From 00376d1345475fb3613a0d58584f161cd870ea90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 01/15] python/qom: Do not use 'err' name at module scope

Pylint updated to 2.9.0 upstream, adding new warnings for things that
re-use the 'err' variable. Luckily, this only breaks the
python-check-tox job, which is allowed to fail as a warning.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-2-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/qemu/qmp/qom.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/qemu/qmp/qom.py b/python/qemu/qmp/qom.py
index 7ec7843d57..8ff28a8343 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qmp/qom.py
+++ b/python/qemu/qmp/qom.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ from .qom_common import QOMCommand
 
 try:
     from .qom_fuse import QOMFuse
-except ModuleNotFoundError as err:
-    if err.name != 'fuse':
+except ModuleNotFoundError as _err:
+    if _err.name != 'fuse':
         raise
 else:
     assert issubclass(QOMFuse, QOMCommand)

From 7f179082638efe920748b5243423bdcaed3d42ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 02/15] python: expose typing information via PEP 561

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0561/#specification

Create 'py.typed' files in each subpackage that indicate to mypy that
this is a typed module, so that users of any of these packages can use
mypy to check their code as well.

Note: Theoretically it's possible to ditch MANIFEST.in in favor of using
package_data in setup.cfg, but I genuinely could not figure out how to
get it to include things from the *source root* into the *package root*;
only how to include things from each subpackage. I tried!

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-3-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/qemu/machine/py.typed | 0
 python/qemu/qmp/py.typed     | 0
 python/qemu/utils/py.typed   | 0
 python/setup.cfg             | 4 ++++
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 python/qemu/machine/py.typed
 create mode 100644 python/qemu/qmp/py.typed
 create mode 100644 python/qemu/utils/py.typed

diff --git a/python/qemu/machine/py.typed b/python/qemu/machine/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/python/qemu/qmp/py.typed b/python/qemu/qmp/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/python/qemu/utils/py.typed b/python/qemu/utils/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index 85cecbb41b..db1639c1f2 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+    Typing :: Typed
 
 [options]
 python_requires = >= 3.6
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ packages =
     qemu.machine
     qemu.utils
 
+[options.package_data]
+* = py.typed
+
 [options.extras_require]
 # Run `pipenv lock --dev` when changing these requirements.
 devel =

From 82e6517d9d0a1ce9fdc09919af26775a5127a5ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 03/15] python: Remove global pylint suppressions

These suppressions only apply to a small handful of places. Instead of
disabling them globally, disable them just in the cases where we
need. The design of the machine class grew quite organically with tons
of constructor and class instance variables -- there's little chance of
meaningfully refactoring it in the near term, so just suppress the
warnings for that class.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-4-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/qemu/machine/machine.py | 3 +++
 python/qemu/machine/qtest.py   | 2 ++
 python/setup.cfg               | 4 +---
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/qemu/machine/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
index b62435528e..e3345dfa1b 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class QEMUMachine:
             ...
         # vm is guaranteed to be shut down here
     """
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes, too-many-public-methods
 
     def __init__(self,
                  binary: str,
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ class QEMUMachine:
         @param console_log: (optional) path to console log file
         @note: Qemu process is not started until launch() is used.
         '''
+        # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+
         # Direct user configuration
 
         self._binary = binary
diff --git a/python/qemu/machine/qtest.py b/python/qemu/machine/qtest.py
index 93700684d1..d6d9c6a34a 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine/qtest.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine/qtest.py
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ class QEMUQtestMachine(QEMUMachine):
                  base_temp_dir: str = "/var/tmp",
                  socket_scm_helper: Optional[str] = None,
                  sock_dir: Optional[str] = None):
+        # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+
         if name is None:
             name = "qemu-%d" % os.getpid()
         if sock_dir is None:
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index db1639c1f2..524789d6e0 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 # --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
 # no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
 # --disable=W".
-disable=too-many-arguments,
-        too-many-instance-attributes,
-        too-many-public-methods,
+disable=
 
 [pylint.basic]
 # Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.

From 3afa3501cbd2598a4b7b79d6bfffb36033abc37c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 04/15] python: Re-lock pipenv at *oldest* supported versions

tox is already testing the most recent versions. Let's use pipenv to
test the oldest versions we claim to support. This matches the stylistic
choice to have pipenv always test our oldest supported Python version, 3.6.

The effect of this is that the python-check-pipenv CI job on gitlab will
now test against much older versions of these linters, which will help
highlight incompatible changes that might otherwise go unnoticed.

Update instructions for adding and bumping versions in setup.cfg. The
reason for deleting the line that gets added to Pipfile is largely just
to avoid having the version minimums specified in multiple places in
config checked into the tree.

