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John Snow 7137a96099 qapi: Prefer explicit relative imports
All of the QAPI include statements are changed to be package-aware, as
explicit relative imports.

A quirk of Python packages is that the name of the package exists only
*outside* of the package. This means that to a module inside of the qapi
folder, there is inherently no such thing as the "qapi" package. The
reason these imports work is because the "qapi" package exists in the
context of the caller -- the execution shim, where sys.path includes a
directory that has a 'qapi' folder in it.

When we write "from qapi import sibling", we are NOT referencing the folder
'qapi', but rather "any package named qapi in sys.path". If you should
so happen to have a 'qapi' package in your path, it will use *that*
package.

When we write "from .sibling import foo", we always reference explicitly
our sibling module; guaranteeing consistency in *where* we are importing
these modules from.

This can be useful when working with virtual environments and packages
in development mode. In development mode, a package is installed as a
series of symlinks that forwards to your same source files. The problem
arises because code quality checkers will follow "import qapi.x" to the
"installed" version instead of the sibling file and -- even though they
are the same file -- they have different module paths, and this causes
cyclic import problems, false positive type mismatch errors, and more.

It can also be useful when dealing with hierarchical packages, e.g. if
we allow qemu.core.qmp, qemu.qapi.parser, etc.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20201009161558.107041-6-jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
2020-10-10 11:37:47 +02:00
.github .github: Enable repo-lockdown bot to refuse GitHub pull requests 2020-04-07 16:19:18 +01:00
.gitlab-ci.d gitlab-ci: Increase the timeout for the cross-compiler builds 2020-10-02 12:29:21 +01:00
accel accel/tcg: Fix computing of is_write for MIPS 2020-10-08 05:57:32 -05:00
audio monitor: Use getter/setter functions for cur_mon 2020-10-09 07:08:19 +02:00
authz qom: Remove ParentClassType argument from OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE 2020-09-18 14:12:32 -04:00
backends cryptodev-backend: Register "chardev" as class property 2020-09-22 16:46:09 -04:00
block * Reverse debugging (Pavel) 2020-10-06 15:04:10 +01:00
bsd-user meson: bsd-user 2020-08-21 06:30:38 -04:00
capstone@f8b1b83301 capstone: Update to upstream "next" branch 2020-10-03 04:23:14 -05:00
chardev char: fix logging when chardev write fails 2020-09-30 19:11:36 +02:00
contrib libvhost-user: return on error in vu_log_queue_fill() 2020-09-29 03:06:12 -04:00
crypto qom: Remove ParentClassType argument from OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE 2020-09-18 14:12:32 -04:00
default-configs dtc: Convert Makefile bits to meson bits 2020-10-06 08:34:45 +02:00
disas disas/capstone: Add skipdata hook for s390x 2020-10-03 04:25:14 -05:00
docs docs: repair broken references 2020-10-10 11:37:46 +02:00
dtc@85e5d83984 Makefile: dtc: update, build the libfdt target 2020-06-16 14:49:05 +01:00
dump monitor: Use getter/setter functions for cur_mon 2020-10-09 07:08:19 +02:00
fpu softfloat: Define misc operations for bfloat16 2020-08-28 10:48:07 -07:00
fsdev Pull request trivial patches 20200919 2020-09-22 15:42:23 +01:00
gdb-xml target/avr: CPU class: Add GDB support 2020-07-10 17:58:32 +02:00
hw ppc patch queue 2020-10-09 2020-10-09 15:48:04 +01:00
include ppc patch queue 2020-10-09 2020-10-09 15:48:04 +01:00
io qom: Remove ParentClassType argument from OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE 2020-09-18 14:12:32 -04:00
libdecnumber qemu/: fix some comment spelling errors 2020-09-17 20:35:43 +02:00
linux-headers linux headers: sync to 5.9-rc7 2020-10-08 15:24:32 +01:00
linux-user qemu/atomic.h: rename atomic_ to qatomic_ 2020-09-23 16:07:44 +01:00
meson@68ed748f84 meson: bump submodule to 0.55.1 2020-09-01 01:51:51 -04:00
migration Error reporting patches for 2020-10-09 2020-10-09 14:47:45 +01:00
monitor hmp: Add support for coroutine command handlers 2020-10-09 07:08:20 +02:00
