On Fri 22 Dec 2023 11:31:12 AM +01, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> This allows returning a tree of all object properties under a given >> path, in a way similar to scripts/qmp/qom-tree. > > Use case? We already have that script, and also HMP info qom-tree.
The main use case is convenience. Management tools need to manually check that the type starts with "child<" and recursively make a new QMP call. That's what e.g libvirt does: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/blob/v9.10.0/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c?ref_type=tags#L7367 Parsing the output of HMP info qom-tree is not an option in that case. Berto