(This patch was written by deleting Pipfile and Pipfile.lock, then
explicitly installing each dependency manually at a specific
version. Then, I restored the prior Pipfile and re-ran `pipenv lock
--dev --keep-outdated` to re-add the qemu dependency back to the pipenv
environment while keeping the "old" packages. It's annoying, yes, but I
think the improvement to test coverage is worthwhile.)

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-5-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/Pipfile.lock | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 python/setup.cfg    |   4 +-
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/Pipfile.lock b/python/Pipfile.lock
index 5bb3f1b635..8ab41a3f60 100644
--- a/python/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/python/Pipfile.lock
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@
         },
         "astroid": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:4db03ab5fc3340cf619dbc25e42c2cc3755154ce6009469766d7143d1fc2ee4e",
-                "sha256:8a398dfce302c13f14bab13e2b14fe385d32b73f4e4853b9bdfb64598baa1975"
+                "sha256:09bdb456e02564731f8b5957cdd0c98a7f01d2db5e90eb1d794c353c28bfd705",
+                "sha256:6a8a51f64dae307f6e0c9db752b66a7951e282389d8362cc1d39a56f3feeb31d"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version ~= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==2.5.6"
+            "version": "==2.6.0"
         },
         "avocado-framework": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:42aa7962df98d6b78d4efd9afa2177226dc630f3d83a2a7d5baf7a0a7da7fa1b",
-                "sha256:d96ae343abf890e1ef3b3a6af5ce49e35f6bded0715770c4acb325bca555c515"
+                "sha256:3fca7226d7d164f124af8a741e7fa658ff4345a0738ddc32907631fd688b38ed",
+                "sha256:48ac254c0ae2ef0c0ceeb38e3d3df0388718eda8f48b3ab55b30b252839f42b1"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==88.1"
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==87.0"
         },
         "distlib": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -61,25 +61,27 @@
         },
         "flake8": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:07528381786f2a6237b061f6e96610a4167b226cb926e2aa2b6b1d78057c576b",
-                "sha256:bf8fd333346d844f616e8d47905ef3a3384edae6b4e9beb0c5101e25e3110907"
+                "sha256:6a35f5b8761f45c5513e3405f110a86bea57982c3b75b766ce7b65217abe1670",
+                "sha256:c01f8a3963b3571a8e6bd7a4063359aff90749e160778e03817cd9b71c9e07d2"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'",
-            "version": "==3.9.2"
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==3.6.0"
         },
         "fusepy": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:72ff783ec2f43de3ab394e3f7457605bf04c8cf288a2f4068b4cde141d4ee6bd"
+                "sha256:10f5c7f5414241bffecdc333c4d3a725f1d6605cae6b4eaf86a838ff49cdaf6c",
+                "sha256:a9f3a3699080ddcf0919fd1eb2cf743e1f5859ca54c2018632f939bdfac269ee"
             ],
-            "version": "==3.0.1"
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.0.4"
         },
         "importlib-metadata": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:8c501196e49fb9df5df43833bdb1e4328f64847763ec8a50703148b73784d581",
-                "sha256:d7eb1dea6d6a6086f8be21784cc9e3bcfa55872b52309bc5fad53a8ea444465d"
+                "sha256:90bb658cdbbf6d1735b6341ce708fc7024a3e14e99ffdc5783edea9f9b077f83",
+                "sha256:dc15b2969b4ce36305c51eebe62d418ac7791e9a157911d58bfb1f9ccd8e2070"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version < '3.8'",
-            "version": "==4.0.1"
+            "version": "==1.7.0"
         },
         "importlib-resources": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -91,11 +93,11 @@
         },
         "isort": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0a943902919f65c5684ac4e0154b1ad4fac6dcaa5d9f3426b732f1c8b5419be6",
-                "sha256:2bb1680aad211e3c9944dbce1d4ba09a989f04e238296c87fe2139faa26d655d"
+                "sha256:408e4d75d84f51b64d0824894afee44469eba34a4caee621dc53799f80d71ccc",
+                "sha256:64022dea6a06badfa09b300b4dfe8ba968114a737919e8ed50aea1c288f078aa"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '4.0'",
-            "version": "==5.8.0"
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==5.1.2"
         },
         "lazy-object-proxy": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -134,31 +136,23 @@
         },
         "mypy": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0d0a87c0e7e3a9becdfbe936c981d32e5ee0ccda3e0f07e1ef2c3d1a817cf73e",
-                "sha256:25adde9b862f8f9aac9d2d11971f226bd4c8fbaa89fb76bdadb267ef22d10064",
-                "sha256:28fb5479c494b1bab244620685e2eb3c3f988d71fd5d64cc753195e8ed53df7c",
-                "sha256:2f9b3407c58347a452fc0736861593e105139b905cca7d097e413453a1d650b4",
-                "sha256:33f159443db0829d16f0a8d83d94df3109bb6dd801975fe86bacb9bf71628e97",
-                "sha256:3f2aca7f68580dc2508289c729bd49ee929a436208d2b2b6aab15745a70a57df",
-                "sha256:499c798053cdebcaa916eef8cd733e5584b5909f789de856b482cd7d069bdad8",
-                "sha256:4eec37370483331d13514c3f55f446fc5248d6373e7029a29ecb7b7494851e7a",
-                "sha256:552a815579aa1e995f39fd05dde6cd378e191b063f031f2acfe73ce9fb7f9e56",
