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-rw-r--r--include/qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h16
-rw-r--r--include/qapi/qmp/json-parser.h4
-rw-r--r--include/qapi/qmp/json-streamer.h16
-rw-r--r--monitor.c3
-rw-r--r--qga/main.c2
-rw-r--r--qobject/json-lexer.c48
-rw-r--r--qobject/json-parser.c330
-rw-r--r--qobject/json-streamer.c91
-rw-r--r--qobject/qjson.c2
-rw-r--r--tests/check-qjson.c25
-rw-r--r--tests/libqtest.c2
11 files changed, 225 insertions, 314 deletions
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h b/include/qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h
index cdff0460a8..cb456d53e5 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h
@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_JSON_LEXER_H
 #define QEMU_JSON_LEXER_H
 
-#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
+#include "glib-compat.h"
 
 typedef enum json_token_type {
-    JSON_OPERATOR = 100,
+    JSON_MIN = 100,
+    JSON_LCURLY = JSON_MIN,
+    JSON_RCURLY,
+    JSON_LSQUARE,
+    JSON_RSQUARE,
+    JSON_COLON,
+    JSON_COMMA,
     JSON_INTEGER,
     JSON_FLOAT,
     JSON_KEYWORD,
@@ -30,13 +35,14 @@ typedef enum json_token_type {
 
 typedef struct JSONLexer JSONLexer;
 
-typedef void (JSONLexerEmitter)(JSONLexer *, QString *, JSONTokenType, int x, int y);
+typedef void (JSONLexerEmitter)(JSONLexer *, GString *,
+                                JSONTokenType, int x, int y);
 
 struct JSONLexer
 {
     JSONLexerEmitter *emit;
     int state;
-    QString *token;
+    GString *token;
     int x, y;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/json-parser.h b/include/qapi/qmp/json-parser.h
index 44d88f3468..fea89f873a 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/json-parser.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/json-parser.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 
-QObject *json_parser_parse(QList *tokens, va_list *ap);
-QObject *json_parser_parse_err(QList *tokens, va_list *ap, Error **errp);
+QObject *json_parser_parse(GQueue *tokens, va_list *ap);
+QObject *json_parser_parse_err(GQueue *tokens, va_list *ap, Error **errp);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/json-streamer.h b/include/qapi/qmp/json-streamer.h
index 823f7d7fa4..09b3d3ec15 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/json-streamer.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/json-streamer.h
@@ -14,21 +14,29 @@
 #ifndef QEMU_JSON_STREAMER_H
 #define QEMU_JSON_STREAMER_H
 
-#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "glib-compat.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h"
 
+typedef struct JSONToken {
+    int type;
+    int x;
+    int y;
+    char str[];
+} JSONToken;
+
 typedef struct JSONMessageParser
 {
-    void (*emit)(struct JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens);
+    void (*emit)(struct JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens);
     JSONLexer lexer;
     int brace_count;
     int bracket_count;
-    QList *tokens;
+    GQueue *tokens;
     uint64_t token_size;
 } JSONMessageParser;
 
 void json_message_parser_init(JSONMessageParser *parser,
-                              void (*func)(JSONMessageParser *, QList *));
+                              void (*func)(JSONMessageParser *, GQueue *));
 
 int json_message_parser_feed(JSONMessageParser *parser,
                              const char *buffer, size_t size);
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index e4cf34e3cb..9a35d7265f 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -3849,7 +3849,7 @@ static QDict *qmp_check_input_obj(QObject *input_obj, Error **errp)
     return input_dict;
 }
 
-static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
+static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     QObject *obj, *data;
@@ -3907,6 +3907,7 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
 err_out:
     monitor_protocol_emitter(mon, data, local_err);
     qobject_decref(data);
+    error_free(local_err);
     QDECREF(input);
     QDECREF(args);
 }
diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
index d2a0ffc807..f83a97d245 100644
--- a/qga/main.c
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static void process_command(GAState *s, QDict *req)
 }
 
 /* handle requests/control events coming in over the channel */
-static void process_event(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
+static void process_event(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens)
 {
     GAState *s = container_of(parser, GAState, parser);
     QDict *qdict;
diff --git a/qobject/json-lexer.c b/qobject/json-lexer.c
index b19623e229..92798ae3a4 100644
--- a/qobject/json-lexer.c
+++ b/qobject/json-lexer.c
@@ -11,12 +11,9 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qint.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
 
 #define MAX_TOKEN_SIZE (64ULL << 20)
 