nbd nbd: Merge nbd_export_new() and nbd_export_create() 2020-10-02 15:46:40 +02:00
net monitor: Use getter/setter functions for cur_mon 2020-10-09 07:08:19 +02:00
pc-bios pc-bios/s390: Update the s390-ccw bios binaries 2020-10-06 20:14:48 +02:00
plugins meson: link emulators without Makefile.target 2020-08-21 06:30:40 -04:00
po meson: convert po/ 2020-08-21 06:30:45 -04:00
python/qemu python/qemu: Change ConsoleSocket to optionally drain socket. 2020-07-27 09:41:56 +01:00
qapi block: Convert 'block_resize' to coroutine 2020-10-09 07:08:20 +02:00
qga qmp: Call monitor_set_cur() only in qmp_dispatch() 2020-10-09 07:08:19 +02:00
qobject qemu/: fix some comment spelling errors 2020-09-17 20:35:43 +02:00
qom qom: Improve error message displayed with missing object properties 2020-10-06 11:09:35 -04:00
replay replay: create temporary snapshot at debugger connection 2020-10-06 08:34:49 +02:00
roms seabios: add microvm config, update build rules 2020-09-17 14:16:19 +02:00
scripts qapi: Prefer explicit relative imports 2020-10-10 11:37:47 +02:00
scsi qemu/atomic.h: rename atomic_ to qatomic_ 2020-09-23 16:07:44 +01:00
slirp@ce94eba204 slirp: update to latest stable-4.2 branch 2020-07-28 18:27:59 +04:00
softmmu monitor: Use getter/setter functions for cur_mon 2020-10-09 07:08:19 +02:00
storage-daemon qemu-storage-daemon: Fix help line for --export 2020-10-02 15:46:40 +02:00
stubs monitor: Make current monitor a per-coroutine property 2020-10-09 07:08:19 +02:00
target ppc: Fix return value in cpu_post_load() error path 2020-10-09 10:15:06 +11:00
tcg tcg: Remove TCG_TARGET_HAS_cmp_vec 2020-10-08 05:57:32 -05:00
tests qapi: Add a 'coroutine' flag for commands 2020-10-09 07:08:19 +02:00
tools virtiofsd: Add -o allow_direct_io|no_allow_direct_io options 2020-09-25 12:45:58 +01:00
trace monitor: Use getter/setter functions for cur_mon 2020-10-09 07:08:19 +02:00
ui ui: relocate paths to icons and translations 2020-09-30 19:11:36 +02:00
util util/async: Add aio_co_reschedule_self() 2020-10-09 07:08:20 +02:00
.cirrus.yml cirrus: Building freebsd in a single shot 2020-09-16 12:15:07 +02:00
.dir-locals.el Add .dir-locals.el file to configure emacs coding style 2015-10-08 19:46:01 +03:00
.editorconfig meson: rename included C source files to .c.inc 2020-08-21 06:18:30 -04:00
.exrc qemu: add .exrc 2012-09-07 09:02:44 +03:00
.gdbinit .gdbinit: load QEMU sub-commands when gdb starts 2017-06-07 14:38:45 +01:00
.gitignore Add *.pyc back to the .gitignore file 2020-09-23 19:09:56 +02:00
.gitlab-ci.yml gitlab: split deprecated job into build/check stages 2020-10-02 12:31:34 +01:00
.gitmodules gitmodules: add qemu.org vbootrom submodule 2020-09-23 13:44:59 +01:00
.gitpublish Add a git-publish configuration file 2018-03-05 09:03:17 +00:00
.mailmap mailmap: Add entry for Greg Kurz 2020-09-01 11:13:02 +02:00
.patchew.yml ci: store Patchew configuration in the tree 2019-06-03 14:03:02 +02:00
.readthedocs.yml readthedocs: build with Python 3.6 2020-10-05 16:30:45 +01:00
.shippable.yml shippable.yml: Remove the Debian9-based MinGW cross-compiler tests 2020-10-02 12:29:11 +01:00
.travis.yml travis: remove TCI test 2020-10-03 08:07:34 -04:00
block.c block: Add bdrv_lock()/unlock() 2020-10-09 07:08:20 +02:00
blockdev-nbd.c nbd: Merge nbd_export_new() and nbd_export_create() 2020-10-02 15:46:40 +02:00
blockdev.c block: Convert 'block_resize' to coroutine 2020-10-09 07:08:20 +02:00
blockjob.c qemu/atomic.h: rename atomic_ to qatomic_ 2020-09-23 16:07:44 +01:00
bootdevice.c error: Eliminate error_propagate() manually 2020-07-10 15:18:08 +02:00
Changelog qemu/: fix some comment spelling errors 2020-09-17 20:35:43 +02:00
CODING_STYLE.rst CODING_STYLE.rst: flesh out our naming conventions. 2020-09-10 10:34:58 +01:00
configure configure: don't enable ASLR for --enable-debug Windows builds 2020-10-06 08:34:49 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: update from FSF 2008-10-12 17:54:42 +00:00
COPYING.LIB COPYING.LIB: Synchronize the LGPL 2.1 with the version from gnu.org 2019-01-30 11:01:22 +01:00
cpus-common.c qemu/atomic.h: rename atomic_ to qatomic_ 2020-09-23 16:07:44 +01:00