-                "sha256:5873888fff1c7cf5b71efbe80e0e73153fe9212fafdf8e44adfe4c20ec9f82d7",
-                "sha256:61a3d5b97955422964be6b3baf05ff2ce7f26f52c85dd88db11d5e03e146a3a6",
-                "sha256:674e822aa665b9fd75130c6c5f5ed9564a38c6cea6a6432ce47eafb68ee578c5",
-                "sha256:7ce3175801d0ae5fdfa79b4f0cfed08807af4d075b402b7e294e6aa72af9aa2a",
-                "sha256:9743c91088d396c1a5a3c9978354b61b0382b4e3c440ce83cf77994a43e8c521",
-                "sha256:9f94aac67a2045ec719ffe6111df543bac7874cee01f41928f6969756e030564",
-                "sha256:a26f8ec704e5a7423c8824d425086705e381b4f1dfdef6e3a1edab7ba174ec49",
-                "sha256:abf7e0c3cf117c44d9285cc6128856106183938c68fd4944763003decdcfeb66",
-                "sha256:b09669bcda124e83708f34a94606e01b614fa71931d356c1f1a5297ba11f110a",
-                "sha256:cd07039aa5df222037005b08fbbfd69b3ab0b0bd7a07d7906de75ae52c4e3119",
-                "sha256:d23e0ea196702d918b60c8288561e722bf437d82cb7ef2edcd98cfa38905d506",
-                "sha256:d65cc1df038ef55a99e617431f0553cd77763869eebdf9042403e16089fe746c",
-                "sha256:d7da2e1d5f558c37d6e8c1246f1aec1e7349e4913d8fb3cb289a35de573fe2eb"
+                "sha256:15b948e1302682e3682f11f50208b726a246ab4e6c1b39f9264a8796bb416aa2",
+                "sha256:219a3116ecd015f8dca7b5d2c366c973509dfb9a8fc97ef044a36e3da66144a1",
+                "sha256:3b1fc683fb204c6b4403a1ef23f0b1fac8e4477091585e0c8c54cbdf7d7bb164",
+                "sha256:3beff56b453b6ef94ecb2996bea101a08f1f8a9771d3cbf4988a61e4d9973761",
+                "sha256:7687f6455ec3ed7649d1ae574136835a4272b65b3ddcf01ab8704ac65616c5ce",
+                "sha256:7ec45a70d40ede1ec7ad7f95b3c94c9cf4c186a32f6bacb1795b60abd2f9ef27",
+                "sha256:86c857510a9b7c3104cf4cde1568f4921762c8f9842e987bc03ed4f160925754",
+                "sha256:8a627507ef9b307b46a1fea9513d5c98680ba09591253082b4c48697ba05a4ae",
+                "sha256:8dfb69fbf9f3aeed18afffb15e319ca7f8da9642336348ddd6cab2713ddcf8f9",
+                "sha256:a34b577cdf6313bf24755f7a0e3f3c326d5c1f4fe7422d1d06498eb25ad0c600",
+                "sha256:a8ffcd53cb5dfc131850851cc09f1c44689c2812d0beb954d8138d4f5fc17f65",
+                "sha256:b90928f2d9eb2f33162405f32dde9f6dcead63a0971ca8a1b50eb4ca3e35ceb8",
+                "sha256:c56ffe22faa2e51054c5f7a3bc70a370939c2ed4de308c690e7949230c995913",
+                "sha256:f91c7ae919bbc3f96cd5e5b2e786b2b108343d1d7972ea130f7de27fdd547cf3"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.5'",
-            "version": "==0.812"
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.770"
         },
         "mypy-extensions": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -193,27 +187,26 @@
         },
         "pycodestyle": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:514f76d918fcc0b55c6680472f0a37970994e07bbb80725808c17089be302068",
-                "sha256:c389c1d06bf7904078ca03399a4816f974a1d590090fecea0c63ec26ebaf1cef"
+                "sha256:74abc4e221d393ea5ce1f129ea6903209940c1ecd29e002e8c6933c2b21026e0",
+                "sha256:cbc619d09254895b0d12c2c691e237b2e91e9b2ecf5e84c26b35400f93dcfb83",
+                "sha256:cbfca99bd594a10f674d0cd97a3d802a1fdef635d4361e1a2658de47ed261e3a"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3'",
-            "version": "==2.7.0"
+            "version": "==2.4.0"
         },
         "pyflakes": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:7893783d01b8a89811dd72d7dfd4d84ff098e5eed95cfa8905b22bbffe52efc3",
-                "sha256:f5bc8ecabc05bb9d291eb5203d6810b49040f6ff446a756326104746cc00c1db"
+                "sha256:9a7662ec724d0120012f6e29d6248ae3727d821bba522a0e6b356eff19126a49",
+                "sha256:f661252913bc1dbe7fcfcbf0af0db3f42ab65aabd1a6ca68fe5d466bace94dae"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3'",
-            "version": "==2.3.1"
+            "version": "==2.0.0"
         },
         "pylint": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:586d8fa9b1891f4b725f587ef267abe2a1bad89d6b184520c7f07a253dd6e217",
-                "sha256:f7e2072654a6b6afdf5e2fb38147d3e2d2d43c89f648637baab63e026481279b"
+                "sha256:082a6d461b54f90eea49ca90fff4ee8b6e45e8029e5dbd72f6107ef84f3779c0",
+                "sha256:a01cd675eccf6e25b3bdb42be184eb46aaf89187d612ba0fb5f93328ed6b0fd5"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version ~= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==2.8.2"
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.8.0"
         },
         "pyparsing": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -245,11 +238,11 @@
         },
         "tox": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:307a81ddb82bd463971a273f33e9533a24ed22185f27db8ce3386bff27d324e3",
-                "sha256:b0b5818049a1c1997599d42012a637a33f24c62ab8187223fdd318fa8522637b"
+                "sha256:c60692d92fe759f46c610ac04c03cf0169432d1ff8e981e8ae63e068d0954fc3",
+                "sha256:f179cb4043d7dc1339425dd49ab1dd8c916246b0d9173143c1b0af7498a03ab0"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'",
-            "version": "==3.23.1"
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==3.18.0"
         },
         "typed-ast": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index 524789d6e0..e730f208d3 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ packages =
 * = py.typed
 