@@ -30,7 +27,7 @@
  */
 
 enum json_lexer_state {
-    IN_ERROR = 0,
+    IN_ERROR = 0,               /* must really be 0, see json_lexer[] */
     IN_DQ_UCODE3,
     IN_DQ_UCODE2,
     IN_DQ_UCODE1,
@@ -62,6 +59,8 @@ enum json_lexer_state {
     IN_START,
 };
 
+QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON((int)JSON_MIN <= (int)IN_START);
+
 #define TERMINAL(state) [0 ... 0x7F] = (state)
 
 /* Return whether TERMINAL is a terminal state and the transition to it
@@ -71,6 +70,8 @@ enum json_lexer_state {
             (json_lexer[(old_state)][0] == (terminal))
 
 static const uint8_t json_lexer[][256] =  {
+    /* Relies on default initialization to IN_ERROR! */
+
     /* double quote string */
     [IN_DQ_UCODE3] = {
         ['0' ... '9'] = IN_DQ_STRING,
@@ -253,12 +254,12 @@ static const uint8_t json_lexer[][256] =  {
         ['0'] = IN_ZERO,
         ['1' ... '9'] = IN_NONZERO_NUMBER,
         ['-'] = IN_NEG_NONZERO_NUMBER,
-        ['{'] = JSON_OPERATOR,
-        ['}'] = JSON_OPERATOR,
-        ['['] = JSON_OPERATOR,
-        [']'] = JSON_OPERATOR,
-        [','] = JSON_OPERATOR,
-        [':'] = JSON_OPERATOR,
+        ['{'] = JSON_LCURLY,
+        ['}'] = JSON_RCURLY,
+        ['['] = JSON_LSQUARE,
+        [']'] = JSON_RSQUARE,
+        [','] = JSON_COMMA,
+        [':'] = JSON_COLON,
         ['a' ... 'z'] = IN_KEYWORD,
         ['%'] = IN_ESCAPE,
         [' '] = IN_WHITESPACE,
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ void json_lexer_init(JSONLexer *lexer, JSONLexerEmitter func)
 {
     lexer->emit = func;
     lexer->state = IN_START;
-    lexer->token = qstring_new();
+    lexer->token = g_string_sized_new(3);
     lexer->x = lexer->y = 0;
 }
 
@@ -287,14 +288,20 @@ static int json_lexer_feed_char(JSONLexer *lexer, char ch, bool flush)
     }
 
     do {
+        assert(lexer->state <= ARRAY_SIZE(json_lexer));
         new_state = json_lexer[lexer->state][(uint8_t)ch];
         char_consumed = !TERMINAL_NEEDED_LOOKAHEAD(lexer->state, new_state);
         if (char_consumed) {
-            qstring_append_chr(lexer->token, ch);
+            g_string_append_c(lexer->token, ch);
         }
 
         switch (new_state) {
-        case JSON_OPERATOR:
+        case JSON_LCURLY:
+        case JSON_RCURLY:
+        case JSON_LSQUARE:
+        case JSON_RSQUARE:
+        case JSON_COLON:
+        case JSON_COMMA:
         case JSON_ESCAPE:
         case JSON_INTEGER:
         case JSON_FLOAT:
@@ -303,8 +310,7 @@ static int json_lexer_feed_char(JSONLexer *lexer, char ch, bool flush)
             lexer->emit(lexer, lexer->token, new_state, lexer->x, lexer->y);
             /* fall through */
         case JSON_SKIP:
-            QDECREF(lexer->token);
-            lexer->token = qstring_new();
+            g_string_truncate(lexer->token, 0);
             new_state = IN_START;
             break;
         case IN_ERROR:
@@ -322,8 +328,7 @@ static int json_lexer_feed_char(JSONLexer *lexer, char ch, bool flush)
              * induce an error/flush state.
              */
             lexer->emit(lexer, lexer->token, JSON_ERROR, lexer->x, lexer->y);
-            QDECREF(lexer->token);
-            lexer->token = qstring_new();
+            g_string_truncate(lexer->token, 0);
             new_state = IN_START;
             lexer->state = new_state;
             return 0;
@@ -336,10 +341,9 @@ static int json_lexer_feed_char(JSONLexer *lexer, char ch, bool flush)
     /* Do not let a single token grow to an arbitrarily large size,
      * this is a security consideration.
      */
-    if (lexer->token->length > MAX_TOKEN_SIZE) {
+    if (lexer->token->len > MAX_TOKEN_SIZE) {
         lexer->emit(lexer, lexer->token, lexer->state, lexer->x, lexer->y);
-        QDECREF(lexer->token);
-        lexer->token = qstring_new();
+        g_string_truncate(lexer->token, 0);
         lexer->state = IN_START;
     }
 
