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-rw-r--r--hw/arm/mps2-tz.c10
-rw-r--r--hw/arm/mps2.c12
-rw-r--r--hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c7
-rw-r--r--hw/arm/vexpress.c21
-rw-r--r--hw/arm/virt.c31
-rw-r--r--hw/arm/xlnx-versal.c9
-rw-r--r--hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c2
-rw-r--r--hw/core/qdev-properties.c237
-rw-r--r--hw/i386/pc.c8
-rw-r--r--hw/rx/rx62n.c19
-rw-r--r--include/hw/qdev-properties.h35
-rw-r--r--include/qom/object.h8
-rw-r--r--qom/object.c6
13 files changed, 257 insertions, 148 deletions
diff --git a/hw/arm/mps2-tz.c b/hw/arm/mps2-tz.c
index eae3639da2..668db5ed61 100644
--- a/hw/arm/mps2-tz.c
+++ b/hw/arm/mps2-tz.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "qemu/units.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/arm/boot.h"
 #include "hw/arm/armv7m.h"
@@ -461,6 +462,7 @@ static MemoryRegion *make_scc(MPS2TZMachineState *mms, void *opaque,
     MPS2SCC *scc = opaque;
     DeviceState *sccdev;
     MPS2TZMachineClass *mmc = MPS2TZ_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(mms);
+    QList *oscclk;
     uint32_t i;
 
     object_initialize_child(OBJECT(mms), "scc", scc, TYPE_MPS2_SCC);
@@ -469,11 +471,13 @@ static MemoryRegion *make_scc(MPS2TZMachineState *mms, void *opaque,
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "scc-cfg4", 0x2);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "scc-aid", 0x00200008);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "scc-id", mmc->scc_id);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "len-oscclk", mmc->len_oscclk);
+
+    oscclk = qlist_new();
     for (i = 0; i < mmc->len_oscclk; i++) {
-        g_autofree char *propname = g_strdup_printf("oscclk[%u]", i);
-        qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, propname, mmc->oscclk[i]);
+        qlist_append_int(oscclk, mmc->oscclk[i]);
     }
+    qdev_prop_set_array(sccdev, "oscclk", oscclk);
+
     sysbus_realize(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(scc), &error_fatal);
     return sysbus_mmio_get_region(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(sccdev), 0);
 }
diff --git a/hw/arm/mps2.c b/hw/arm/mps2.c
index d92fd60684..292a180ad2 100644
--- a/hw/arm/mps2.c
+++ b/hw/arm/mps2.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "hw/watchdog/cmsdk-apb-watchdog.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-clock.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
 typedef enum MPS2FPGAType {
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ static void mps2_common_init(MachineState *machine)
     MemoryRegion *system_memory = get_system_memory();
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
     DeviceState *armv7m, *sccdev;
+    QList *oscclk;
     int i;
 
     if (strcmp(machine->cpu_type, mc->default_cpu_type) != 0) {
@@ -402,10 +404,12 @@ static void mps2_common_init(MachineState *machine)
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "scc-aid", 0x00200008);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "scc-id", mmc->scc_id);
     /* All these FPGA images have the same OSCCLK configuration */
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "len-oscclk", 3);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "oscclk[0]", 50000000);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "oscclk[1]", 24576000);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sccdev, "oscclk[2]", 25000000);
+    oscclk = qlist_new();
+    qlist_append_int(oscclk, 50000000);
+    qlist_append_int(oscclk, 24576000);
+    qlist_append_int(oscclk, 25000000);
+    qdev_prop_set_array(sccdev, "oscclk", oscclk);
+
     sysbus_realize(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&mms->scc), &error_fatal);
     sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(sccdev), 0, 0x4002f000);
     object_initialize_child(OBJECT(mms), "fpgaio",
diff --git a/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c b/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
index bce44690e5..f3c9704693 100644
--- a/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
+++ b/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "hw/char/pl011.h"
 #include "hw/watchdog/sbsa_gwdt.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
 #define RAMLIMIT_GB 8192
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ static void create_gic(SBSAMachineState *sms, MemoryRegion *mem)
     SysBusDevice *gicbusdev;
     const char *gictype;
     uint32_t redist0_capacity, redist0_count;
+    QList *redist_region_count;
     int i;
 
     gictype = gicv3_class_name();
@@ -455,8 +457,9 @@ static void create_gic(SBSAMachineState *sms, MemoryRegion *mem)
                 sbsa_ref_memmap[SBSA_GIC_REDIST].size / GICV3_REDIST_SIZE;
     redist0_count = MIN(smp_cpus, redist0_capacity);
 
