4 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h b/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
index 5159964863..5c1297f430 100644
--- a/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
+++ b/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ struct Visitor
                          const char *name, size_t size, Error **errp);
     void (*end_struct)(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
 
+    void (*start_implicit_struct)(Visitor *v, void **obj, size_t size,
+                                  Error **errp);
+    void (*end_implicit_struct)(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
+
     void (*start_list)(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp);
     GenericList *(*next_list)(Visitor *v, GenericList **list, Error **errp);
     void (*end_list)(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
diff --git a/include/qapi/visitor.h b/include/qapi/visitor.h
index 28c21d8338..bd24f85e97 100644
--- a/include/qapi/visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/visitor.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ void visit_end_handle(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
 void visit_start_struct(Visitor *v, void **obj, const char *kind,
                         const char *name, size_t size, Error **errp);
 void visit_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
+void visit_start_implicit_struct(Visitor *v, void **obj, size_t size,
+                                 Error **errp);
+void visit_end_implicit_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
 void visit_start_list(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp);
 GenericList *visit_next_list(Visitor *v, GenericList **list, Error **errp);
 void visit_end_list(Visitor *v, Error **errp);
diff --git a/qapi/qapi-visit-core.c b/qapi/qapi-visit-core.c
index 401ee6e597..9b4d51bc0a 100644
--- a/qapi/qapi-visit-core.c
+++ b/qapi/qapi-visit-core.c
@@ -45,6 +45,22 @@ void visit_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
     v->end_struct(v, errp);
 }
 
+void visit_start_implicit_struct(Visitor *v, void **obj, size_t size,
+                                 Error **errp)
+{
+    if (!error_is_set(errp) && v->start_implicit_struct) {
+        v->start_implicit_struct(v, obj, size, errp);
+    }
+}
+
+void visit_end_implicit_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
+{
+    assert(!error_is_set(errp));
+    if (v->end_implicit_struct) {
+        v->end_implicit_struct(v, errp);
+    }
+}
+
 void visit_start_list(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp)
 {
     if (!error_is_set(errp)) {
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
index 67fb127050..59c5cace96 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
@@ -144,6 +144,18 @@ static void qmp_input_end_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
     qmp_input_pop(qiv, errp);
 }
 
+static void qmp_input_start_implicit_struct(Visitor *v, void **obj,
+                                            size_t size, Error **errp)
+{
+    if (obj) {
+        *obj = g_malloc0(size);
+    }
+}
+
+static void qmp_input_end_implicit_struct(Visitor *v, Error **errp)
+{
+}
+
 static void qmp_input_start_list(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp)
 {
     QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
@@ -293,6 +305,8 @@ QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj)
 
     v->visitor.start_struct = qmp_input_start_struct;
     v->visitor.end_struct = qmp_input_end_struct;
+    v->visitor.start_implicit_struct = qmp_input_start_implicit_struct;
+    v->visitor.end_implicit_struct = qmp_input_end_implicit_struct;
     v->visitor.start_list = qmp_input_start_list;
     v->visitor.next_list = qmp_input_next_list;
     v->visitor.end_list = qmp_input_end_list;