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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 "qapi/qapi-builtin-types.h"
36 
37 /* Not for use outside include/qapi/qmp/ */
38 struct QObjectBase_ {
39     QType type;
40     size_t refcnt;
41 };
42 
43 /* this struct must have no other members than base */
44 struct QObject {
45     struct QObjectBase_ base;
46 };
47 
48 #define QOBJECT(obj) ({                                         \
49     typeof(obj) _obj = (obj);                                   \
50     _obj ? container_of(&(_obj)->base, QObject, base) : NULL;   \
51 })
52 
53 /* Required for qobject_to() */
54 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QNull     QTYPE_QNULL
55 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QNum      QTYPE_QNUM
56 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QString   QTYPE_QSTRING
57 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QDict     QTYPE_QDICT
58 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QList     QTYPE_QLIST
59 #define QTYPE_CAST_TO_QBool     QTYPE_QBOOL
60 
61 QEMU_BUILD_BUG_MSG(QTYPE__MAX != 7,
62                    "The QTYPE_CAST_TO_* list needs to be extended");
63 
64 #define qobject_to(type, obj)                                       \
65     ((type *)qobject_check_type(obj, glue(QTYPE_CAST_TO_, type)))
66 
67 static inline void qobject_ref_impl(QObject *obj)
68 {
69     if (obj) {
70         obj->base.refcnt++;
71     }
72 }
73 
74 /**
75  * qobject_is_equal(): Return whether the two objects are equal.
76  *
77  * Any of the pointers may be NULL; return true if both are.  Always
78  * return false if only one is (therefore a QNull object is not
79  * considered equal to a NULL pointer).
80  */
81 bool qobject_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
82 
83 /**
84  * qobject_destroy(): Free resources used by the object
85  * For use via qobject_unref() only!
86  */
87 void qobject_destroy(QObject *obj);
88 
89 static inline void qobject_unref_impl(QObject *obj)
90 {
91     assert(!obj || obj->base.refcnt);
92     if (obj && --obj->base.refcnt == 0) {
93         qobject_destroy(obj);
94     }
95 }
96 
97 /**
98  * qobject_ref(): Increment QObject's reference count
99  *
100  * Returns: the same @obj. The type of @obj will be propagated to the
101  * return type.
102  */
103 #define qobject_ref(obj) ({                     \
104     typeof(obj) _o = (obj);                     \
105     qobject_ref_impl(QOBJECT(_o));              \
106     _o;                                         \
107 })
108 
109 /**
110  * qobject_unref(): Decrement QObject's reference count, deallocate
111  * when it reaches zero
112  */
113 #define qobject_unref(obj) qobject_unref_impl(QOBJECT(obj))
114 
115 /**
116  * qobject_type(): Return the QObject's type
117  */
118 static inline QType qobject_type(const QObject *obj)
119 {
120     assert(QTYPE_NONE < obj->base.type && obj->base.type < QTYPE__MAX);
121     return obj->base.type;
122 }
123 
124 /**
125  * qobject_check_type(): Helper function for the qobject_to() macro.
126  * Return @obj, but only if @obj is not NULL and @type is equal to
127  * @obj's type.  Return NULL otherwise.
128  */
129 static inline QObject *qobject_check_type(const QObject *obj, QType type)
130 {
131     if (obj && qobject_type(obj) == type) {
132         return (QObject *)obj;
133     } else {
134         return NULL;
135     }
136 }
137 
138 #endif /* QOBJECT_H */
139