qemu-char: Add qemu_chr_fe_claim / _release helper functions
Add qemu_chr_fe_claim / _release helper functions for properly dealing with
avail_connections.
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Message-id: 1364412581-3672-2-git-send-email-hdegoede@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
diff --git a/hw/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/qdev-properties-system.c
index d9934b5..a22b155 100644
--- a/hw/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -123,11 +123,10 @@
if (chr == NULL) {
return -ENOENT;
}
- if (chr->avail_connections < 1) {
+ if (qemu_chr_fe_claim(chr) != 0) {
return -EEXIST;
}
*ptr = chr;
- --chr->avail_connections;
return 0;
}
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@
if (chr) {
qemu_chr_add_handlers(chr, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
- ++chr->avail_connections;
+ qemu_chr_fe_release(chr);
}
}
diff --git a/include/char/char.h b/include/char/char.h
index 32c9999..9d1ea46 100644
--- a/include/char/char.h
+++ b/include/char/char.h
@@ -203,6 +203,35 @@
int qemu_chr_fe_get_msgfd(CharDriverState *s);
/**
+ * @qemu_chr_fe_claim:
+ *
+ * Claim a backend before using it, should be called before calling
+ * qemu_chr_add_handlers().
+ *
+ * Returns: -1 if the backend is already in use by another frontend, 0 on
+ * success.
+ */
+int qemu_chr_fe_claim(CharDriverState *s);
+
+/**
+ * @qemu_chr_fe_claim_no_fail:
+ *
+ * Like qemu_chr_fe_claim, but will exit qemu with an error when the
+ * backend is already in use.
+ */
+void qemu_chr_fe_claim_no_fail(CharDriverState *s);
+
+/**
+ * @qemu_chr_fe_claim:
+ *
+ * Release a backend for use by another frontend.
+ *
+ * Returns: -1 if the backend is already in use by another frontend, 0 on
+ * success.
+ */
+void qemu_chr_fe_release(CharDriverState *s);
+
+/**
* @qemu_chr_be_can_write:
*
* Determine how much data the front end can currently accept. This function
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 505a773..100f9a9 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -3452,6 +3452,29 @@
return tag;
}
+int qemu_chr_fe_claim(CharDriverState *s)
+{
+ if (s->avail_connections < 1) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ s->avail_connections--;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void qemu_chr_fe_claim_no_fail(CharDriverState *s)
+{
+ if (qemu_chr_fe_claim(s) != 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: error chardev \"%s\" already used\n",
+ __func__, s->label);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+}
+
+void qemu_chr_fe_release(CharDriverState *s)
+{
+ s->avail_connections++;
+}
+
void qemu_chr_delete(CharDriverState *chr)
{
QTAILQ_REMOVE(&chardevs, chr, next);