Add a link to rtc under /machine providing a stable location for management apps to query "date" field.
{"execute":"qom-get","arguments":{"path":"/machine/rtc","property":"date"} } Suggested by Paolo Bonzini. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosa...@redhat.com> --- hw/timer/mc146818rtc.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) Index: qemu/hw/timer/mc146818rtc.c =================================================================== --- qemu.orig/hw/timer/mc146818rtc.c 2014-06-02 23:14:11.707436729 -0300 +++ qemu/hw/timer/mc146818rtc.c 2014-06-02 23:14:15.453424684 -0300 @@ -911,6 +911,9 @@ object_property_add(OBJECT(s), "date", "struct tm", rtc_get_date, NULL, NULL, s, NULL); + + object_property_add_alias(qdev_get_machine(), "rtc", OBJECT(s), + &error_abort); } ISADevice *rtc_init(ISABus *bus, int base_year, qemu_irq intercept_irq) @@ -954,11 +957,17 @@ dc->cannot_instantiate_with_device_add_yet = true; } +static void rtc_finalize(Object *obj) +{ + object_property_del(qdev_get_machine(), "rtc", NULL); +} + static const TypeInfo mc146818rtc_info = { .name = TYPE_MC146818_RTC, .parent = TYPE_ISA_DEVICE, .instance_size = sizeof(RTCState), .class_init = rtc_class_initfn, + .instance_finalize = rtc_finalize, }; static void mc146818rtc_register_types(void)