@@ -369,5 +373,5 @@ int json_lexer_flush(JSONLexer *lexer)
 
 void json_lexer_destroy(JSONLexer *lexer)
 {
-    QDECREF(lexer->token);
+    g_string_free(lexer->token, true);
 }
diff --git a/qobject/json-parser.c b/qobject/json-parser.c
index ac991ba3cf..3c5d35d7b0 100644
--- a/qobject/json-parser.c
+++ b/qobject/json-parser.c
@@ -22,15 +22,13 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-parser.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/json-streamer.h"
 
 typedef struct JSONParserContext
 {
     Error *err;
-    struct {
-        QObject **buf;
-        size_t pos;
-        size_t count;
-    } tokens;
+    JSONToken *current;
+    GQueue *buf;
 } JSONParserContext;
 
 #define BUG_ON(cond) assert(!(cond))
@@ -47,58 +45,10 @@ typedef struct JSONParserContext
 static QObject *parse_value(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap);
 
 /**
- * Token manipulators
- *
- * tokens are dictionaries that contain a type, a string value, and geometry information
- * about a token identified by the lexer.  These are routines that make working with
- * these objects a bit easier.
- */
-static const char *token_get_value(QObject *obj)
-{
-    return qdict_get_str(qobject_to_qdict(obj), "token");
-}
-
-static JSONTokenType token_get_type(QObject *obj)
-{
-    return qdict_get_int(qobject_to_qdict(obj), "type");
-}
-
-static int token_is_operator(QObject *obj, char op)
-{
-    const char *val;
-
-    if (token_get_type(obj) != JSON_OPERATOR) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    val = token_get_value(obj);
-
-    return (val[0] == op) && (val[1] == 0);
-}
-
-static int token_is_keyword(QObject *obj, const char *value)
-{
-    if (token_get_type(obj) != JSON_KEYWORD) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    return strcmp(token_get_value(obj), value) == 0;
-}
-
-static int token_is_escape(QObject *obj, const char *value)
-{
-    if (token_get_type(obj) != JSON_ESCAPE) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    return (strcmp(token_get_value(obj), value) == 0);
-}
-
-/**
  * Error handler
  */
 static void GCC_FMT_ATTR(3, 4) parse_error(JSONParserContext *ctxt,
-                                           QObject *token, const char *msg, ...)
+                                           JSONToken *token, const char *msg, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
     char message[1024];
@@ -176,9 +126,10 @@ static int hex2decimal(char ch)
  *      \t
  *      \u four-hex-digits 
  */
-static QString *qstring_from_escaped_str(JSONParserContext *ctxt, QObject *token)
+static QString *qstring_from_escaped_str(JSONParserContext *ctxt,
+                                         JSONToken *token)
 {
-    const char *ptr = token_get_value(token);
+    const char *ptr = token->str;
     QString *str;
     int double_quote = 1;
 
@@ -274,73 +225,34 @@ out:
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static QObject *parser_context_pop_token(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
-{
-    QObject *token;
-    g_assert(ctxt->tokens.pos < ctxt->tokens.count);
-    token = ctxt->tokens.buf[ctxt->tokens.pos];
-    ctxt->tokens.pos++;
-    return token;
-}
-
-/* Note: parser_context_{peek|pop}_token do not increment the
- * token object's refcount. In both cases the references will continue
- * to be tracked and cleaned up in parser_context_free(), so do not
- * attempt to free the token object.
+/* Note: the token object returned by parser_context_peek_token or
+ * parser_context_pop_token is deleted as soon as parser_context_pop_token
+ * is called again.
  */
-static QObject *parser_context_peek_token(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
-{
-    QObject *token;
-    g_assert(ctxt->tokens.pos < ctxt->tokens.count);
-    token = ctxt->tokens.buf[ctxt->tokens.pos];
-    return token;
-}
-
-static JSONParserContext parser_context_save(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
-{
-    JSONParserContext saved_ctxt = {0};
-    saved_ctxt.tokens.pos = ctxt->tokens.pos;
-    saved_ctxt.tokens.count = ctxt->tokens.count;
-    saved_ctxt.tokens.buf = ctxt->tokens.buf;
-    return saved_ctxt;
-}
-
-static void parser_context_restore(JSONParserContext *ctxt,
-                                   JSONParserContext saved_ctxt)
+static JSONToken *parser_context_pop_token(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
 {
-    ctxt->tokens.pos = saved_ctxt.tokens.pos;
-    ctxt->tokens.count = saved_ctxt.tokens.count;
-    ctxt->tokens.buf = saved_ctxt.tokens.buf;
+    g_free(ctxt->current);
+    assert(!g_queue_is_empty(ctxt->buf));
+    ctxt->current = g_queue_pop_head(ctxt->buf);
+    return ctxt->current;
 }
 
