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-rw-r--r--include/sysemu/iothread.h8
-rw-r--r--iothread.c16
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/sysemu/iothread.h b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
index d2985b30ba..b07663f0a1 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/iothread.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
@@ -46,4 +46,12 @@ AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread);
void iothread_stop_all(void);
GMainContext *iothread_get_g_main_context(IOThread *iothread);
+/*
+ * Helpers used to allocate iothreads for internal use. These
+ * iothreads will not be seen by monitor clients when query using
+ * "query-iothreads".
+ */
+IOThread *iothread_create(const char *id, Error **errp);
+void iothread_destroy(IOThread *iothread);
+
#endif /* IOTHREAD_H */
diff --git a/iothread.c b/iothread.c
index 59d0850988..0672a9196f 100644
--- a/iothread.c
+++ b/iothread.c
@@ -354,3 +354,19 @@ GMainContext *iothread_get_g_main_context(IOThread *iothread)
return iothread->worker_context;
}
+
+IOThread *iothread_create(const char *id, Error **errp)
+{
+ Object *obj;
+
+ obj = object_new_with_props(TYPE_IOTHREAD,
+ object_get_internal_root(),
+ id, errp, NULL);
+
+ return IOTHREAD(obj);
+}
+
+void iothread_destroy(IOThread *iothread)
+{
+ object_unparent(OBJECT(iothread));
+}