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sms->gic, "len-redist-region-count", 1);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sms->gic, "redist-region-count[0]", redist0_count);
+    redist_region_count = qlist_new();
+    qlist_append_int(redist_region_count, redist0_count);
+    qdev_prop_set_array(sms->gic, "redist-region-count", redist_region_count);
 
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(sms->gic), "sysmem",
                              OBJECT(mem), &error_fatal);
diff --git a/hw/arm/vexpress.c b/hw/arm/vexpress.c
index c08ea34e92..fd981f4c33 100644
--- a/hw/arm/vexpress.c
+++ b/hw/arm/vexpress.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "hw/cpu/a15mpcore.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/arm_sbcon_i2c.h"
 #include "hw/sd/sd.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "audio/audio.h"
 
@@ -544,6 +545,7 @@ static void vexpress_common_init(MachineState *machine)
     ram_addr_t vram_size, sram_size;
     MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
     const hwaddr *map = daughterboard->motherboard_map;
+    QList *db_voltage, *db_clock;
     int i;
 
     daughterboard->init(vms, machine->ram_size, machine->cpu_type, pic);
@@ -584,20 +586,19 @@ static void vexpress_common_init(MachineState *machine)
     sysctl = qdev_new("realview_sysctl");
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(sysctl, "sys_id", sys_id);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(sysctl, "proc_id", daughterboard->proc_id);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sysctl, "len-db-voltage",
-                         daughterboard->num_voltage_sensors);
+
+    db_voltage = qlist_new();
     for (i = 0; i < daughterboard->num_voltage_sensors; i++) {
-        char *propname = g_strdup_printf("db-voltage[%d]", i);
-        qdev_prop_set_uint32(sysctl, propname, daughterboard->voltages[i]);
-        g_free(propname);
+        qlist_append_int(db_voltage, daughterboard->voltages[i]);
     }
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(sysctl, "len-db-clock",
-                         daughterboard->num_clocks);
+    qdev_prop_set_array(sysctl, "db-voltage", db_voltage);
+
+    db_clock = qlist_new();
     for (i = 0; i < daughterboard->num_clocks; i++) {
-        char *propname = g_strdup_printf("db-clock[%d]", i);
-        qdev_prop_set_uint32(sysctl, propname, daughterboard->clocks[i]);
-        g_free(propname);
+        qlist_append_int(db_clock, daughterboard->clocks[i]);
     }
+    qdev_prop_set_array(sysctl, "db-clock", db_clock);
+
     sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(sysctl), &error_fatal);
     sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(sysctl), 0, map[VE_SYSREGS]);
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 0a16ab3095..85e3c5ba9d 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 #include "hw/firmware/smbios.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-visit-common.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "standard-headers/linux/input.h"
 #include "hw/arm/smmuv3.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
@@ -752,14 +753,23 @@ static void create_gic(VirtMachineState *vms, MemoryRegion *mem)
     }
 
     if (vms->gic_version != VIRT_GIC_VERSION_2) {
+        QList *redist_region_count;
         uint32_t redist0_capacity = virt_redist_capacity(vms, VIRT_GIC_REDIST);
         uint32_t redist0_count = MIN(smp_cpus, redist0_capacity);
 
         nb_redist_regions = virt_gicv3_redist_region_count(vms);
 
-        qdev_prop_set_uint32(vms->gic, "len-redist-region-count",
-                             nb_redist_regions);
-        qdev_prop_set_uint32(vms->gic, "redist-region-count[0]", redist0_count);
+        redist_region_count = qlist_new();
+        qlist_append_int(redist_region_count, redist0_count);
+        if (nb_redist_regions == 2) {
+            uint32_t redist1_capacity =
+                virt_redist_capacity(vms, VIRT_HIGH_GIC_REDIST2);
+
+            qlist_append_int(redist_region_count,
+                MIN(smp_cpus - redist0_count, redist1_capacity));
+        }
+        qdev_prop_set_array(vms->gic, "redist-region-count",
+                            redist_region_count);
 
         if (!kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
             if (vms->tcg_its) {
@@ -768,14 +778,6 @@ static void create_gic(VirtMachineState *vms, MemoryRegion *mem)
                 qdev_prop_set_bit(vms->gic, "has-lpi", true);
             }
         }
-
-        if (nb_redist_regions == 2) {
-            uint32_t redist1_capacity =
-                virt_redist_capacity(vms, VIRT_HIGH_GIC_REDIST2);
-
-            qdev_prop_set_uint32(vms->gic, "redist-region-count[1]",
-                MIN(smp_cpus - redist0_count, redist1_capacity));
-        }
     } else {
         if (!kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
             qdev_prop_set_bit(vms->gic, "has-virtualization-extensions",
@@ -2748,6 +2750,7 @@ static void virt_machine_device_pre_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
         virtio_md_pci_pre_plug(VIRTIO_MD_PCI(dev), MACHINE(hotplug_dev), errp);
     } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_VIRTIO_IOMMU_PCI)) {
         hwaddr db_start = 0, db_end = 0;
+        QList *reserved_regions;
         char *resv_prop_str;
 
         if (vms->iommu != VIRT_IOMMU_NONE) {
@@ -2774,9 +2777,9 @@ static void virt_machine_device_pre_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
                                         db_start, db_end,
                                         VIRTIO_IOMMU_RESV_MEM_T_MSI);
 
-        object_property_set_uint(OBJECT(dev), "len-reserved-regions", 1, errp);
-        object_property_set_str(OBJECT(dev), "reserved-regions[0]",
-                                resv_prop_str, errp);
+        reserved_regions = qlist_new();
+        qlist_append_str(reserved_regions, resv_prop_str);
+        qdev_prop_set_array(dev, "reserved-regions", reserved_regions);
         g_free(resv_prop_str);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hw/arm/xlnx-versal.c b/hw/arm/xlnx-versal.c
index 4f74a64a0d..9600551c44 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xlnx-versal.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xlnx-versal.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/units.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ static void versal_create_apu_gic(Versal *s, qemu_irq *pic)
     };
     SysBusDevice *gicbusdev;
     DeviceState *gicdev;
+    QList *redist_region_count;
     int nr_apu_cpus = ARRAY_SIZE(s->fpd.apu.cpu);
     int i;
 
@@ -79,8 +81,11 @@ static void versal_create_apu_gic(Versal *s, qemu_irq *pic)
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(gicdev, "revision", 3);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(gicdev, "num-cpu", nr_apu_cpus);
     qdev_prop_set_uint32(gicdev, "num-irq", XLNX_VERSAL_NR_IRQS + 32);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(gicdev, "len-redist-region-count", 1);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(gicdev, "redist-region-count[0]", nr_apu_cpus);
+
+    redist_region_count = qlist_new();
+    qlist_append_int(redist_region_count, nr_apu_cpus);
+    qdev_prop_set_array(gicdev, "redist-region-count", redist_region_count);
+
     qdev_prop_set_bit(gicdev, "has-security-extensions", true);
 
     sysbus_realize(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->fpd.apu.gic), &error_fatal);
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
index b46d16cd2c..1473ab3d5e 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void set_netdev(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     peers_ptr->queues = queues;
 
 out:
-    error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(errp, err, obj, name, str);
+    error_set_from_qdev_prop_error(errp, err, obj, prop->name, str);
     g_free(str);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index 950ef48e01..91632f7be9 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -546,98 +546,187 @@ const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_size32 = {
 
 /* --- support for array properties --- */
 
-/* Used as an opaque for the object properties we add for each
- * array element. Note that the struct Property must be first
- * in the struct so that a pointer to this works as the opaque
- * for the underlying element's property hooks as well as for
- * our own release callback.
+typedef struct ArrayElementList ArrayElementList;
+
+struct ArrayElementList {
+    ArrayElementList *next;
+    void *value;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Given an array property @parent_prop in @obj, return a Property for a
+ * specific element of the array. Arrays are backed by an uint32_t length field
+ * and an element array. @elem points at an element in this element array.
  */
-typedef struct {
-    struct Property prop;
-    char *propname;
-    ObjectPropertyRelease *release;
-} ArrayElementProperty;
-
-/* object property release callback for array element properties:
- * we call the underlying element's property release hook, and
- * then free the memory we allocated when we added the property.
+static Property array_elem_prop(Object *obj, Property *parent_prop,
+                                const char *name, char *elem)
+{
+    return (Property) {
+        .info = parent_prop->arrayinfo,
+        .name = name,
+        /*
+         * This ugly piece of pointer arithmetic sets up the offset so
+         * that when the underlying release hook calls qdev_get_prop_ptr
+         * they get the right answer despite the array element not actually
+         * being inside the device struct.
+         */
+        .offset = (uintptr_t)elem - (uintptr_t)obj,
+    };
+}
+
+/*
+ * Object property release callback for array properties: We call the
+ * underlying element's property release hook for each element.
+ *
+ * Note that it is the responsibility of the individual device's deinit
+ * to free the array proper.
  */
-static void array_element_release(Object *obj, const char *name, void *opaque)
+static void release_prop_array(Object *obj, const char *name, void *opaque)
 {
-    ArrayElementProperty *p = opaque;
-    if (p->release) {
-        p->release(obj, name, opaque);
+    Property *prop = opaque;
+    uint32_t *alenptr = object_field_prop_ptr(obj, prop);
+    void **arrayptr = (void *)obj + prop->arrayoffset;
+    char *elem = *arrayptr;
+    int i;
+
+    if (!prop->arrayinfo->release) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < *alenptr; i++) {
+        Property elem_prop = array_elem_prop(obj, prop, name, elem);
+        prop->arrayinfo->release(obj, NULL, &elem_prop);
+        elem += prop->arrayfieldsize;
     }
-    g_free(p->propname);
-    g_free(p);
 }
 
-static void set_prop_arraylen(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
-                              void *opaque, Error **errp)
+/*
+ * Setter for an array property. This sets both the array length (which
+ * is technically the property field in the object) and the array itself
+ * (a pointer to which is stored in the additional field described by
+ * prop->arrayoffset).
+ */
+static void set_prop_array(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                           void *opaque, Error **errp)
 {
-    /* Setter for the property which defines the length of a
-     * variable-sized property array. As well as actually setting the
-     * array-length field in the device struct, we have to create the
-     * array itself and dynamically add the corresponding properties.
-     */
+    ERRP_GUARD();
     Property *prop = opaque;
     uint32_t *alenptr = object_field_prop_ptr(obj, prop);
     void **arrayptr = (void *)obj + prop->arrayoffset;
-    void *eltptr;
-    const char *arrayname;
-    int i;
+    ArrayElementList *list, *elem, *next;
+    const size_t size = sizeof(*list);
+    char *elemptr;
+    bool ok = true;
 
     if (*alenptr) {
         error_setg(errp, "array size property %s may not be set more than once",
                    name);
         return;
     }
-    if (!visit_type_uint32(v, name, alenptr, errp)) {
+
+    if (!visit_start_list(v, name, (GenericList **) &list, size, errp)) {
         return;
     }
-    if (!*alenptr) {
+
+    /* Read the whole input into a temporary list */
+    elem = list;
+    while (elem) {
+        Property elem_prop;
+
+        elem->value = g_malloc0(prop->arrayfieldsize);
+        elem_prop = array_elem_prop(obj, prop, name, elem->value);
+        prop->arrayinfo->set(obj, v, NULL, &elem_prop, errp);
+        if (*errp) {
+            ok = false;
+            goto out_obj;
+        }
+        if (*alenptr == INT_MAX) {
+            error_setg(errp, "array is too big");
+            return;
+        }
+        (*alenptr)++;
+        elem = (ArrayElementList *) visit_next_list(v, (GenericList*) elem,
+                                                    size);
+    }
+
+    ok = visit_check_list(v, errp);
+out_obj:
+    visit_end_list(v, (void**) &list);
+
+    if (!ok) {
+        for (elem = list; elem; elem = next) {
+            Property elem_prop = array_elem_prop(obj, prop, name,
+                                                 elem->value);
+            if (prop->arrayinfo->release) {
+                prop->arrayinfo->release(obj, NULL, &elem_prop);
+            }
+            next = elem->next;
+            g_free(elem->value);
+            g_free(elem);
+        }
         return;
     }
 
-    /* DEFINE_PROP_ARRAY guarantees that name should start with this prefix;
-     * strip it off so we can get the name of the array itself.
+    /*
+     * Now that we know how big the array has to be, move the data over to a
+     * linear array and free the temporary list.
      */
-    assert(strncmp(name, PROP_ARRAY_LEN_PREFIX,
-                   strlen(PROP_ARRAY_LEN_PREFIX)) == 0);
-    arrayname = name + strlen(PROP_ARRAY_LEN_PREFIX);
+    *arrayptr = g_malloc_n(*alenptr, prop->arrayfieldsize);
+    elemptr = *arrayptr;
+    for (elem = list; elem; elem = next) {
+        memcpy(elemptr, elem->value, prop->arrayfieldsize);
+        elemptr += prop->arrayfieldsize;
+        next = elem->next;
+        g_free(elem->value);
+        g_free(elem);
+    }
+}
 
-    /* Note that it is the responsibility of the individual device's deinit
-     * to free the array proper.
-     */
-    *arrayptr = eltptr = g_malloc0(*alenptr * prop->arrayfieldsize);
-    for (i = 0; i < *alenptr; i++, eltptr += prop->arrayfieldsize) {
-        char *propname = g_strdup_printf("%s[%d]", arrayname, i);
-        ArrayElementProperty *arrayprop = g_new0(ArrayElementProperty, 1);
-        arrayprop->release = prop->arrayinfo->release;
-        arrayprop->propname = propname;
-        arrayprop->prop.info = prop->arrayinfo;
-        arrayprop->prop.name = propname;
-        /* This ugly piece of pointer arithmetic sets up the offset so
-         * that when the underlying get/set hooks call qdev_get_prop_ptr
-         * they get the right answer despite the array element not actually
-         * being inside the device struct.
-         */
-        arrayprop->prop.offset = eltptr - (void *)obj;
-        assert(object_field_prop_ptr(obj, &arrayprop->prop) == eltptr);
-        object_property_add(obj, propname,
-                            arrayprop->prop.info->name,
-                            field_prop_getter(arrayprop->prop.info),
-                            field_prop_setter(arrayprop->prop.info),
-                            array_element_release,
-                            arrayprop);
+static void get_prop_array(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                           void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    ERRP_GUARD();
+    Property *prop = opaque;
+    uint32_t *alenptr = object_field_prop_ptr(obj, prop);
+    void **arrayptr = (void *)obj + prop->arrayoffset;
+    char *elem = *arrayptr;
+    GenericList *list;
+    const size_t list_elem_size = sizeof(*list) + prop->arrayfieldsize;
+    int i;
+    bool ok;
+
+    if (!visit_start_list(v, name, &list, list_elem_size, errp)) {
+        return;
     }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < *alenptr; i++) {
+        Property elem_prop = array_elem_prop(obj, prop, name, elem);
+        prop->arrayinfo->get(obj, v, NULL, &elem_prop, errp);
+        if (*errp) {
+            goto out_obj;
+        }
+        elem += prop->arrayfieldsize;
+    }
+
+    /* visit_check_list() can only fail for input visitors */
+    ok = visit_check_list(v, errp);
+    assert(ok);
+
+out_obj:
+    visit_end_list(v, (void**) &list);
 }
 
-const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_arraylen = {
-    .name = "uint32",
-    .get = get_uint32,
-    .set = set_prop_arraylen,
-    .set_default_value = qdev_propinfo_set_default_value_uint,
+static void default_prop_array(ObjectProperty *op, const Property *prop)
+{
+    object_property_set_default_list(op);
+}
+
+const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_array = {
+    .name = "list",
+    .get = get_prop_array,
+    .set = set_prop_array,
+    .release = release_prop_array,
+    .set_default_value = default_prop_array,
 };
 
 /* --- public helpers --- */
@@ -743,20 +832,8 @@ void qdev_prop_set_enum(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, int value)
 
 void qdev_prop_set_array(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, QList *values)
 {
-    const QListEntry *entry;
-    g_autofree char *prop_len = g_strdup_printf("len-%s", name);
-    uint32_t i = 0;
-
-    object_property_set_int(OBJECT(dev), prop_len, qlist_size(values),
-                            &error_abort);
-
-    QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(values, entry) {
-        g_autofree char *prop_idx = g_strdup_printf("%s[%u]", name, i);
-        object_property_set_qobject(OBJECT(dev), prop_idx, entry->value,
-                                    &error_abort);
-        i++;
-    }
-
+    object_property_set_qobject(OBJECT(dev), name, QOBJECT(values),
+                                &error_abort);
     qobject_unref(values);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 188bc9d0f8..29b9964733 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 #include "kvm/kvm_i386.h"
 #include "hw/xen/xen.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h"
 #include "acpi-build.h"
@@ -1457,10 +1458,11 @@ static void pc_machine_device_pre_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
         /* Declare the APIC range as the reserved MSI region */
         char *resv_prop_str = g_strdup_printf("0xfee00000:0xfeefffff:%d",
                                               VIRTIO_IOMMU_RESV_MEM_T_MSI);
+        QList *reserved_regions = qlist_new();
+
+        qlist_append_str(reserved_regions, resv_prop_str);
+        qdev_prop_set_array(dev, "reserved-regions", reserved_regions);
 
-        object_property_set_uint(OBJECT(dev), "len-reserved-regions", 1, errp);
-        object_property_set_str(OBJECT(dev), "reserved-regions[0]",
-                                resv_prop_str, errp);
         g_free(resv_prop_str);
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/rx/rx62n.c b/hw/rx/rx62n.c
index d00fcb0ef0..4dc44afd9d 100644
--- a/hw/rx/rx62n.c
+++ b/hw/rx/rx62n.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
 /*
@@ -130,22 +131,22 @@ static void register_icu(RX62NState *s)
 {
     int i;
     SysBusDevice *icu;
+    QList *ipr_map, *trigger_level;
 
     object_initialize_child(OBJECT(s), "icu", &s->icu, TYPE_RX_ICU);
     icu = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->icu);
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(icu), "len-ipr-map", NR_IRQS);
+
+    ipr_map = qlist_new();
     for (i = 0; i < NR_IRQS; i++) {
-        char propname[32];
-        snprintf(propname, sizeof(propname), "ipr-map[%d]", i);
-        qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(icu), propname, ipr_table[i]);
+        qlist_append_int(ipr_map, ipr_table[i]);
     }
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(icu), "len-trigger-level",
-                         ARRAY_SIZE(levelirq));
+    qdev_prop_set_array(DEVICE(icu), "ipr-map", ipr_map);
+
+    trigger_level = qlist_new();
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(levelirq); i++) {
-        char propname[32];
-        snprintf(propname, sizeof(propname), "trigger-level[%d]", i);
-        qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(icu), propname, levelirq[i]);
+        qlist_append_int(trigger_level, levelirq[i]);
     }
+    qdev_prop_set_array(DEVICE(icu), "trigger-level", trigger_level);
 
     for (i = 0; i < NR_IRQS; i++) {
         s->irq[i] = qdev_get_gpio_in(DEVICE(icu), i);
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index 7fa2fdb7c9..25743a29a0 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_size;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_string;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_on_off_auto;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_size32;
-extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_arraylen;
+extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_array;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_link;
 
 #define DEFINE_PROP(_name, _state, _field, _prop, _type, ...) {  \
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_link;
                 .bitmask    = (_bitmask),                     \
                 .set_default = false)
 
-#define PROP_ARRAY_LEN_PREFIX "len-"
-
 /**
  * DEFINE_PROP_ARRAY:
  * @_name: name of the array
@@ -127,28 +125,25 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_link;
  * @_arrayprop: PropertyInfo defining what property the array elements have
  * @_arraytype: C type of the array elements
  *
- * Define device properties for a variable-length array _name.  A
- * static property "len-arrayname" is defined. When the device creator
- * sets this property to the desired length of array, further dynamic
- * properties "arrayname[0]", "arrayname[1]", ...  are defined so the
- * device creator can set the array element values. Setting the
- * "len-arrayname" property more than once is an error.
+ * Define device properties for a variable-length array _name.  The array is
+ * represented as a list in the visitor interface.
+ *
+ * @_arraytype is required to be movable with memcpy().
  *
- * When the array length is set, the @_field member of the device
+ * When the array property is set, the @_field member of the device
  * struct is set to the array length, and @_arrayfield is set to point
- * to (zero-initialised) memory allocated for the array.  For a zero
- * length array, @_field will be set to 0 and @_arrayfield to NULL.
+ * to the memory allocated for the array.
+ *
  * It is the responsibility of the device deinit code to free the
  * @_arrayfield memory.
  */
-#define DEFINE_PROP_ARRAY(_name, _state, _field,               \
-                          _arrayfield, _arrayprop, _arraytype) \
-    DEFINE_PROP((PROP_ARRAY_LEN_PREFIX _name),                 \
-                _state, _field, qdev_prop_arraylen, uint32_t,  \
-                .set_default = true,                           \
-                .defval.u = 0,                                 \
-                .arrayinfo = &(_arrayprop),                    \
-                .arrayfieldsize = sizeof(_arraytype),          \
+#define DEFINE_PROP_ARRAY(_name, _state, _field,                        \
+                          _arrayfield, _arrayprop, _arraytype)          \
+    DEFINE_PROP(_name, _state, _field, qdev_prop_array, uint32_t,       \
+                .set_default = true,                                    \
+                .defval.u = 0,                                          \
+                .arrayinfo = &(_arrayprop),                             \
+                .arrayfieldsize = sizeof(_arraytype),                   \
                 .arrayoffset = offsetof(_state, _arrayfield))
 
 #define DEFINE_PROP_LINK(_name, _state, _field, _type, _ptr_type)     \
diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index ef7258a5e1..afccd24ca7 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -1094,6 +1094,14 @@ void object_property_set_default_bool(ObjectProperty *prop, bool value);
 void object_property_set_default_str(ObjectProperty *prop, const char *value);
 
 /**
+ * object_property_set_default_list:
+ * @prop: the property to set
+ *
+ * Set the property default value to be an empty list.
+ */
+void object_property_set_default_list(ObjectProperty *prop);
+
+/**
  * object_property_set_default_int:
  * @prop: the property to set
  * @value: the value to be written to the property
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index 8557fe8e4e..95c0dc8285 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  * of the QOM core on QObject?  */
 #include "qom/qom-qobject.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
@@ -1588,6 +1589,11 @@ void object_property_set_default_str(ObjectProperty *prop, const char *value)
     object_property_set_default(prop, QOBJECT(qstring_from_str(value)));
 }
 
+void object_property_set_default_list(ObjectProperty *prop)
+{
+    object_property_set_default(prop, QOBJECT(qlist_new()));
+}
+
 void object_property_set_default_int(ObjectProperty *prop, int64_t value)
 {
     object_property_set_default(prop, QOBJECT(qnum_from_int(value)));