-static void tokens_append_from_iter(QObject *obj, void *opaque)
+static JSONToken *parser_context_peek_token(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
 {
-    JSONParserContext *ctxt = opaque;
-    g_assert(ctxt->tokens.pos < ctxt->tokens.count);
-    ctxt->tokens.buf[ctxt->tokens.pos++] = obj;
-    qobject_incref(obj);
+    assert(!g_queue_is_empty(ctxt->buf));
+    return g_queue_peek_head(ctxt->buf);
 }
 
-static JSONParserContext *parser_context_new(QList *tokens)
+static JSONParserContext *parser_context_new(GQueue *tokens)
 {
     JSONParserContext *ctxt;
-    size_t count;
 
     if (!tokens) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    count = qlist_size(tokens);
-    if (count == 0) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     ctxt = g_malloc0(sizeof(JSONParserContext));
-    ctxt->tokens.pos = 0;
-    ctxt->tokens.count = count;
-    ctxt->tokens.buf = g_malloc(count * sizeof(QObject *));
-    qlist_iter(tokens, tokens_append_from_iter, ctxt);
-    ctxt->tokens.pos = 0;
+    ctxt->buf = tokens;
 
     return ctxt;
 }
@@ -348,12 +260,12 @@ static JSONParserContext *parser_context_new(QList *tokens)
 /* to support error propagation, ctxt->err must be freed separately */
 static void parser_context_free(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
 {
-    int i;
     if (ctxt) {
-        for (i = 0; i < ctxt->tokens.count; i++) {
-            qobject_decref(ctxt->tokens.buf[i]);
+        while (!g_queue_is_empty(ctxt->buf)) {
+            parser_context_pop_token(ctxt);
         }
-        g_free(ctxt->tokens.buf);
+        g_free(ctxt->current);
+        g_queue_free(ctxt->buf);
         g_free(ctxt);
     }
 }
@@ -363,8 +275,8 @@ static void parser_context_free(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
  */
 static int parse_pair(JSONParserContext *ctxt, QDict *dict, va_list *ap)
 {
-    QObject *key = NULL, *token = NULL, *value, *peek;
-    JSONParserContext saved_ctxt = parser_context_save(ctxt);
+    QObject *key = NULL, *value;
+    JSONToken *peek, *token;
 
     peek = parser_context_peek_token(ctxt);
     if (peek == NULL) {
@@ -384,7 +296,7 @@ static int parse_pair(JSONParserContext *ctxt, QDict *dict, va_list *ap)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (!token_is_operator(token, ':')) {
+    if (token->type != JSON_COLON) {
         parse_error(ctxt, token, "missing : in object pair");
         goto out;
     }
@@ -402,7 +314,6 @@ static int parse_pair(JSONParserContext *ctxt, QDict *dict, va_list *ap)
     return 0;
 
 out:
-    parser_context_restore(ctxt, saved_ctxt);
     qobject_decref(key);
 
     return -1;
@@ -411,17 +322,10 @@ out:
 static QObject *parse_object(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
 {
     QDict *dict = NULL;
-    QObject *token, *peek;
-    JSONParserContext saved_ctxt = parser_context_save(ctxt);
+    JSONToken *token, *peek;
 
     token = parser_context_pop_token(ctxt);
-    if (token == NULL) {
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (!token_is_operator(token, '{')) {
-        goto out;
-    }
+    assert(token && token->type == JSON_LCURLY);
 
     dict = qdict_new();
 
@@ -431,7 +335,7 @@ static QObject *parse_object(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (!token_is_operator(peek, '}')) {
+    if (peek->type != JSON_RCURLY) {
         if (parse_pair(ctxt, dict, ap) == -1) {
             goto out;
         }
@@ -442,8 +346,8 @@ static QObject *parse_object(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
             goto out;
         }
 
-        while (!token_is_operator(token, '}')) {
-            if (!token_is_operator(token, ',')) {
+        while (token->type != JSON_RCURLY) {
+            if (token->type != JSON_COMMA) {
                 parse_error(ctxt, token, "expected separator in dict");
                 goto out;
             }
@@ -465,7 +369,6 @@ static QObject *parse_object(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
     return QOBJECT(dict);
 
 out:
-    parser_context_restore(ctxt, saved_ctxt);
     QDECREF(dict);
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -473,17 +376,10 @@ out:
 static QObject *parse_array(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
 {
     QList *list = NULL;
-    QObject *token, *peek;
-    JSONParserContext saved_ctxt = parser_context_save(ctxt);
+    JSONToken *token, *peek;
 
     token = parser_context_pop_token(ctxt);
-    if (token == NULL) {
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (!token_is_operator(token, '[')) {
-        goto out;
-    }
+    assert(token && token->type == JSON_LSQUARE);
 
     list = qlist_new();
 
