2 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index 8a05a81a99..89c3092967 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ typedef struct ObjectProperty
 {
     gchar *name;
     gchar *type;
+    gchar *description;
     ObjectPropertyAccessor *get;
     ObjectPropertyAccessor *set;
     ObjectPropertyResolve *resolve;
@@ -1275,6 +1276,19 @@ void object_property_add_alias(Object *obj, const char *name,
                                Error **errp);
 
 /**
+ * object_property_set_description:
+ * @obj: the object owning the property
+ * @name: the name of the property
+ * @description: the description of the property on the object
+ * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
+ *
+ * Set an object property's description.
+ *
+ */
+void object_property_set_description(Object *obj, const char *name,
+                                     const char *description, Error **errp);
+
+/**
  * object_child_foreach:
  * @obj: the object whose children will be navigated
  * @fn: the iterator function to be called
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index 575291f109..a751367e61 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ static void object_property_del_all(Object *obj)
 
         g_free(prop->name);
         g_free(prop->type);
+        g_free(prop->description);
         g_free(prop);
     }
 }
@@ -803,6 +804,7 @@ void object_property_del(Object *obj, const char *name, Error **errp)
 
     g_free(prop->name);
     g_free(prop->type);
+    g_free(prop->description);
     g_free(prop);
 }
 
@@ -1672,10 +1674,28 @@ void object_property_add_alias(Object *obj, const char *name,
     }
     op->resolve = property_resolve_alias;
 
+    object_property_set_description(obj, name,
+                                    target_prop->description,
+                                    &error_abort);
+
 out:
     g_free(prop_type);
 }
 
+void object_property_set_description(Object *obj, const char *name,
+                                     const char *description, Error **errp)
+{
+    ObjectProperty *op;
+
+    op = object_property_find(obj, name, errp);
+    if (!op) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_free(op->description);
+    op->description = g_strdup(description);
+}
+
 static void object_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
     object_property_add_str(obj, "type", qdev_get_type, NULL, NULL);