device_tree.c device_tree: Constify compat in qemu_fdt_node_path() 2020-04-30 15:35:41 +01:00
disas.c disas: Enable capstone disassembly for s390x 2020-10-03 04:25:14 -05:00
dma-helpers.c cpu-timers, icount: new modules 2020-10-05 16:41:22 +02:00
exec-vary.c exec: Cache TARGET_PAGE_MASK for TARGET_PAGE_BITS_VARY 2019-10-28 10:35:20 +01:00
exec.c error: Use error_fatal to simplify obvious fatal errors (again) 2020-10-09 08:36:23 +02:00
gdbstub.c replay: create temporary snapshot at debugger connection 2020-10-06 08:34:49 +02:00
gitdm.config contrib: gitdm: add a mapping for Janus Technologies 2019-03-12 19:31:29 +00:00
hmp-commands-info.hx replay: introduce info hmp/qmp command 2020-10-06 08:34:49 +02:00
hmp-commands.hx block: Convert 'block_resize' to coroutine 2020-10-09 07:08:20 +02:00
iothread.c qemu/atomic.h: rename atomic_ to qatomic_ 2020-09-23 16:07:44 +01:00
job-qmp.c trace: switch position of headers to what Meson requires 2020-08-21 06:18:24 -04:00
job.c trace: switch position of headers to what Meson requires 2020-08-21 06:18:24 -04:00
Kconfig Makefile: simplify MINIKCONF rules 2020-07-10 18:02:21 -04:00
Kconfig.host configure: Fix build dependencies with vhost-vdpa. 2020-09-29 02:15:24 -04:00
LICENSE tcg/LICENSE: Remove out of date claim about TCG subdirectory licensing 2019-11-11 15:11:21 +01:00
MAINTAINERS tests/acceptance: add reverse debugging test 2020-10-06 08:34:50 +02:00
Makefile dtc: Convert Makefile bits to meson bits 2020-10-06 08:34:45 +02:00
memory_ldst.c.inc meson: rename included C source files to .c.inc 2020-08-21 06:18:30 -04:00
meson_options.txt dtc: Convert Makefile bits to meson bits 2020-10-06 08:34:45 +02:00
meson.build configure: consistently pass CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS to meson 2020-10-06 08:34:49 +02:00
module-common.c all: Clean up includes 2016-02-04 17:41:30 +00:00
os-posix.c vl: relocate paths to data directories 2020-09-30 19:11:36 +02:00
os-win32.c vl: relocate paths to data directories 2020-09-30 19:11:36 +02:00
qdev-monitor.c qdev: Fix device_add DRIVER,help to print to monitor 2020-07-21 17:22:44 +02:00
qemu-bridge-helper.c qemu-bridge-helper: relocate path to default ACL 2020-09-30 19:11:36 +02:00
qemu-edid.c edid: use physical dimensions if available 2020-09-29 10:08:25 +02:00
qemu-img-cmds.hx block/amend: add 'force' option 2020-07-06 08:49:28 +02:00
qemu-img.c bitmaps patches for 2020-09-21 2020-09-23 15:11:38 +01:00
qemu-io-cmds.c qemu-io-cmds: Simplify help_oneline 2020-10-02 15:46:40 +02:00
qemu-io.c block: add missing socket_init() calls to tools 2020-09-02 16:47:39 -05:00
qemu-keymap.c Include qemu-common.h exactly where needed 2019-06-12 13:20:20 +02:00
qemu-nbd.c block/export: Move writable to BlockExportOptions 2020-10-02 15:46:40 +02:00
qemu-options-wrapper.h qemu-img: remove references to GEN_DOCS 2018-05-20 08:35:54 +03:00
qemu-options.h Clean up ill-advised or unusual header guards 2016-07-12 16:20:46 +02:00
qemu-options.hx docs: add 'io_uring' option to 'aio' param in qemu-options.hx 2020-10-05 10:59:42 +01:00
qemu-seccomp.c seccomp: fix killing of whole process instead of thread 2020-09-15 12:56:26 +02:00
qemu.nsi qemu.nsi: Install Sphinx documentation 2020-03-09 16:45:00 +00:00
qemu.sasl Default to GSSAPI (Kerberos) instead of DIGEST-MD5 for SASL 2017-05-09 14:41:47 +01:00
README.rst docs: merge HACKING.rst contents into CODING_STYLE.rst 2019-09-05 14:27:06 +01:00
replication.c replication: Introduce new APIs to do replication operation 2016-09-13 11:00:56 +01:00
replication.h Include qemu/module.h where needed, drop it from qemu-common.h 2019-06-12 13:18:33 +02:00
thunk.c linux-user: Add strace support for printing arguments for ioctls used for terminals and serial lines 2020-08-27 12:29:50 +02:00
tpm.c tpm: Improve help on TPM types when none are available 2020-07-24 12:44:13 -04:00
trace-events trace-events: Fix attribution of trace points to source 2020-09-09 17:17:58 +01:00
VERSION Open 5.2 development tree 2020-08-18 13:44:04 +01:00
version.rc Use HTTPS for qemu.org and other domains 2017-11-21 13:34:13 +00:00
version.texi.in meson: build texi doc 2020-08-21 06:30:42 -04:00

