String's doc comment is useless.  Replace its use in
NetDevPasstOptions by identical types with hopefully useful
documentation.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
---
 qapi/net.json | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 net/passt.c   |  8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
index 8ed51b665c..45ee7ac7ff 100644
--- a/qapi/net.json
+++ b/qapi/net.json
@@ -114,6 +114,41 @@
   'data': {
     'str': 'str' } }
 
+##
+# @PasstSearch:
+#
+# @str: DNS domain name suffix for host name lookup, or "none".  See
+#     passt(1) option --search.
+#
+# Since: 1.2
+##
+{ 'struct': 'PasstSearch',
+  'data': {
+    'str': 'str' } }
+
+##
+# @PasstPortForward:
+#
+# @str: passt port forwarding specification, see passt(1) option
+#     --tcp-ports and --udp-ports.
+#
+# Since: 10.1
+##
+{ 'struct': 'PasstPortForward',
+  'data': {
+    'str': 'str' } }
+
+##
+# @PasstParameter:
+#
+# @str: Additional arguments for the passt executable, see passt(1)
+#
+# Since: 10.1
+##
+{ 'struct': 'PasstParameter',
+  'data': {
+    'str': 'str' } }
+
 ##
 # @NetdevPasstOptions:
 #
@@ -206,7 +241,7 @@
     '*outbound-if4':       'str',
     '*outbound-if6':       'str',
     '*dns':                'str',
-    '*search':             ['String'],
+    '*search':             ['PasstSearch'],
     '*fqdn':               'str',
     '*dhcp-dns':           'bool',
     '*dhcp-search':        'bool',
@@ -224,9 +259,9 @@
     '*freebind':           'bool',
     '*ipv4':               'bool',
     '*ipv6':               'bool',
-    '*tcp-ports':          ['String'],
-    '*udp-ports':          ['String'],
-    '*param':             ['String'] },
+    '*tcp-ports':          ['PasstPortForward'],
+    '*udp-ports':          ['PasstPortForward'],
+    '*param':              ['PasstParameter'] },
     'if': 'CONFIG_PASST' }
 
 ##
diff --git a/net/passt.c b/net/passt.c
index f1f59d50c4..53e0a4f444 100644
--- a/net/passt.c
+++ b/net/passt.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ static GPtrArray *net_passt_decode_args(const NetdevPasstOptions *passt,
     }
 
     if (passt->has_search && passt->search) {
-        const StringList *list = passt->search;
+        const PasstSearchList *list = passt->search;
         GString *domains = g_string_new(list->value->str);
 
         list = list->next;
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static GPtrArray *net_passt_decode_args(const NetdevPasstOptions *passt,
     }
 
     if (passt->has_tcp_ports && passt->tcp_ports) {
-        const StringList *list = passt->tcp_ports;
+        const PasstPortForwardList *list = passt->tcp_ports;
         GString *tcp_ports = g_string_new(list->value->str);
 
         list = list->next;
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static GPtrArray *net_passt_decode_args(const NetdevPasstOptions *passt,
     }
 
     if (passt->has_udp_ports && passt->udp_ports) {
-        const StringList *list = passt->udp_ports;
+        const PasstPortForwardList *list = passt->udp_ports;
         GString *udp_ports = g_string_new(list->value->str);
 
         list = list->next;
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ static GPtrArray *net_passt_decode_args(const NetdevPasstOptions *passt,
     }
 
     if (passt->has_param && passt->param) {
-        const StringList *list = passt->param;
+        const PasstParameterList *list = passt->param;
 
         while (list) {
             g_ptr_array_add(args, g_strdup(list->value->str));
-- 
2.54.0

On Wed, 06 May 2026 12:54:19 +0200, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
> index 8ed51b665cd..45ee7ac7ffc 100644
> --- a/qapi/net.json
> +++ b/qapi/net.json
> @@ -114,6 +114,41 @@
>    'data': {
>      'str': 'str' } }
>  
> +##
> +# @PasstSearch:
> +#
> +# @str: DNS domain name suffix for host name lookup, or "none".  See
> +#     passt(1) option --search.
> +#
> +# Since: 1.2

Since 10.1

-- 
Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>

marcandre.lureau@redhat.com writes:

> On Wed, 06 May 2026 12:54:19 +0200, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> wrote:
>> diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
>> index 8ed51b665cd..45ee7ac7ffc 100644
>> --- a/qapi/net.json
>> +++ b/qapi/net.json
>> @@ -114,6 +114,41 @@
>>    'data': {
>>      'str': 'str' } }
>>  
>> +##
>> +# @PasstSearch:
>> +#
>> +# @str: DNS domain name suffix for host name lookup, or "none".  See
>> +#     passt(1) option --search.
>> +#
>> +# Since: 1.2
>
> Since 10.1

Yes.  I score 2 of 3 points.

Thank you!