qdev: Display warning about unused -global

This can help a user understand why -global was ignored.

For example: with "-vga cirrus"; "-global vga.vgamem_mb=16" is just
ignored when "-global cirrus-vga.vgamem_mb=16" is not.

This is currently clear when the wrong property is provided:

out/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -global cirrus-vga.vram_size_mb=16 -monitor pty -vga cirrus
char device redirected to /dev/pts/20 (label compat_monitor0)
qemu-system-x86_64: Property '.vram_size_mb' not found
Aborted (core dumped)

vs

out/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -global vga.vram_size_mb=16 -monitor pty -vga cirrus
char device redirected to /dev/pts/20 (label compat_monitor0)
VNC server running on `::1:5900'
^Cqemu: terminating on signal 2

Signed-off-by: Don Slutz <dslutz@verizon.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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Don Slutz 2014-05-05 14:03:06 -04:00 committed by Michael S. Tsirkin
parent eb386aaccc
commit 9f9260a3be
5 changed files with 45 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -439,11 +439,27 @@ PropertyInfo qdev_prop_iothread = {
static int qdev_add_one_global(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque)
{
GlobalProperty *g;
ObjectClass *oc;
g = g_malloc0(sizeof(*g));
g->driver = qemu_opt_get(opts, "driver");
g->property = qemu_opt_get(opts, "property");
g->value = qemu_opt_get(opts, "value");
oc = object_class_by_name(g->driver);
if (oc) {
DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
if (dc->hotpluggable) {
/* If hotpluggable then skip not_used checking. */
g->not_used = false;
} else {
/* Maybe a typo. */
g->not_used = true;
}
} else {
/* Maybe a typo. */
g->not_used = true;
}
qdev_prop_register_global(g);
return 0;
}