===========
QEMU README
===========

QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.

QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).

QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.

QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.

QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.


Building
========

QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:


.. code-block:: shell

  mkdir build
  cd build
  ../configure
  make

Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:

* `<https://qemu.org/Hosts/Linux>`_
* `<https://qemu.org/Hosts/Mac>`_
* `<https://qemu.org/Hosts/W32>`_


Submitting patches
==================

The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.

.. code-block:: shell

   git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu.git

When submitting patches, one common approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
guidelines set out in the CODING_STYLE.rst file.

Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website

* `<https://qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch>`_
* `<https://qemu.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches>`_

The QEMU website is also maintained under source control.

.. code-block:: shell

  git clone https://git.qemu.org/git/qemu-web.git

* `<https://www.qemu.org/2017/02/04/the-new-qemu-website-is-up/>`_

A 'git-publish' utility was created to make above process less
cumbersome, and is highly recommended for making regular contributions,
or even just for sending consecutive patch series revisions. It also
requires a working 'git send-email' setup, and by default doesn't
automate everything, so you may want to go through the above steps
manually for once.

For installation instructions, please go to

*  `<https://github.com/stefanha/git-publish>`_

The workflow with 'git-publish' is:

.. code-block:: shell

  $ git checkout master -b my-feature
  $ # work on new commits, add your 'Signed-off-by' lines to each
  $ git publish

Your patch series will be sent and tagged as my-feature-v1 if you need to refer
back to it in the future.

Sending v2:

.. code-block:: shell

  $ git checkout my-feature # same topic branch
  $ # making changes to the commits (using 'git rebase', for example)
  $ git publish

Your patch series will be sent with 'v2' tag in the subject and the git tip
will be tagged as my-feature-v2.

Bug reporting
=============

The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:

* `<https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/>`_

If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
reported via launchpad.

For additional information on bug reporting consult:

* `<https://qemu.org/Contribute/ReportABug>`_


Contact
=======

The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC

* `<mailto:qemu-devel@nongnu.org>`_
* `<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel>`_
* #qemu on irc.oftc.net

Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:

* `<https://qemu.org/Contribute/StartHere>`_