 [options.extras_require]
-# Run `pipenv lock --dev` when changing these requirements.
+# For the devel group, When adding new dependencies or bumping the minimum
+# version, use e.g. "pipenv install --dev pylint==3.0.0".
+# Subsequently, edit 'Pipfile' to remove e.g. 'pylint = "==3.0.0'.
 devel =
     avocado-framework >= 87.0
     flake8 >= 3.6.0

From 4176dbd8b5f8d5e38dfe11db58a806749649debf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 05/15] python: README.rst touchups

Clarifying a few points; removing the reference to 'setuptools' because
it isn't referenced anywhere else in this document and doesn't really
provide any useful information to a Python newcomer.

Adjusting the language elsewhere to be less ambiguous and have fewer
run-on sentences.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-6-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/README.rst | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/README.rst b/python/README.rst
index dcf993819d..107786ffdc 100644
--- a/python/README.rst
+++ b/python/README.rst
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ then by package (e.g. ``qemu/machine``, ``qemu/qmp``, etc).
 
 ``setup.py`` is used by ``pip`` to install this tooling to the current
 environment. ``setup.cfg`` provides the packaging configuration used by
-``setup.py`` in a setuptools specific format. You will generally invoke
-it by doing one of the following:
+``setup.py``. You will generally invoke it by doing one of the following:
 
 1. ``pip3 install .`` will install these packages to your current
    environment. If you are inside a virtual environment, they will
@@ -17,12 +16,13 @@ it by doing one of the following:
 
 2. ``pip3 install --user .`` will install these packages to your user's
    local python packages. If you are inside of a virtual environment,
-   this will fail; you likely want the first invocation above.
+   this will fail; you want the first invocation above.
 
-If you append the ``-e`` argument, pip will install in "editable" mode;
-which installs a version of the package that installs a forwarder
-pointing to these files, such that the package always reflects the
-latest version in your git tree.
+If you append the ``--editable`` or ``-e`` argument to either invocation
+above, pip will install in "editable" mode. This installs the package as
+a forwarder ("qemu.egg-link") that points to the source tree. In so
+doing, the installed package always reflects the latest version in your
+source tree.
 
 Installing ".[devel]" instead of "." will additionally pull in required
 packages for testing this package. They are not runtime requirements,
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ and are not needed to simply use these libraries.
 
 Running ``make develop`` will pull in all testing dependencies and
 install QEMU in editable mode to the current environment.
+(It is a shortcut for ``pip3 install -e .[devel]``.)
 
