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-rw-r--r--hw/qdev.c26
-rw-r--r--hw/qdev.h20
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/qdev.c b/hw/qdev.c
index 2519f00787..167f459996 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/qdev.c
@@ -1174,6 +1174,32 @@ DeviceState *qdev_get_root(void)
return qdev_root;
}
+static void qdev_get_child_property(DeviceState *dev, Visitor *v, void *opaque,
+ const char *name, Error **errp)
+{
+ DeviceState *child = opaque;
+ gchar *path;
+
+ path = qdev_get_canonical_path(child);
+ visit_type_str(v, &path, name, errp);
+ g_free(path);
+}
+
+void qdev_property_add_child(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
+ DeviceState *child, Error **errp)
+{
+ gchar *type;
+
+ type = g_strdup_printf("child<%s>", child->info->name);
+
+ qdev_property_add(dev, name, type, qdev_get_child_property,
+ NULL, NULL, child, errp);
+
+ qdev_ref(child);
+
+ g_free(type);
+}
+
static gchar *qdev_get_path_in(DeviceState *parent, DeviceState *dev)
{
DeviceProperty *prop;
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index 641d1341e5..38b36e8b91 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -527,4 +527,24 @@ gchar *qdev_get_canonical_path(DeviceState *dev);
*/
DeviceState *qdev_resolve_path(const char *path, bool *ambiguous);
+/**
+ * @qdev_property_add_child - Add a child property to a device
+ *
+ * Child properties form the composition tree. All devices need to be a child
+ * of another device. Devices can only be a child of one device.
+ *
+ * There is no way for a child to determine what its parent is. It is not
+ * a bidirectional relationship. This is by design.
+ *
+ * @dev - the device to add a property to
+ *
+ * @name - the name of the property
+ *
+ * @child - the child device
+ *
+ * @errp - if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the area
+ */
+void qdev_property_add_child(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
+ DeviceState *child, Error **errp);
+
#endif