Re: [PATCH v9 07/17] vfio-user: define vfio-user-server object

[Markus Armbruster]

Jag Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com> writes:

>> On May 4, 2022, at 7:45 AM, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Jagannathan Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Define vfio-user object which is remote process server for QEMU. Setup
>>> object initialization functions and properties necessary to instantiate
>>> the object
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: John G Johnson <john.g.johnson@oracle.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jagannathan Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com>
>>> ---
>>> qapi/qom.json | 20 +++-
>>> include/hw/remote/machine.h | 2 +
>>> hw/remote/machine.c | 27 +++++
>>> hw/remote/vfio-user-obj.c | 210 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>>> hw/remote/meson.build | 1 +
>>> hw/remote/trace-events | 3 +
>>> 7 files changed, 262 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>> create mode 100644 hw/remote/vfio-user-obj.c
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/qapi/qom.json b/qapi/qom.json
>>> index eeb5395ff3..582def0522 100644
>>> --- a/qapi/qom.json
>>> +++ b/qapi/qom.json
>>> @@ -703,6 +703,20 @@
>>> { 'struct': 'RemoteObjectProperties',
>>> 'data': { 'fd': 'str', 'devid': 'str' } }
>>> 
>>> +##
>>> +# @VfioUserServerProperties:
>>> +#
>>> +# Properties for x-vfio-user-server objects.
>>> +#
>>> +# @socket: socket to be used by the libvfio-user library
>>> +#
>>> +# @device: the id of the device to be emulated at the server
>> 
>> Suggest "the ID", because "id" is not a word.
>> 
>> What kind of ID is this? The kind set with -device id=...?
>
> Yes, it’s the “id” sub-option of the “-device” option. Will update this 
> comment.

I was just double-checking.  I think the comment is okay with "the ID".

> Thank you!

You're welcome!