[{"id":3684285,"web_url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/comment/3684285/","msgid":"<177749881571.809163.14770089192117728910.b4-review@b4>","list_archive_url":null,"date":"2026-04-29T21:40:15","subject":"Re: [PATCH 9/9] qom: drop user_creatable_add_type method","submitter":{"id":66774,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/66774/","name":"Marc-André Lureau","email":"marcandre.lureau@redhat.com"},"content":"On Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:08:30 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:\n> diff --git a/qom/object_interfaces.c b/qom/object_interfaces.c\n> index e0a3cd8d0f7..7080f85f95f 100644\n> --- a/qom/object_interfaces.c\n> +++ b/qom/object_interfaces.c\n> @@ -44,75 +44,11 @@ bool user_creatable_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)\n> [ ... skip 14 lines ... ]\n> -        error_append_hint(errp, \"Identifiers consist of letters, digits, \"\n> -                          \"'-', '.', '_', starting with a letter.\\n\");\n> -        return NULL;\n> -    }\n> -\n> -    klass = module_object_class_by_name(type);\n\nobject_new_with_props*() does not load from module. I don't think it\nmatters for now (module objects are not user-creatable?), but is this\nintended?","headers":{"Return-Path":"<qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org>","X-Original-To":"incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org","Delivered-To":"patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org","Authentication-Results":["legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (1024-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=WiH9sY+I;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral","legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org\n (client-ip=209.51.188.17; helo=lists1p.gnu.org;\n envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org;\n receiver=patchwork.ozlabs.org)"],"Received":["from lists1p.gnu.org (lists1p.gnu.org [209.51.188.17])\n\t(using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))\n\t(No client certificate requested)\n\tby legolas.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4g5W2d2Kckz1yHZ\n\tfor <incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org>; 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Berrangé","email":"berrange@redhat.com"},"content":"On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 01:40:15AM +0400, marcandre.lureau@redhat.com wrote:\n> On Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:08:30 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:\n> > diff --git a/qom/object_interfaces.c b/qom/object_interfaces.c\n> > index e0a3cd8d0f7..7080f85f95f 100644\n> > --- a/qom/object_interfaces.c\n> > +++ b/qom/object_interfaces.c\n> > @@ -44,75 +44,11 @@ bool user_creatable_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc)\n> > [ ... skip 14 lines ... ]\n> > -        error_append_hint(errp, \"Identifiers consist of letters, digits, \"\n> > -                          \"'-', '.', '_', starting with a letter.\\n\");\n> > -        return NULL;\n> > -    }\n> > -\n> > -    klass = module_object_class_by_name(type);\n> \n> object_new_with_props*() does not load from module. I don't think it\n> matters for now (module objects are not user-creatable?), but is this\n> intended?\n\nNo, that is an over-sight. This was not supposed to loose any\nfunctionality. We should allow user creatable objects to be\nput into modules.\n\nWith regards,\nDaniel","headers":{"Return-Path":"<qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org>","X-Original-To":"incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org","Delivered-To":"patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org","Authentication-Results":["legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (1024-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=dEKT1DE2;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral","legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org\n (client-ip=209.51.188.17; helo=lists1p.gnu.org;\n envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org;\n receiver=patchwork.ozlabs.org)"],"Received":["from lists1p.gnu.org (lists1p.gnu.org [209.51.188.17])\n\t(using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))\n\t(No client certificate requested)\n\tby legolas.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4g5mgF5sLVz1xqf\n\tfor <incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org>; 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