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diff --git a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
index a6197a9133..8313ba6af8 100644
--- a/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
= How to use the QAPI code generator =
-* Note: as of this writing, QMP does not use QAPI. Eventually QMP
-commands will be converted to use QAPI internally. The following
-information describes QMP/QAPI as it will exist after the
-conversion.
-
QAPI is a native C API within QEMU which provides management-level
functionality to internal/external users. For external
users/processes, this interface is made available by a JSON-based
@@ -19,7 +14,7 @@ marshaling/dispatch code for the guest agent server running in the
guest.
This document will describe how the schemas, scripts, and resulting
-code is used.
+code are used.
== QMP/Guest agent schema ==
@@ -234,6 +229,7 @@ Resulting in this JSON object:
"data": { "b": "test string" },
"timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } }
+
== Code generation ==
Schemas are fed into 3 scripts to generate all the code/files that, paired
@@ -256,6 +252,8 @@ command which takes that type as a parameter and returns the same type:
'data': {'arg1': 'UserDefOne'},
'returns': 'UserDefOne' }
+ { 'event': 'MY_EVENT' }
+
=== scripts/qapi-types.py ===
Used to generate the C types defined by a schema. The following files are
@@ -277,7 +275,7 @@ Example:
$ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-types.c
[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
- void qapi_free_UserDefOneList(UserDefOneList * obj)
+ void qapi_free_UserDefOneList(UserDefOneList *obj)
{
QapiDeallocVisitor *md;
Visitor *v;
@@ -292,7 +290,7 @@ Example:
qapi_dealloc_visitor_cleanup(md);
}
- void qapi_free_UserDefOne(UserDefOne * obj)
+ void qapi_free_UserDefOne(UserDefOne *obj)
{
QapiDeallocVisitor *md;
Visitor *v;
@@ -331,11 +329,11 @@ Example:
struct UserDefOne
{
int64_t integer;
- char * string;
+ char *string;
};
- void qapi_free_UserDefOneList(UserDefOneList * obj);
- void qapi_free_UserDefOne(UserDefOne * obj);
+ void qapi_free_UserDefOneList(UserDefOneList *obj);
+ void qapi_free_UserDefOne(UserDefOne *obj);
#endif
@@ -364,7 +362,7 @@ Example:
$ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-visit.c
[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
- static void visit_type_UserDefOne_fields(Visitor *m, UserDefOne ** obj, Error **errp)
+ static void visit_type_UserDefOne_fields(Visitor *m, UserDefOne **obj, Error **errp)
{
Error *err = NULL;
visit_type_int(m, &(*obj)->integer, "integer", &err);
@@ -380,7 +378,7 @@ Example:
error_propagate(errp, err);
}
- void visit_type_UserDefOne(Visitor *m, UserDefOne ** obj, const char *name, Error **errp)
+ void visit_type_UserDefOne(Visitor *m, UserDefOne **obj, const char *name, Error **errp)
{
Error *err = NULL;
@@ -394,7 +392,7 @@ Example:
error_propagate(errp, err);
}
- void visit_type_UserDefOneList(Visitor *m, UserDefOneList ** obj, const char *name, Error **errp)
+ void visit_type_UserDefOneList(Visitor *m, UserDefOneList **obj, const char *name, Error **errp)
{
Error *err = NULL;
GenericList *i, **prev;
@@ -427,8 +425,8 @@ Example:
[Visitors for builtin types omitted...]
- void visit_type_UserDefOne(Visitor *m, UserDefOne ** obj, const char *name, Error **errp);
- void visit_type_UserDefOneList(Visitor *m, UserDefOneList ** obj, const char *name, Error **errp);
+ void visit_type_UserDefOne(Visitor *m, UserDefOne **obj, const char *name, Error **errp);
+ void visit_type_UserDefOneList(Visitor *m, UserDefOneList **obj, const char *name, Error **errp);
#endif
@@ -451,10 +449,12 @@ $(prefix)qmp-commands.h: Function prototypes for the QMP commands
Example:
+ $ python scripts/qapi-commands.py --output-dir="qapi-generated"
+ --prefix="example-" --input-file=example-schema.json
$ cat qapi-generated/example-qmp-marshal.c
[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
- static void qmp_marshal_output_my_command(UserDefOne * ret_in, QObject **ret_out, Error **errp)
+ static void qmp_marshal_output_my_command(UserDefOne *ret_in, QObject **ret_out, Error **errp)
{
Error *local_err = NULL;
QmpOutputVisitor *mo = qmp_output_visitor_new();
@@ -480,11 +480,11 @@ Example:
static void qmp_marshal_input_my_command(QDict *args, QObject **ret, Error **errp)
{
Error *local_err = NULL;
- UserDefOne * retval = NULL;
+ UserDefOne *retval = NULL;
QmpInputVisitor *mi = qmp_input_visitor_new_strict(QOBJECT(args));
QapiDeallocVisitor *md;
Visitor *v;
- UserDefOne * arg1 = NULL;
+ UserDefOne *arg1 = NULL;
v = qmp_input_get_visitor(mi);
visit_type_UserDefOne(v, &arg1, "arg1", &local_err);
@@ -525,6 +525,66 @@ Example:
#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
#include "qapi/error.h"
- UserDefOne * qmp_my_command(UserDefOne * arg1, Error **errp);
+ UserDefOne *qmp_my_command(UserDefOne *arg1, Error **errp);
+
+ #endif
+
+=== scripts/qapi-event.py ===
+
+Used to generate the event-related C code defined by a schema. The
+following files are created:
+
+$(prefix)qapi-event.h - Function prototypes for each event type, plus an
+ enumeration of all event names
+$(prefix)qapi-event.c - Implementation of functions to send an event
+
+Example:
+
+ $ python scripts/qapi-event.py --output-dir="qapi-generated"
+ --prefix="example-" --input-file=example-schema.json
+ $ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-event.c
+[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
+
+ void qapi_event_send_my_event(Error **errp)
+ {
+ QDict *qmp;
+ Error *local_err = NULL;
+ QMPEventFuncEmit emit;
+ emit = qmp_event_get_func_emit();
+ if (!emit) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ qmp = qmp_event_build_dict("MY_EVENT");
+
+ emit(EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT_MY_EVENT, qmp, &local_err);
+
+ error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+ QDECREF(qmp);
+ }
+
+ const char *EXAMPLE_QAPIEvent_lookup[] = {
+ "MY_EVENT",
+ NULL,
+ };
+ $ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-event.h
+[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
+
+ #ifndef EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT_H
+ #define EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT_H
+
+ #include "qapi/error.h"
+ #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+ #include "example-qapi-types.h"
+
+
+ void qapi_event_send_my_event(Error **errp);
+
+ extern const char *EXAMPLE_QAPIEvent_lookup[];
+ typedef enum EXAMPLE_QAPIEvent
+ {
+ EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT_MY_EVENT = 0,
+ EXAMPLE_QAPI_EVENT_MAX = 1,
+ } EXAMPLE_QAPIEvent;
#endif