 See `Installing packages using pip and virtual environments
 <https://packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/>`_
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ for more information.
 Files in this directory
 -----------------------
 
-- ``qemu/`` Python package source directory.
+- ``qemu/`` Python 'qemu' namespace package source directory.
 - ``tests/`` Python package tests directory.
 - ``avocado.cfg`` Configuration for the Avocado test-runner.
   Used by ``make check`` et al.

From d2ae942984ef6bee864e4cfddc1adcc3d4a31e42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 06/15] python: Add no-install usage instructions

It's not encouraged, but it's legitimate to want to know how to do.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-7-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/README.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/python/README.rst b/python/README.rst
index 107786ffdc..d4502fdb60 100644
--- a/python/README.rst
+++ b/python/README.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,34 @@ See `Installing packages using pip and virtual environments
 for more information.
 
 
+Using these packages without installing them
+--------------------------------------------
+
+These packages may be used without installing them first, by using one
+of two tricks:
+
+1. Set your PYTHONPATH environment variable to include this source
+   directory, e.g. ``~/src/qemu/python``. See
+   https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONPATH
+
+2. Inside a Python script, use ``sys.path`` to forcibly include a search
+   path prior to importing the ``qemu`` namespace. See
+   https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.path
+
+A strong downside to both approaches is that they generally interfere
+with static analysis tools being able to locate and analyze the code
+being imported.
+
+Package installation also normally provides executable console scripts,
+so that tools like ``qmp-shell`` are always available via $PATH. To
+invoke them without installation, you can invoke e.g.:
+
+``> PYTHONPATH=~/src/qemu/python python3 -m qemu.qmp.qmp_shell``
+
+The mappings between console script name and python module path can be
+found in ``setup.cfg``.
+
+
 Files in this directory
 -----------------------
 

From 6f84d726f3fe5e0f8c3b8dd36100ed9ab446ce1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 07/15] python: rename 'venv-check' target to 'check-pipenv'

Well, Cleber was right, this is a better name.

In preparation for adding a different kind of virtual environment check
(One that simply uses whichever version of Python you happen to have),
rename this test 'check-pipenv' so that it matches the CI job
'check-python-pipenv'.

Remove the "If you don't know which test to run" hint, because it's not
actually likely you have Python 3.6 installed to be able to run the
test. It's still the test I'd most prefer you to run, but it's not the
test you are most likely to be able to run.

Rename the 'venv' target to 'pipenv' as well, and move the more
pertinent help text under the 'check-pipenv' target.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-8-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 .gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml |  2 +-
 python/Makefile                | 21 +++++++++++----------
 python/README.rst              |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml
index c5fa4fce26..b01f6ec231 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ check-python-pipenv:
   stage: test
   image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/qemu/python:latest
   script:
-    - make -C python venv-check
+    - make -C python check-pipenv
   variables:
     GIT_DEPTH: 1
   needs:
diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index b5621b0d54..07ad73ccd0 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-.PHONY: help venv venv-check check clean distclean develop
+.PHONY: help pipenv check-pipenv check clean distclean develop
 
 help:
 	@echo "python packaging help:"
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "make venv:       Create pipenv's virtual environment."
-	@echo "    NOTE: Requires Python 3.6 and pipenv."
-	@echo "          Will download packages from PyPI."
-	@echo "    Hint: (On Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python36 pipenv'"
-	@echo ""
-	@echo "make venv-check: run linters using pipenv's virtual environment."
-	@echo "    Hint: If you don't know which test to run, run this one!"
+	@echo "make check-pipenv:"
+	@echo "    Run tests in pipenv's virtual environment."
+	@echo "    These tests use the oldest dependencies."
+	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.6 and pipenv."
+	@echo "    Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3.6 pipenv'"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "make develop:    Install deps for 'make check', and"
 	@echo "                 the qemu libs in editable/development mode."
@@ -18,18 +16,21 @@ help:
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "make check-tox:  run linters using multiple python versions."
 	@echo ""
+	@echo "make pipenv"
+	@echo "    Creates pipenv's virtual environment (.venv)"
+	@echo ""
 	@echo "make clean:      remove package build output."
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "make distclean:  remove venv files, qemu package forwarder,"
 	@echo "                 built distribution files, and everything"
 	@echo "                 from 'make clean'."
 
