1 /* 2 * QEMU Object Model. 3 * 4 * Based on ideas by Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> 5 * 6 * Copyright (C) 2009 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 reference 19 * is strong, you are responsible for calling QDECREF() on the reference 20 * 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 QINCREF() 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 * QDECREF() 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 <stddef.h> 36 #include <assert.h> 37 38 typedef enum { 39 QTYPE_NONE, 40 QTYPE_QINT, 41 QTYPE_QSTRING, 42 QTYPE_QDICT, 43 QTYPE_QLIST, 44 QTYPE_QFLOAT, 45 QTYPE_QBOOL, 46 QTYPE_QERROR, 47 QTYPE_MAX, 48 } qtype_code; 49 50 struct QObject; 51 52 typedef struct QType { 53 qtype_code code; 54 void (*destroy)(struct QObject *); 55 } QType; 56 57 typedef struct QObject { 58 const QType *type; 59 size_t refcnt; 60 } QObject; 61 62 /* Objects definitions must include this */ 63 #define QObject_HEAD \ 64 QObject base 65 66 /* Get the 'base' part of an object */ 67 #define QOBJECT(obj) (&(obj)->base) 68 69 /* High-level interface for qobject_incref() */ 70 #define QINCREF(obj) \ 71 qobject_incref(QOBJECT(obj)) 72 73 /* High-level interface for qobject_decref() */ 74 #define QDECREF(obj) \ 75 qobject_decref(obj ? QOBJECT(obj) : NULL) 76 77 /* Initialize an object to default values */ 78 #define QOBJECT_INIT(obj, qtype_type) \ 79 obj->base.refcnt = 1; \ 80 obj->base.type = qtype_type 81 82 /** 83 * qobject_incref(): Increment QObject's reference count 84 */ 85 static inline void qobject_incref(QObject *obj) 86 { 87 if (obj) 88 obj->refcnt++; 89 } 90 91 /** 92 * qobject_decref(): Decrement QObject's reference count, deallocate 93 * when it reaches zero 94 */ 95 static inline void qobject_decref(QObject *obj) 96 { 97 if (obj && --obj->refcnt == 0) { 98 assert(obj->type != NULL); 99 assert(obj->type->destroy != NULL); 100 obj->type->destroy(obj); 101 } 102 } 103 104 /** 105 * qobject_type(): Return the QObject's type 106 */ 107 static inline qtype_code qobject_type(const QObject *obj) 108 { 109 assert(obj->type != NULL); 110 return obj->type->code; 111 } 112 113 #endif /* QOBJECT_H */ 114