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authorManos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>2024-01-30 09:30:31 +0200
committerStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2024-01-30 16:19:00 -0500
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hw/core/qdev.c: add qdev_get_human_name()
Add a simple method to return some kind of human readable identifier for use in error messages. Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org> Message-id: 8b566bfced98ae44be1fcc1f8e7215f0c3393aa1.1706598705.git.manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--include/hw/qdev-core.h14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-core.h b/include/hw/qdev-core.h
index 151d968..66338f4 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-core.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-core.h
@@ -993,6 +993,20 @@ const char *qdev_fw_name(DeviceState *dev);
void qdev_assert_realized_properly(void);
Object *qdev_get_machine(void);
+/**
+ * qdev_get_human_name() - Return a human-readable name for a device
+ * @dev: The device. Must be a valid and non-NULL pointer.
+ *
+ * .. note::
+ * This function is intended for user friendly error messages.
+ *
+ * Returns: A newly allocated string containing the device id if not null,
+ * else the object canonical path.
+ *
+ * Use g_free() to free it.
+ */
+char *qdev_get_human_name(DeviceState *dev);
+
/* FIXME: make this a link<> */
bool qdev_set_parent_bus(DeviceState *dev, BusState *bus, Error **errp);