-venv: .venv
+pipenv: .venv
 .venv: Pipfile.lock
 	@PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT=1 pipenv sync --dev --keep-outdated
 	@touch .venv
 
-venv-check: venv
+check-pipenv: pipenv
 	@pipenv run make check
 
 develop:
diff --git a/python/README.rst b/python/README.rst
index d4502fdb60..9c1fceaee7 100644
--- a/python/README.rst
+++ b/python/README.rst
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Files in this directory
 - ``PACKAGE.rst`` is used as the README file that is visible on PyPI.org.
 - ``Pipfile`` is used by Pipenv to generate ``Pipfile.lock``.
 - ``Pipfile.lock`` is a set of pinned package dependencies that this package
-  is tested under in our CI suite. It is used by ``make venv-check``.
+  is tested under in our CI suite. It is used by ``make check-pipenv``.
 - ``README.rst`` you are here!
 - ``VERSION`` contains the PEP-440 compliant version used to describe
   this package; it is referenced by ``setup.cfg``.

From 8c95d0fc7f905fb952818e934169a8abcc9a4c56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 08/15] python: update help text for check-tox

Move it up near the check-pipenv help text, and update it to suggest parity.

(At the time I first added it, I wasn't sure if I would be keeping it,
but I've come to appreciate it as it has actually helped uncover bugs I
would not have noticed without it. It should stay.)

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-9-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/Makefile | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index 07ad73ccd0..d2cfa6ad8f 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -9,13 +9,17 @@ help:
 	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.6 and pipenv."
 	@echo "    Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3.6 pipenv'"
 	@echo ""
+	@echo "make check-tox:"
+	@echo "    Run tests against multiple python versions."
+	@echo "    These tests use the newest dependencies."
+	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.6 - 3.10, and tox."
+	@echo "    Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3-tox python3.10'"
+	@echo ""
 	@echo "make develop:    Install deps for 'make check', and"
 	@echo "                 the qemu libs in editable/development mode."
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "make check:      run linters using the current environment."
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "make check-tox:  run linters using multiple python versions."
-	@echo ""
 	@echo "make pipenv"
 	@echo "    Creates pipenv's virtual environment (.venv)"
 	@echo ""

From 205d7219f3ba9971149b6fa45a155866d9e889db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 09/15] python: Fix .PHONY Make specifiers

I missed the 'check-tox' target. Add that, but split the large .PHONY
specifier at the top into its component pieces and move them near the
targets they describe so that they're much harder to forget to update.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-10-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/Makefile | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index d2cfa6ad8f..d34c4e35d9 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: help pipenv check-pipenv check clean distclean develop
-
+.PHONY: help
 help:
 	@echo "python packaging help:"
 	@echo ""
@@ -29,25 +28,32 @@ help:
 	@echo "                 built distribution files, and everything"
 	@echo "                 from 'make clean'."
 
+.PHONY: pipenv
 pipenv: .venv
 .venv: Pipfile.lock
 	@PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT=1 pipenv sync --dev --keep-outdated
 	@touch .venv
 
+.PHONY: check-pipenv
 check-pipenv: pipenv
 	@pipenv run make check
 
+.PHONY: develop
 develop:
 	pip3 install -e .[devel]
 
+.PHONY: check
 check:
 	@avocado --config avocado.cfg run tests/
 
+.PHONY: check-tox
 check-tox:
 	@tox
 
+.PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	python3 setup.py clean --all
 
+.PHONY: distclean
 distclean: clean
 	rm -rf qemu.egg-info/ .venv/ .tox/ dist/

From 0d52c19a599a45c800fb58f3ad359f6472a18e3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 10/15] python: only check qemu/ subdir with flake8

flake8 is a little eager to check everything it can. Limit it to
checking inside the qemu namespace directory only. Update setup.cfg now
that the exclude patterns are no longer necessary.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-11-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/setup.cfg       | 2 --
 python/tests/flake8.sh | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index e730f208d3..11f71d5312 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ console_scripts =
 [flake8]
 extend-ignore = E722  # Prefer pylint's bare-except checks to flake8's
 exclude = __pycache__,
-          .venv,
-          .tox,
 
 [mypy]
 strict = True
diff --git a/python/tests/flake8.sh b/python/tests/flake8.sh
index 51e0788462..1cd7d40fad 100755
--- a/python/tests/flake8.sh
+++ b/python/tests/flake8.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
-python3 -m flake8
+python3 -m flake8 qemu/

From 2c24d52d06af855a9b2a69c38cd4b747c848b1e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 11/15] python: add 'make check-dev' invocation

This is a *third* way to run the Python tests. Unlike the first two
(check-pipenv, check-tox), this version does not require any specific
interpreter version -- making it a lot easier to tell people to run it
as a quick smoketest prior to submission to GitLab CI.

Summary:

  Checked via GitLab CI:
    - check-pipenv: tests our oldest python & dependencies
    - check-tox: tests newest dependencies on all non-EOL python versions
  Executed only incidentally:
    - check-dev: tests newest dependencies on whichever python version

('make check' does not set up any environment at all, it just runs the
tests in your current environment. All four invocations perform the
exact same tests, just in different execution environments.)

