Adds optional interfaces that objects could implement if they need to: 1. perform an additional initialization after object properties are set 2. be placed not in '/objects' container
Series depends on 2 PULL requests in flight from Andreas & Luiz with fixes for QOM interfaces and object-add monitor/QMP command. Git tree for testing: https://github.com/imammedo/qemu/commits/extend-object-add Igor Mammedov (5): object_add: consolidate error handling add optional 2nd stage initialization to -object/object-add/object_add commands virtio_rng: use object_realize interface instead of calling backend API vl.c: -object: handle duplicate 'id' properly -object/object-add: use custom default object location if provided backends/rng.c | 17 ++++++- hw/virtio/virtio-rng.c | 15 ++++--- include/qom/object_interfaces.h | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/sysemu/rng.h | 11 ----- qmp.c | 30 +++++++++--- qom/Makefile.objs | 1 + qom/object_interfaces.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++ vl.c | 21 ++++++++- 8 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) create mode 100644 include/qom/object_interfaces.h create mode 100644 qom/object_interfaces.c