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-rw-r--r--include/qom/object.h18
-rw-r--r--qom/object.c16
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index d2d7748f62..0505f20e71 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -1290,6 +1290,24 @@ void object_property_add_alias(Object *obj, const char *name,
Error **errp);
/**
+ * object_property_add_const_link:
+ * @obj: the object to add a property to
+ * @name: the name of the property
+ * @target: the object to be referred by the link
+ * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
+ *
+ * Add an unmodifiable link for a property on an object. This function will
+ * add a property of type link<TYPE> where TYPE is the type of @target.
+ *
+ * The caller must ensure that @target stays alive as long as
+ * this property exists. In the case @target is a child of @obj,
+ * this will be the case. Otherwise, the caller is responsible for
+ * taking a reference.
+ */
+void object_property_add_const_link(Object *obj, const char *name,
+ Object *target, Error **errp);
+
+/**
* object_property_set_description:
* @obj: the object owning the property
* @name: the name of the property
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index b8dff43297..96abd347b1 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -1266,6 +1266,22 @@ out:
g_free(full_type);
}
+void object_property_add_const_link(Object *obj, const char *name,
+ Object *target, Error **errp)
+{
+ char *link_type;
+ ObjectProperty *op;
+
+ link_type = g_strdup_printf("link<%s>", object_get_typename(target));
+ op = object_property_add(obj, name, link_type,
+ object_get_child_property, NULL,
+ NULL, target, errp);
+ if (op != NULL) {
+ op->resolve = object_resolve_child_property;
+ }
+ g_free(link_type);
+}
+
gchar *object_get_canonical_path_component(Object *obj)
{
ObjectProperty *prop = NULL;