[This is not for 9.2 release, but for 10.0]

QEMU defines a frequently used helper container_get(), which (from its name
implies) should return a container object of a specific path, normally
starting from object_get_root() (aka, the root of QOM tree, "/"), or some
sub-directory of root.

We mostly use it correctly across the tree, except two use cases that may
abuse the helper to be similar to object_resolve_path_component():

  - qdev_get_machine()
  - e500_pcihost_bridge_realize()

In the two cases, container_get() might accidentally create a container
even if the goal of the caller is trying to fetch some non-container
object.

This series cleans this up by firstly remove these two abuses, replacing
the container_get() usages with object_resolve_path_component().
Meanwhile, the last patch adds not only rich comment explaining
container_get() usages, but also added a lightweight assertion to make sure
container_get() will always walk on container objects, and always return
container objects.

There's another implicit side effect that container_get() may silently
create missing container objects while walking the path.  We could switch
to an explicit way of using containers in the future, but now leaving that
behavior as-is.

Note, patch 3,4 were picked up from the previous singleton series [1], even
if the vIOMMU patch wasn't present.  It's because they're still required in
this cleanup series to either clean up container_get() user, or to avoid
breaking test_static_prop_subprocess() similarly there.  Looks like that
test is so far the only test that can try to realize() a qdev without a
machine object.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241029211607.2114845-1-peterx@redhat.com

Thanks,

Peter Xu (5):
  qom: Add TYPE_CONTAINER macro
  ppc/e500: Avoid abuse of container_get()
  qdev: Make device_set_realized() always safe in tests
  qdev: Make qdev_get_machine() not use container_get()
  qom: Make container_get() strict to always walk or return container

 include/qom/object.h  |  3 ++-
 hw/arm/stellaris.c    |  2 +-
 hw/core/qdev.c        | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 hw/pci-host/ppce500.c |  4 ++--
 qom/container.c       | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 qom/object.c          |  4 ++--
 6 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

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