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-rw-r--r--include/block/block_int.h6
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diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index e00d0f4c8c..3177b9f496 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -452,6 +452,12 @@ struct BdrvChildRole {
* name), or NULL if the parent can't provide a better name. */
const char* (*get_name)(BdrvChild *child);
+ /* Returns a malloced string that describes the parent of the child for a
+ * human reader. This could be a node-name, BlockBackend name, qdev ID or
+ * QOM path of the device owning the BlockBackend, job type and ID etc. The
+ * caller is responsible for freeing the memory. */
+ char* (*get_parent_desc)(BdrvChild *child);
+
/*
* If this pair of functions is implemented, the parent doesn't issue new
* requests after returning from .drained_begin() until .drained_end() is