vl: Document why objects are delayed

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>
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Markus Armbruster 2019-06-04 17:12:51 +02:00 committed by Paolo Bonzini
parent 9ea18ed25a
commit edfb4389c2
1 changed files with 8 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -2751,19 +2751,25 @@ 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") ||