessor *set,
+                                          ObjectPropertyRelease *release,
+                                          void *opaque, Error **errp);
+
 /**
  * object_property_find:
  * @obj: the object
@@ -954,6 +963,8 @@ void object_property_del(Object *obj, const char *name, Error **errp);
  */
 ObjectProperty *object_property_find(Object *obj, const char *name,
                                      Error **errp);
+ObjectProperty *object_class_property_find(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                           Error **errp);
 
 typedef struct ObjectPropertyIterator ObjectPropertyIterator;
 
@@ -962,7 +973,7 @@ typedef struct ObjectPropertyIterator ObjectPropertyIterator;
  * @obj: the object
  *
  * Initializes an iterator for traversing all properties
- * registered against an object instance.
+ * registered against an object instance, its class and all parent classes.
  *
  * It is forbidden to modify the property list while iterating,
  * whether removing or adding properties.
@@ -1371,6 +1382,12 @@ void object_property_add_str(Object *obj, const char *name,
                              void (*set)(Object *, const char *, Error **),
                              Error **errp);
 
+void object_class_property_add_str(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                   char *(*get)(Object *, Error **),
+                                   void (*set)(Object *, const char *,
+                                               Error **),
+                                   Error **errp);
+
 /**
  * object_property_add_bool:
  * @obj: the object to add a property to
@@ -1387,6 +1404,11 @@ void object_property_add_bool(Object *obj, const char *name,
                               void (*set)(Object *, bool, Error **),
                               Error **errp);
 
+void object_class_property_add_bool(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                    bool (*get)(Object *, Error **),
+                                    void (*set)(Object *, bool, Error **),
+                                    Error **errp);
+
 /**
  * object_property_add_enum:
  * @obj: the object to add a property to
@@ -1406,6 +1428,13 @@ void object_property_add_enum(Object *obj, const char *name,
                               void (*set)(Object *, int, Error **),
                               Error **errp);
 
+void object_class_property_add_enum(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                    const char *typename,
+                                    const char * const *strings,
+                                    int (*get)(Object *, Error **),
+                                    void (*set)(Object *, int, Error **),
+                                    Error **errp);
+
 /**
  * object_property_add_tm:
  * @obj: the object to add a property to
@@ -1420,6 +1449,10 @@ void object_property_add_tm(Object *obj, const char *name,
                             void (*get)(Object *, struct tm *, Error **),
                             Error **errp);
 
+void object_class_property_add_tm(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                  void (*get)(Object *, struct tm *, Error **),
+                                  Error **errp);
+
 /**
  * object_property_add_uint8_ptr:
  * @obj: the object to add a property to
@@ -1432,6 +1465,8 @@ void object_property_add_tm(Object *obj, const char *name,
  */
 void object_property_add_uint8_ptr(Object *obj, const char *name,
                                    const uint8_t *v, Error **errp);
+void object_class_property_add_uint8_ptr(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                         const uint8_t *v, Error **errp);
 
 /**
  * object_property_add_uint16_ptr:
@@ -1445,6 +1480,8 @@ void object_property_add_uint8_ptr(Object *obj, const char *name,
  */
 void object_property_add_uint16_ptr(Object *obj, const char *name,
                                     const uint16_t *v, Error **errp);
+void object_class_property_add_uint16_ptr(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                          const uint16_t *v, Error **errp);
 
 /**
  * object_property_add_uint32_ptr:
@@ -1458,6 +1495,8 @@ void object_property_add_uint16_ptr(Object *obj, const char *name,
  */
 void object_property_add_uint32_ptr(Object *obj, const char *name,
                                     const uint32_t *v, Error **errp);
+void object_class_property_add_uint32_ptr(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                          const uint32_t *v, Error **errp);
 
 /**
  * object_property_add_uint64_ptr:
@@ -1471,6 +1510,8 @@ void object_property_add_uint32_ptr(Object *obj, const char *name,
  */
 void object_property_add_uint64_ptr(Object *obj, const char *name,
                                     const uint64_t *v, Error **Errp);
+void object_class_property_add_uint64_ptr(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                          const uint64_t *v, Error **Errp);
 
 /**
  * object_property_add_alias:
@@ -1522,6 +1563,9 @@ void object_property_add_const_link(Object *obj, const char *name,
  */
 void object_property_set_description(Object *obj, const char *name,
                                      const char *description, Error **errp);
+void object_class_property_set_description(ObjectClass *klass, const char *name,
+                                           const char *description,
+                                           Error **errp);
 
 /**
  * object_child_foreach: