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+/*
+ * Background jobs (long-running operations)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 IBM Corp.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/job.h"
+#include "qemu/id.h"
+
+void *job_create(const char *job_id, const JobDriver *driver, Error **errp)
+{
+    Job *job;
+
+    if (job_id) {
+        if (!id_wellformed(job_id)) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Invalid job ID '%s'", job_id);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    job = g_malloc0(driver->instance_size);
+    job->driver        = driver;
+    job->id            = g_strdup(job_id);
+
+    return job;
+}