X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=HACKING;h=0fc3e0fc04fe6ad00ceb954c25319aa522d5af64;hb=6c22ea9d83ca91a3f5453d2699381a901f144ab5;hp=6654d332493af1c647a9de26d9014195d4f6c0f8;hpb=4cdd2e665ec4bd10c20c26432ee9ffe4db7bcc1c;p=mirror_qemu.git diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 6654d33249..0fc3e0fc04 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -1,10 +1,28 @@ 1. Preprocessor +1.1. Variadic macros + For variadic macros, stick with this C99-like syntax: #define DPRINTF(fmt, ...) \ do { printf("IRQ: " fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0) +1.2. Include directives + +Order include directives as follows: + +#include "qemu/osdep.h" /* Always first... */ +#include <...> /* then system headers... */ +#include "..." /* and finally QEMU headers. */ + +The "qemu/osdep.h" header contains preprocessor macros that affect the behavior +of core system headers like . It must be the first include so that +core system headers included by external libraries get the preprocessor macros +that QEMU depends on. + +Do not include "qemu/osdep.h" from header files since the .c file will have +already included it. + 2. C types It should be common sense to use the right type, but we have collected @@ -40,8 +58,23 @@ speaking, the size of guest memory can always fit into ram_addr_t but it would not be correct to store an actual guest physical address in a ram_addr_t. -Use target_ulong (or abi_ulong) for CPU virtual addresses, however -devices should not need to use target_ulong. +For CPU virtual addresses there are several possible types. +vaddr is the best type to use to hold a CPU virtual address in +target-independent code. It is guaranteed to be large enough to hold a +virtual address for any target, and it does not change size from target +to target. It is always unsigned. +target_ulong is a type the size of a virtual address on the CPU; this means +it may be 32 or 64 bits depending on which target is being built. It should +therefore be used only in target-specific code, and in some +performance-critical built-per-target core code such as the TLB code. +There is also a signed version, target_long. +abi_ulong is for the *-user targets, and represents a type the size of +'void *' in that target's ABI. (This may not be the same as the size of a +full CPU virtual address in the case of target ABIs which use 32 bit pointers +on 64 bit CPUs, like sparc32plus.) Definitions of structures that must match +the target's ABI must use this type for anything that on the target is defined +to be an 'unsigned long' or a pointer type. +There is also a signed version, abi_long. Of course, take all of the above with a grain of salt. If you're about to use some system interface that requires a type like size_t, pid_t or @@ -78,16 +111,24 @@ avoided. Use of the malloc/free/realloc/calloc/valloc/memalign/posix_memalign APIs is not allowed in the QEMU codebase. Instead of these routines, use the GLib memory allocation routines g_malloc/g_malloc0/g_new/ -g_new0/g_realloc/g_free or QEMU's qemu_vmalloc/qemu_memalign/qemu_vfree +g_new0/g_realloc/g_free or QEMU's qemu_memalign/qemu_blockalign/qemu_vfree APIs. Please note that g_malloc will exit on allocation failure, so there is no need to test for failure (as you would have to with malloc). Calling g_malloc with a zero size is valid and will return NULL. -Memory allocated by qemu_vmalloc or qemu_memalign must be freed with -qemu_vfree, since breaking this will cause problems on Win32 and user -emulators. +Prefer g_new(T, n) instead of g_malloc(sizeof(T) * n) for the following +reasons: + + a. It catches multiplication overflowing size_t; + b. It returns T * instead of void *, letting compiler catch more type + errors. + +Declarations like T *v = g_malloc(sizeof(*v)) are acceptable, though. + +Memory allocated by qemu_memalign or qemu_blockalign must be freed with +qemu_vfree, since breaking this will cause problems on Win32. 4. String manipulation @@ -143,3 +184,62 @@ painful. These are: * you may assume that integers are 2s complement representation * you may assume that right shift of a signed integer duplicates the sign bit (ie it is an arithmetic shift, not a logical shift) + +In addition, QEMU assumes that the compiler does not use the latitude +given in C99 and C11 to treat aspects of signed '<<' as undefined, as +documented in the GNU Compiler Collection manual starting at version 4.0. + +7. Error handling and reporting + +7.1 Reporting errors to the human user + +Do not use printf(), fprintf() or monitor_printf(). Instead, use +error_report() or error_vreport() from error-report.h. This ensures the +error is reported in the right place (current monitor or stderr), and in +a uniform format. + +Use error_printf() & friends to print additional information. + +error_report() prints the current location. In certain common cases +like command line parsing, the current location is tracked +automatically. To manipulate it manually, use the loc_*() from +error-report.h. + +7.2 Propagating errors + +An error can't always be reported to the user right where it's detected, +but often needs to be propagated up the call chain to a place that can +handle it. This can be done in various ways. + +The most flexible one is Error objects. See error.h for usage +information. + +Use the simplest suitable method to communicate success / failure to +callers. Stick to common methods: non-negative on success / -1 on +error, non-negative / -errno, non-null / null, or Error objects. + +Example: when a function returns a non-null pointer on success, and it +can fail only in one way (as far as the caller is concerned), returning +null on failure is just fine, and certainly simpler and a lot easier on +the eyes than propagating an Error object through an Error ** parameter. + +Example: when a function's callers need to report details on failure +only the function really knows, use Error **, and set suitable errors. + +Do not report an error to the user when you're also returning an error +for somebody else to handle. Leave the reporting to the place that +consumes the error returned. + +7.3 Handling errors + +Calling exit() is fine when handling configuration errors during +startup. It's problematic during normal operation. In particular, +monitor commands should never exit(). + +Do not call exit() or abort() to handle an error that can be triggered +by the guest (e.g., some unimplemented corner case in guest code +translation or device emulation). Guests should not be able to +terminate QEMU. + +Note that &error_fatal is just another way to exit(1), and &error_abort +is just another way to abort().