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From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 19:31:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] vl: Document why objects are delayed
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RH-Author: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-id: <20190606193139.31976-3-armbru@redhat.com>
Patchwork-id: 88610
O-Subject: [RHEL-AV-8.1.0 qemu-kvm PATCH 2/2] vl: Document why objects are delayed
Bugzilla: 1714891
RH-Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>

Objects should not be "delayed" without a reason, as the previous
commit demonstrates.  The remaining ones have reasons.  State them.
and demand future ones come with such a statement.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20190604151251.9903-3-armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit edfb4389c26cbfd873707306024130bda6049780)
Signed-off-by: Danilo C. L. de Paula <ddepaula@redhat.com>
---
 vl.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 627e37d..686c639 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2852,19 +2852,25 @@ static bool object_create_initial(const char *type, QemuOpts *opts)
         exit(0);
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Objects should not be made "delayed" without a reason.  If you
+     * add one, state the reason in a comment!
+     */
+
+    /* Reason: rng-egd property "chardev" */
     if (g_str_equal(type, "rng-egd")) {
         return false;
     }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_VHOST_USER) && defined(CONFIG_LINUX)
+    /* Reason: cryptodev-vhost-user property "chardev" */
     if (g_str_equal(type, "cryptodev-vhost-user")) {
         return false;
     }
 #endif
 
     /*
-     * return false for concrete netfilters since
-     * they depend on netdevs already existing
+     * Reason: filter-* property "netdev" etc.
      */
     if (g_str_equal(type, "filter-buffer") ||
         g_str_equal(type, "filter-dump") ||
-- 
1.8.3.1