Hi,

This series connects QOM and qdev properties to the QAPI type system, so
that management tools can discover the QAPI schema type of each object
property.

Today, QOM properties carry a free-form "type" string ("bool", "uint32",
"OnOffAuto", ..) that has no formal link to the QAPI schema exposed by
query-qmp-schema. Management tools must maintain ad-hoc mappings or rely
on naming conventions to figure out how to interpret property values.

This series adds:
  - A new QAPITypeInfo struct that pairs a property with its QAPI schema
    type name, enum lookup table, and list-element type.

  - A QAPI code generator (qapi-type-infos) that emits a QAPITypeInfo
    instance for every schema-defined type, including the mapping
    between internal C names and the schema name visible to clients.

  - A "qapi-type" field in the ObjectPropertyInfo and
    ObjectPropertyValue QMP structs, populated from the QAPITypeInfo
    when present giving clients a cross-reference into query-qmp-schema
    output.

  - Conversion of all PropertyInfo definitions from the old
    .type/.enum_table strings to the new .qapi_type pointer.

  - Replacement of the generic qdev_prop_array with typed per-element
    array PropertyInfos, removing the arrayinfo/arrayfieldsize
    indirection from struct Property.

  - Removal of the deprecated PropertyInfo.type and .enum_table fields,
    and of the old object_property_add_enum/add_tm APIs.

Along the way, a few pre-existing type mismatches in property
definitions are fixed, the "struct tm" RTC property is replaced with a
proper QAPI StructTm type etc. Introducing more specific types or a
"typedef" to QAPI could help provide better associated type informations
than plain "str" in many cases, for example.

Comments welcome!

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
---
Changes in v5:
- make "masked_name" mandatory, skip QType QAPITypeInfo generation
- added/split "hw/ppc/spapr_caps: fix property type name" patch
- added "qapi: select introspectable types directly", simplifying type discovery
- fixed an include path
- doc adjustments
- rebased, collect r-b trailers
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260904-qom-qapi-v4-0-a985f168e938@redhat.com

Changes in v4:
- new patch "qom/qmp: populate description & default-value"
- added gtk-doc comments for class_property_add_qapi*()
- correct some property types to reflect the visitor
- collected rb, rebased
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260818-qom-qapi-v3-0-24b8bbbe3d86@redhat.com

Changes in v3:
- QAPI analysis redesign (replacing the old "expose name map" from
introspect)
- all non-implicit QAPI types are now introspectable, including QOM-only
types
- QAPITypeInfo.schema_name -> masked_name
- exposes integer signedness and width through query-qmp-schema
- various extra property fixes
- rebase, some patch split or merge

- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260616-qom-qapi-v2-0-cc9396b9c18c@redhat.com

Changes in v2:

- Added kernel-doc documentation for the QAPITypeInfo struct fields.
- Dropped "qom: drop free-form property typename registration", it's
  still needed for array of links to provide useful type names.
- Added qdev_prop_link_list for array-of-links properties, with a
  create function that generates "link<TYPE>List" type names matching the
  existing "link<TYPE>" convention.
- qdev_prop_link now uses &str_type_info instead of "link" (the full
  "link<TYPE>" type name is set at property-add time)
- Simplified DEFINE_PROP_LINK_ARRAY to use qdev_prop_link_list, dropping
  the now-unnecessary _arraytype parameter.
- rebased
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260510-qom-qapi-v1-0-48ba6a1a1fa5@redhat.com

To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
Cc: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Cc: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
Cc: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@mailo.com>

---
Marc-André Lureau (62):
      qapi: add QAPITypeInfo struct definition
      qapi/gen: fix _module_basename for multi-dash 'what' parameters
      qapi: factor out QAPISchemaUsedTypes from introspect visitor
      qapi: register all introspectable types, not just QMP-reachable ones
      qapi: add type-infos generator
      meson: add qapi-type-infos-*.c/h to build
      qom: add qapi_type field to ObjectProperty
      qapi/qom: add qapi-type field to ObjectPropertyInfo
      qom/qmp: populate qapi-type in QMP handlers
      qom/qmp: populate description & default-value in qom_property_info()
      qom: add object_property_set_default_enum()
      qom: add object_{class_}property_add_qapi
      qom: add object_{class_}property_add_qapi_enum
      tests: update check-qom-proplist for QAPI-aware property registration
      qom: convert enum properties to QAPI-aware registration
      qom: remove old enum property registration API
      qom: convert struct properties to QAPI-aware registration
      x86: convert OnOffAuto properties to QAPI-aware registration
      microvm: convert OnOffAuto properties to QAPI-aware registration
      pc: convert OnOffAuto vmport property to QAPI-aware registration
      arm/virt: convert OnOffAuto acpi property to QAPI-aware registration
      riscv/virt: convert OnOffAuto properties to QAPI-aware registration
      loongarch/virt: convert OnOffAuto properties to QAPI-aware registration
      hostmem-file: convert OnOffAuto rom property to QAPI-aware registration
      sev: convert OnOffAuto legacy-vm-type property to QAPI-aware registration
      whpx: convert OnOffAuto hyperv property to QAPI-aware registration
      whpx: convert OnOffAuto arch properties to QAPI-aware registration
      accel/kvm: convert OnOffSplit property to QAPI-aware registration
      whpx: convert OnOffSplit property to QAPI-aware registration
      hw/ppc/spapr_caps: fix property type name
      ppc/spapr-caps: convert to QAPI-aware property registration
      net/colo-compare: fix compare_timeout setter visitor type
      net/colo-compare: fix max_queue_size setter visitor type
      hw/misc/xlnx-versal-trng: add missing getter for fips-fault-events
      qom: convert scalar properties to QAPI-aware registration
      i386/cpu: convert strList property to QAPI-aware registration
      accel/hvf: convert OnOffSplit property to QAPI-aware registration
      i386/x86: convert SgxEPCList property to QAPI-aware registration
      virtio-balloon: convert guest-stats property to QAPI type
      qom: replace object_property_add_tm with StructTm QAPI type
      hw/nvdimm: convert UUID property to QAPI-aware registration
      hw/s390-virtio-ccw: convert loadparm property to QAPI-aware registration
      hw/ppc/spapr_drc: convert fdt property to QAPI-aware registration
      hw/gpio/pca955x: use QAPI enums for led and pin properties
      include: add QEMU_REPEAT helper macro
      hw/gpio/pca955x: convert pin/led property to QAPI-aware enum
      hw/pci: change the busnr type to uint8
      qdev: add qapi_type field to PropertyInfo with fallback registration
      qdev: convert core PropertyInfo definitions to use qapi_type
      qdev: adjust PciDevfn declared type
      qdev: convert system PropertyInfo definitions to use qapi_type
      hw: convert device-local PropertyInfo definitions to use qapi_type
      target/riscv: convert PropertyInfo definitions to use qapi_type
      qdev: convert PropertyInfo definitions to use qapi_type
      qdev: introduce typed array PropertyInfos
      qdev: simplify DEFINE_PROP_ARRAY and remove generic array PropertyInfo
      qdev: remove deprecated PropertyInfo.type and .enum_table fields
      hw/i386: convert PCSouthBridgeOption to QAPI enum
      qom: use QAPITypeInfo in object_property_get_enum
      qapi: expose integer signedness and width in introspection
      tests/qmp-cmd-test: assert qapi-type resolves in query-qmp-schema
      qapi: select introspectable types directly

 accel/hvf/hvf-all.c                      |  29 ++--
 accel/kvm/kvm-all.c                      |  31 ++--
 accel/nitro/nitro-accel.c                |   3 +-
 accel/tcg/tcg-all.c                      |   3 +-
 accel/whpx/whpx-common.c                 |  58 +++----
 authz/list.c                             |  14 +-
 backends/cryptodev.c                     |   7 +-
 backends/hostmem-file.c                  |  33 ++--
 backends/hostmem-memfd.c                 |   3 +-
 backends/hostmem.c                       |  20 +--
 backends/spdm-socket.c                   |   4 +-
 backends/tpm/tpm_util.c                  |   3 +-
 block/throttle-groups.c                  |  10 +-
 chardev/char-socket.c                    |   3 +-
 crypto/secret_common.c                   |  12 +-
 crypto/secret_keyring.c                  |   9 +-
 crypto/tlscreds.c                        |  12 +-
 docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst             | 112 ++++++++++++-
 docs/interop/virtio-balloon-stats.rst    |  22 +--
 event-loop-base.c                        |   7 +-
 hw/acpi/ich9.c                           |   1 +
 hw/acpi/pci.c                            |   7 +-
 hw/arm/virt.c                            |  31 ++--
 hw/block/xen-block.c                     |   3 +-
 hw/core/clock.c                          |   3 +-
 hw/core/machine-qmp-cmds.c               |   3 +-
 hw/core/machine.c                        |  13 +-
 hw/core/qdev-prop-internal.h             |  20 +++
 hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c         |  97 ++++++------
 hw/core/qdev-properties.c                | 180 ++++++++++++++-------
 hw/cpu/core.c                            |  10 +-
 hw/cxl/cxl-host.c                        |   6 +-
 hw/display/apple-gfx-mmio.m              |   2 +-
 hw/display/apple-gfx-pci.m               |   2 +-
 hw/display/apple-gfx.h                   |   1 +
 hw/display/apple-gfx.m                   |   7 +-
 hw/gpio/aspeed_gpio.c                    |   5 +-
 hw/gpio/aspeed_sgpio.c                   |   3 +-
 hw/gpio/pca9552.c                        | 261 ++++++++++++-------------------
 hw/gpio/pca9554.c                        | 157 +++++++------------
 hw/gpio/stm32l4x5_gpio.c                 |   5 +-
 hw/i386/microvm.c                        |  80 ++++------
 hw/i386/pc.c                             |  32 ++--
 hw/i386/pc_piix.c                        |  61 +++-----
 hw/i386/sgx-epc.c                        |   3 +-
 hw/i386/x86.c                            | 113 ++++++-------
 hw/ide/ide-dev.c                         |   3 +-
 hw/input/stellaris_gamepad.c             |   2 +-
 hw/intc/apic_common.c                    |   3 +-
 hw/intc/arm_gicv3_common.c               |   2 +-
 hw/intc/arm_gicv5_common.c               |   4 +-
 hw/intc/rx_icu.c                         |   4 +-
 hw/loongarch/virt.c                      |  87 +++++------
 hw/mem/nvdimm.c                          |  11 +-
 hw/mem/pc-dimm.c                         |   3 +-
 hw/microblaze/petalogix_s3adsp1800_mmu.c |  19 ++-
 hw/misc/arm_sysctl.c                     |   4 +-
 hw/misc/aspeed_lpc.c                     |  73 ++++++---
 hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.c                    |   3 +-
 hw/misc/mps2-scc.c                       |   2 +-
 hw/misc/npcm7xx_mft.c                    |   3 +-
 hw/misc/tz-ppc.c                         |  19 +--
 hw/misc/xlnx-versal-trng.c               |  15 +-
 hw/net/ne2000-isa.c                      |   3 +-
 hw/net/rocker/rocker.c                   |   2 +-
 hw/net/virtio-net.c                      |   2 +-
 hw/nvme/ctrl.c                           |   3 +-
 hw/nvme/nguid.c                          |   3 +-
 hw/nvram/xlnx-bbram.c                    |   3 +-
 hw/nvram/xlnx-efuse.c                    |   5 +-
 hw/nvram/xlnx-versal-efuse-ctrl.c        |   2 +-
 hw/pci-bridge/pci_expander_bridge.c      |   3 +-
 hw/pci-host/i440fx.c                     |  29 ++--
 hw/pci-host/pnv_phb3.c                   |   5 +-
 hw/pci-host/pnv_phb4.c                   |   5 +-
 hw/pci-host/q35.c                        |   9 +-
 hw/pci/pci.c                             |   3 +-
 hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c                      |  39 ++---
 hw/ppc/spapr_drc.c                       |   5 +-
 hw/ppc/spapr_rtc.c                       |  18 ++-
 hw/remote/vfio-user-obj.c                |  22 +--
 hw/riscv/microchip_pfsoc.c               |   3 +-
 hw/riscv/riscv_hart.c                    |   6 +-
 hw/riscv/virt.c                          |  52 +++---
 hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.c                     |  16 +-
 hw/s390x/ccw-device.c                    |   3 +-
 hw/s390x/css.c                           |   5 +-
 hw/s390x/s390-pci-bus.c                  |   3 +-
 hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c               |   4 +-
 hw/s390x/sclpcpi.c                       |   8 +-
 hw/s390x/virtio-ccw-mem.c                |   3 +-
 hw/sensor/adc128d818.c                   |  16 +-
 hw/sensor/adm1266.c                      |   3 +-
 hw/sensor/adm1272.c                      |   9 +-
 hw/sensor/emc141x.c                      |   9 +-
 hw/sensor/isl_pmbus_vr.c                 |  19 +--
 hw/sensor/lsm303dlhc_mag.c               |   9 +-
 hw/sensor/max34451.c                     |   5 +-
 hw/sensor/tmp105.c                       |   3 +-
 hw/sensor/tmp421.c                       |   9 +-
 hw/usb/dev-storage-classic.c             |   3 +-
 hw/vfio-user/pci.c                       |   5 +-
 hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c                     |   3 +-
 hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c               |  87 ++++-------
 hw/virtio/virtio-iommu-pci.c             |   2 +-
 hw/virtio/virtio-mem-pci.c               |   3 +-
 hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c                   |  18 ++-
 hw/xen/xen-pvh-common.c                  |   9 +-
 include/chardev/char.h                   |   8 -
 include/hw/block/block.h                 |   2 +-
 include/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.h |   2 +
 include/hw/core/qdev-properties.h        |  40 +++--
 include/hw/cxl/cxl_component.h           |   5 +-
 include/hw/i386/pc.h                     |   4 +-
 include/qapi/qapi-type-info.h            |  31 ++++
 include/qemu/osdep.h                     |  33 ++++
 include/qemu/uuid.h                      |   4 +
 include/qom/object.h                     | 185 +++++++++++++++-------
 iothread.c                               |   9 +-
 meson.build                              |   2 +
 migration/options.c                      |   4 +-
 monitor/qmp.c                            |  12 +-
 net/colo-compare.c                       |  15 +-
 net/dump.c                               |   6 +-
 net/filter-buffer.c                      |   3 +-
 net/filter.c                             |  10 +-
 qapi/common.json                         |  28 ++++
 qapi/introspect.json                     |  20 ++-
 qapi/machine.json                        | 152 ++++++++++++++++++
 qapi/meson.build                         |   4 +
 qapi/pragma.json                         |   1 +
 qapi/qom.json                            |  10 ++
 qga/meson.build                          |   2 +
 qom/object.c                             | 236 +++++++++++++---------------
 qom/qom-qmp-cmds.c                       |  47 +++---
 scripts/qapi/backend.py                  |   9 +-
 scripts/qapi/gen.py                      |   2 +-
 scripts/qapi/introspect.py               | 111 ++++++-------
 scripts/qapi/schema.py                   |  16 +-
 scripts/qapi/schema_analysis.py          |  69 ++++++++
 scripts/qapi/type_infos.py               | 175 +++++++++++++++++++++
 system/bootdevice.c                      |   3 +-
 system/memory.c                          |   5 +-
 target/arm/cpu64.c                       |  11 +-
 target/arm/kvm.c                         |   3 +-
 target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c                   |  11 +-
 target/i386/cpu.c                        |  26 +--
 target/i386/kvm/kvm.c                    |  38 +++--
 target/i386/kvm/tdx.c                    |   4 +-
 target/i386/sev.c                        |  31 ++--
 target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c              | 101 ++++--------
 target/ppc/compat.c                      |   3 +-
 target/riscv/cpu.c                       |  47 +++---
 target/riscv/kvm/kvm-cpu.c               |   7 +-
 target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c               |  13 +-
 target/s390x/cpu-system.c                |   4 +-
 target/s390x/cpu_models.c                |   5 +-
 target/sparc/cpu.c                       |   3 +-
 tests/include/meson.build                |   2 +
 tests/meson.build                        |   6 +
 tests/qapi-schema/meson.build            |   1 +
 tests/qtest/qmp-cmd-test.c               |  55 ++++++-
 tests/unit/check-qom-proplist.c          |  99 +++++++++---
 tests/unit/test-qdev-global-props.c      |  11 +-
 tests/unit/test-qdev.c                   |   2 +-
 ui/console-vc.c                          |   8 +-
 ui/console.c                             |   3 +-
 ui/dbus.c                                |  18 ++-
 ui/input-linux.c                         |  11 +-
 util/thread-context.c                    |   7 +-
 util/uuid.c                              |   5 +
 171 files changed, 2402 insertions(+), 1632 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 209b2afaface001c7d4d981e38f186afe7b24a50
change-id: 20260510-qom-qapi-fbe0f5060c3f

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