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-rw-r--r--include/qom/object.h29
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diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index 4cd77049e4..a641dcde10 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -1067,12 +1067,29 @@ Object *object_resolve_path_component(Object *parent, const gchar *part);
void object_property_add_child(Object *obj, const char *name,
Object *child, Error **errp);
+typedef enum {
+ /* Unref the link pointer when the property is deleted */
+ OBJ_PROP_LINK_UNREF_ON_RELEASE = 0x1,
+} ObjectPropertyLinkFlags;
+
+/**
+ * object_property_allow_set_link:
+ *
+ * The default implementation of the object_property_add_link() check()
+ * callback function. It allows the link property to be set and never returns
+ * an error.
+ */
+void object_property_allow_set_link(Object *, const char *,
+ Object *, Error **);
+
/**
* object_property_add_link:
* @obj: the object to add a property to
* @name: the name of the property
* @type: the qobj type of the link
* @child: a pointer to where the link object reference is stored
+ * @check: callback to veto setting or NULL if the property is read-only
+ * @flags: additional options for the link
* @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the area
*
* Links establish relationships between objects. Links are unidirectional
@@ -1081,13 +1098,23 @@ void object_property_add_child(Object *obj, const char *name,
*
* Links form the graph in the object model.
*
+ * The <code>@check()</code> callback is invoked when
+ * object_property_set_link() is called and can raise an error to prevent the
+ * link being set. If <code>@check</code> is NULL, the property is read-only
+ * and cannot be set.
+ *
* Ownership of the pointer that @child points to is transferred to the
* link property. The reference count for <code>*@child</code> is
* managed by the property from after the function returns till the
- * property is deleted with object_property_del().
+ * property is deleted with object_property_del(). If the
+ * <code>@flags</code> <code>OBJ_PROP_LINK_UNREF_ON_RELEASE</code> bit is set,
+ * the reference count is decremented when the property is deleted.
*/
void object_property_add_link(Object *obj, const char *name,
const char *type, Object **child,
+ void (*check)(Object *obj, const char *name,
+ Object *val, Error **errp),
+ ObjectPropertyLinkFlags flags,
Error **errp);
/**