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-12-jsnow@redhat.com
[Maintainer edit: added .dev-venv/ to .gitignore. --js]
Acked-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/.gitignore |  1 +
 python/Makefile   | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index 272ed223a8..c8b0e67fe6 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ qemu.egg-info/
 # virtual environments (pipenv et al)
 .venv/
 .tox/
+.dev-venv/
diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index d34c4e35d9..8f8e1999c0 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+QEMU_VENV_DIR=.dev-venv
+
 .PHONY: help
 help:
 	@echo "python packaging help:"
@@ -14,6 +16,11 @@ help:
 	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.6 - 3.10, and tox."
 	@echo "    Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3-tox python3.10'"
 	@echo ""
+	@echo "make check-dev:"
+	@echo "    Run tests in a venv against your default python3 version."
+	@echo "    These tests use the newest dependencies."
+	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.x"
+	@echo ""
 	@echo "make develop:    Install deps for 'make check', and"
 	@echo "                 the qemu libs in editable/development mode."
 	@echo ""
@@ -22,6 +29,9 @@ help:
 	@echo "make pipenv"
 	@echo "    Creates pipenv's virtual environment (.venv)"
 	@echo ""
+	@echo "make dev-venv"
+	@echo "    Creates a simple venv for check-dev. ($(QEMU_VENV_DIR))"
+	@echo ""
 	@echo "make clean:      remove package build output."
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "make distclean:  remove venv files, qemu package forwarder,"
@@ -38,9 +48,30 @@ pipenv: .venv
 check-pipenv: pipenv
 	@pipenv run make check
 
+.PHONY: dev-venv
+dev-venv: $(QEMU_VENV_DIR) $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)/bin/activate
+$(QEMU_VENV_DIR) $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)/bin/activate: setup.cfg
+	@echo "VENV $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)"
+	@python3 -m venv $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)
+	@(							\
+		echo "ACTIVATE $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)";		\
+		. $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)/bin/activate;		\
+		echo "INSTALL qemu[devel] $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)";	\
+		make develop 1>/dev/null;			\
+	)
+	@touch $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)
+
+.PHONY: check-dev
+check-dev: dev-venv
+	@(							\
+		echo "ACTIVATE $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)";		\
+		. $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)/bin/activate;		\
+		make check;					\
+	)
+
 .PHONY: develop
 develop:
-	pip3 install -e .[devel]
+	pip3 install --disable-pip-version-check -e .[devel]
 
 .PHONY: check
 check:
@@ -56,4 +87,4 @@ clean:
 
 .PHONY: distclean
 distclean: clean
-	rm -rf qemu.egg-info/ .venv/ .tox/ dist/
+	rm -rf qemu.egg-info/ .venv/ .tox/ $(QEMU_VENV_DIR) dist/

From 28cd32fb7bcd4ff3f987e9cd59186b18e810d73d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 12/15] python: Update help text on 'make check', 'make
 develop'

Update for visual parity with the other targets.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-13-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/Makefile | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index 8f8e1999c0..a14705d12e 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ help:
 	@echo "    These tests use the newest dependencies."
 	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.x"
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "make develop:    Install deps for 'make check', and"
-	@echo "                 the qemu libs in editable/development mode."
+	@echo "make check:"
+	@echo "    Run tests in your *current environment*."
+	@echo "    Performs no environment setup of any kind."
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "make check:      run linters using the current environment."
+	@echo "make develop:"
+	@echo "    Install deps needed for for 'make check',"
+	@echo "    and install the qemu package in editable mode."
+	@echo "    (Can be used in or outside of a venv.)"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "make pipenv"
 	@echo "    Creates pipenv's virtual environment (.venv)"

From 50d0fba8272a5ccc2821e8ca66a5932281b1ca2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 13/15] python: Update help text on 'make clean', 'make
 distclean'

Update for visual parity with all the remaining targets.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-14-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/Makefile | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index a14705d12e..0432ee0022 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ help:
 	@echo "make dev-venv"
 	@echo "    Creates a simple venv for check-dev. ($(QEMU_VENV_DIR))"
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "make clean:      remove package build output."
+	@echo "make clean:"
+	@echo "    Remove package build output."
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "make distclean:  remove venv files, qemu package forwarder,"
-	@echo "                 built distribution files, and everything"
-	@echo "                 from 'make clean'."
+	@echo "make distclean:"
+	@echo "    remove pipenv/venv files, qemu package forwarder,"
+	@echo "    built distribution files, and everything from 'make clean'."
+	@echo ""
+	@echo -e "Have a nice day ^_^\n"
 
 .PHONY: pipenv
 pipenv: .venv

From 19cf0031e438374045aab8e5db0a03fb3b3070e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 14/15] python: remove auto-generated pyproject.toml file

For reasons that at-present escape me, pipenv insists on creating a stub
pyproject.toml file. This file is a nuisance, because its mere presence
changes the behavior of various tools.

