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1 /*
2  * QEMU Object Model.
3  *
4  * Based on ideas by Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
5  *
6  * Copyright (C) 2009, 2015 Red Hat Inc.
7  *
8  * Authors:
9  *  Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
10  *
11  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
12  * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
13  *
14  * QObject Reference Counts Terminology
15  * ------------------------------------
16  *
17  *  - Returning references: A function that returns an object may
18  *  return it as either a weak or a strong reference.  If the
19  *  reference is strong, you are responsible for calling
20  *  qobject_unref() on the reference when you are done.
21  *
22  *  If the reference is weak, the owner of the reference may free it at
23  *  any time in the future.  Before storing the reference anywhere, you
24  *  should call qobject_ref() to make the reference strong.
25  *
26  *  - Transferring ownership: when you transfer ownership of a reference
27  *  by calling a function, you are no longer responsible for calling
28  *  qobject_unref() when the reference is no longer needed.  In other words,
29  *  when the function returns you must behave as if the reference to the
30  *  passed object was weak.
31  */
32 #ifndef QOBJECT_H
33 #define QOBJECT_H
34 
35 #include "qemu/atomic.h"
36 #include "qapi/qapi-builtin-types.h"
37 
38 /* Not for use outside include/qobject/ */
39 struct QObjectBase_ {
40     QType type;
41     size_t refcnt;
42 };
43 
44 /* this struct must have no other members than base */
45 struct QObject {
46     struct QObjectBase_ base;
47 };
48 
49 /*
50  * Preprocessor sorcery ahead: use a different identifier for the
51  * local variable in each expansion, so we can nest macro calls
52  * without shadowing variables.
53  */
54 #define QOBJECT_INTERNAL(obj, _obj) ({                          \
55     typeof(obj) _obj = (obj);                                   \
56     _obj ? container_of(&_obj->base, QObject, base) : NULL;     \
57 })
58 #define QOBJECT(obj) QOBJECT_INTERNAL((obj), MAKE_IDENTIFIER(_obj))
59 
60 /* Required for qobject_to() */
61 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QNull     QTYPE_QNULL
62 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QNum      QTYPE_QNUM
63 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QString   QTYPE_QSTRING
64 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QDict     QTYPE_QDICT
65 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QList     QTYPE_QLIST
66 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QBool     QTYPE_QBOOL
67 
68 QEMU_BUILD_BUG_MSG(QTYPE__MAX != 7,
69                    "The QTYPE_CAST_TO_* list needs to be extended");
70 
71 #define qobject_to(type, obj)                                       \
72     ((type *)qobject_check_type(obj, glue(QTYPE_CAST_TO_, type)))
73 
74 static inline void qobject_ref_impl(QObject *obj)
75 {
76     if (obj) {
77         qatomic_inc(&obj->base.refcnt);
78     }
79 }
80 
81 /**
82  * qobject_is_equal(): Return whether the two objects are equal.
83  *
84  * Any of the pointers may be NULL; return true if both are.  Always
85  * return false if only one is (therefore a QNull object is not
86  * considered equal to a NULL pointer).
87  */
88 bool qobject_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
89 
90 /**
91  * qobject_destroy(): Free resources used by the object
92  * For use via qobject_unref() only!
93  */
94 void qobject_destroy(QObject *obj);
95 
96 static inline void qobject_unref_impl(QObject *obj)
97 {
98     assert(!obj || obj->base.refcnt);
99     if (obj && qatomic_fetch_dec(&obj->base.refcnt) == 1) {
100         qobject_destroy(obj);
101     }
102 }
103 
104 /**
105  * qobject_ref(): Increment QObject's reference count
106  *
107  * Returns: the same @obj. The type of @obj will be propagated to the
108  * return type.
109  */
110 #define qobject_ref(obj) ({                     \
111     typeof(obj) _o = (obj);                     \
112     qobject_ref_impl(QOBJECT(_o));              \
113     _o;                                         \
114 })
115 
116 /**
117  * qobject_unref(): Decrement QObject's reference count, deallocate
118  * when it reaches zero
119  */
120 #define qobject_unref(obj) qobject_unref_impl(QOBJECT(obj))
121 
122 /**
123  * qobject_type(): Return the QObject's type
124  */
125 static inline QType qobject_type(const QObject *obj)
126 {
127     assert(QTYPE_NONE < obj->base.type && obj->base.type < QTYPE__MAX);
128     return obj->base.type;
129 }
130 
131 /**
132  * qobject_check_type(): Helper function for the qobject_to() macro.
133  * Return @obj, but only if @obj is not NULL and @type is equal to
134  * @obj's type.  Return NULL otherwise.
135  */
136 static inline QObject *qobject_check_type(const QObject *obj, QType type)
137 {
138     if (obj && qobject_type(obj) == type) {
139         return (QObject *)obj;
140     } else {
141         return NULL;
142     }
143 }
144 
145 #endif /* QOBJECT_H */
146