1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c
index 8c3765ee99..3e14de1920 100644
--- a/chardev/char.c
+++ b/chardev/char.c
@@ -1084,6 +1084,24 @@ void qmp_chardev_send_break(const char *id, Error **errp)
     qemu_chr_be_event(chr, CHR_EVENT_BREAK);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Add a timeout callback for the chardev (in milliseconds), return
+ * the GSource object created. Please use this to add timeout hook for
+ * chardev instead of g_timeout_add() and g_timeout_add_seconds(), to
+ * make sure the gcontext that the task bound to is correct.
+ */
+GSource *qemu_chr_timeout_add_ms(Chardev *chr, guint ms,
+                                 GSourceFunc func, void *private)
+{
+    GSource *source = g_timeout_source_new(ms);
+
+    assert(func);
+    g_source_set_callback(source, func, private, NULL);
+    g_source_attach(source, chr->gcontext);
+
+    return source;
+}
+
 void qemu_chr_cleanup(void)
 {
     object_unparent(get_chardevs_root());