For instance, this stub file will cause "pip install --user -e ." to
fail in spectacular fashion with misleading errors. "pip install -e ."
works okay, but for some reason pip does not support editable installs
to the user directory when using PEP517.

References:
  https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/9990
  https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7953

As outlined in ea1213b7ccc, it is still too early for us to consider
moving to a PEP-517 exclusive package. We must support older
distributions, so squash the annoyance for now. (Python 3.6 shipped Dec
2016, PEP517 support showed up in pip sometime in 2019 or so.)

Add 'pyproject.toml' to the 'make clean' target, and also delete it
after every pipenv invocation issued by the Makefile.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-15-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/Makefile | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index 0432ee0022..ac46ae33e7 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ help:
 pipenv: .venv
 .venv: Pipfile.lock
 	@PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT=1 pipenv sync --dev --keep-outdated
+	rm -f pyproject.toml
 	@touch .venv
 
 .PHONY: check-pipenv
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ check-tox:
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	python3 setup.py clean --all
+	rm -f pyproject.toml
 
 .PHONY: distclean
 distclean: clean

From 5c02c865866fdd2d17e8f5507deb4aa1f74bf59f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:43:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 15/15] python: Fix broken ReST docstrings

This patch *doesn't* update all of the docstring standards across the
QEMU package directory to make our docstring usage consistent. It
*doesn't* fix the formatting to make it look pretty or reasonable in
generated output. It *does* fix a few small instances where Sphinx would
emit a build warning because of malformed ReST -- If we built our Python
docs with Sphinx.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210629214323.1329806-16-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/qemu/machine/__init__.py | 6 +++---
 python/qemu/machine/machine.py  | 3 ++-
 python/qemu/qmp/__init__.py     | 1 +
 python/qemu/qmp/qom_common.py   | 2 +-
 python/qemu/utils/accel.py      | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/qemu/machine/__init__.py b/python/qemu/machine/__init__.py
index 728f27adbe..9ccd58ef14 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine/__init__.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine/__init__.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ QEMU development and testing library.
 This library provides a few high-level classes for driving QEMU from a
 test suite, not intended for production use.
 
-- QEMUMachine: Configure and Boot a QEMU VM
- - QEMUQtestMachine: VM class, with a qtest socket.
+ | QEMUQtestProtocol: send/receive qtest messages.
+ | QEMUMachine: Configure and Boot a QEMU VM
+ | +-- QEMUQtestMachine: VM class, with a qtest socket.
 
-- QEMUQtestProtocol: Connect to, send/receive qtest messages.
 """
 
 # Copyright (C) 2020-2021 John Snow for Red Hat Inc.
diff --git a/python/qemu/machine/machine.py b/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
index e3345dfa1b..d47ab3d896 100644
--- a/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
+++ b/python/qemu/machine/machine.py
@@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ class QEMUMachine:
         @param enabled: if False, qmp monitor options will be removed from
                         the base arguments of the resulting QEMU command
                         line. Default is True.
-        @note: call this function before launch().
+
+        .. note:: Call this function before launch().
         """
         self._qmp_set = enabled
 
diff --git a/python/qemu/qmp/__init__.py b/python/qemu/qmp/__init__.py
index 376954cb6d..269516a79b 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qmp/__init__.py
+++ b/python/qemu/qmp/__init__.py
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ class QEMUMonitorProtocol:
                         None). The value passed will set the behavior of the
                         underneath QMP socket as described in [1].
                         Default value is set to 15.0.
+
         @return QMP greeting dict
         @raise OSError on socket connection errors
         @raise QMPConnectError if the greeting is not received
diff --git a/python/qemu/qmp/qom_common.py b/python/qemu/qmp/qom_common.py
index f82b16772d..a59ae1a2a1 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qmp/qom_common.py
+++ b/python/qemu/qmp/qom_common.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class QOMCommand:
         """
         Run a fully-parsed subcommand, with error-handling for the CLI.
 
-        :return: The return code from `.run()`.
+        :return: The return code from `run()`.
         """
         try:
             cmd = cls(args)
diff --git a/python/qemu/utils/accel.py b/python/qemu/utils/accel.py
index 297933df2a..386ff640ca 100644
--- a/python/qemu/utils/accel.py
+++ b/python/qemu/utils/accel.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def list_accel(qemu_bin: str) -> List[str]:
     List accelerators enabled in the QEMU binary.
 
     @param qemu_bin (str): path to the QEMU binary.
-    @raise Exception: if failed to run `qemu -accel help`
+    @raise Exception: if failed to run ``qemu -accel help``
     @return a list of accelerator names.
     """
     if not qemu_bin: