qobject: use a QObjectBase_ struct
authorMarc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:01:42 +0000 (17:01 +0200)
committerMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Fri, 4 May 2018 06:27:53 +0000 (08:27 +0200)
commit3d3eacaeccaab718ea0e2ddaa578bfae9e311c59
treee0f8f345f94f9de6b203da0e4a8ff06b23e4c5ae
parent7ee9edfdb117da47c86c9764d90f0be11a648666
qobject: use a QObjectBase_ struct

By moving the base fields to a QObjectBase_, QObject can be a type
which also has a 'base' field. This allows writing a generic QOBJECT()
macro that will work with any QObject type, including QObject
itself. The container_of() macro ensures that the object to cast has a
QObjectBase_ base field, giving some type safety guarantees. QObject
must have no members but QObjectBase_ base, or else QOBJECT() breaks.

QObjectBase_ is not a typedef and uses a trailing underscore to make
it obvious it is not for normal use and to avoid potential abuse.

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20180419150145.24795-3-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
include/qapi/qmp/qbool.h
include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
include/qapi/qmp/qnull.h
include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h
include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h
include/qapi/qmp/qstring.h
qobject/qobject.c
tests/check-qdict.c