@@ -493,7 +389,7 @@ static QObject *parse_array(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (!token_is_operator(peek, ']')) {
+    if (peek->type != JSON_RSQUARE) {
         QObject *obj;
 
         obj = parse_value(ctxt, ap);
@@ -510,8 +406,8 @@ static QObject *parse_array(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
             goto out;
         }
 
-        while (!token_is_operator(token, ']')) {
-            if (!token_is_operator(token, ',')) {
+        while (token->type != JSON_RSQUARE) {
+            if (token->type != JSON_COMMA) {
                 parse_error(ctxt, token, "expected separator in list");
                 goto out;
             }
@@ -537,99 +433,68 @@ static QObject *parse_array(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
     return QOBJECT(list);
 
 out:
-    parser_context_restore(ctxt, saved_ctxt);
     QDECREF(list);
     return NULL;
 }
 
 static QObject *parse_keyword(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
 {
-    QObject *token, *ret;
-    JSONParserContext saved_ctxt = parser_context_save(ctxt);
+    JSONToken *token;
 
     token = parser_context_pop_token(ctxt);
-    if (token == NULL) {
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (token_get_type(token) != JSON_KEYWORD) {
-        goto out;
-    }
+    assert(token && token->type == JSON_KEYWORD);
 
-    if (token_is_keyword(token, "true")) {
-        ret = QOBJECT(qbool_from_bool(true));
-    } else if (token_is_keyword(token, "false")) {
-        ret = QOBJECT(qbool_from_bool(false));
-    } else if (token_is_keyword(token, "null")) {
-        ret = qnull();
-    } else {
-        parse_error(ctxt, token, "invalid keyword `%s'", token_get_value(token));
-        goto out;
+    if (!strcmp(token->str, "true")) {
+        return QOBJECT(qbool_from_bool(true));
+    } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "false")) {
+        return QOBJECT(qbool_from_bool(false));
+    } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "null")) {
+        return qnull();
     }
-
-    return ret;
-
-out: 
-    parser_context_restore(ctxt, saved_ctxt);
-
+    parse_error(ctxt, token, "invalid keyword '%s'", token->str);
     return NULL;
 }
 
 static QObject *parse_escape(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
 {
-    QObject *token = NULL, *obj;
-    JSONParserContext saved_ctxt = parser_context_save(ctxt);
+    JSONToken *token;
 
     if (ap == NULL) {
-        goto out;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     token = parser_context_pop_token(ctxt);
-    if (token == NULL) {
-        goto out;
-    }
-
-    if (token_is_escape(token, "%p")) {
-        obj = va_arg(*ap, QObject *);
-    } else if (token_is_escape(token, "%i")) {
-        obj = QOBJECT(qbool_from_bool(va_arg(*ap, int)));
-    } else if (token_is_escape(token, "%d")) {
-        obj = QOBJECT(qint_from_int(va_arg(*ap, int)));
-    } else if (token_is_escape(token, "%ld")) {
-        obj = QOBJECT(qint_from_int(va_arg(*ap, long)));
-    } else if (token_is_escape(token, "%lld") ||
-               token_is_escape(token, "%I64d")) {
-        obj = QOBJECT(qint_from_int(va_arg(*ap, long long)));
-    } else if (token_is_escape(token, "%s")) {
-        obj = QOBJECT(qstring_from_str(va_arg(*ap, const char *)));
-    } else if (token_is_escape(token, "%f")) {
-        obj = QOBJECT(qfloat_from_double(va_arg(*ap, double)));
-    } else {
-        goto out;
+    assert(token && token->type == JSON_ESCAPE);
+
+    if (!strcmp(token->str, "%p")) {
+        return va_arg(*ap, QObject *);
+    } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "%i")) {
+        return QOBJECT(qbool_from_bool(va_arg(*ap, int)));
+    } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "%d")) {
+        return QOBJECT(qint_from_int(va_arg(*ap, int)));
+    } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "%ld")) {
+        return QOBJECT(qint_from_int(va_arg(*ap, long)));
+    } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "%lld") ||
+               !strcmp(token->str, "%I64d")) {
+        return QOBJECT(qint_from_int(va_arg(*ap, long long)));
+    } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "%s")) {
+        return QOBJECT(qstring_from_str(va_arg(*ap, const char *)));
+    } else if (!strcmp(token->str, "%f")) {
+        return QOBJECT(qfloat_from_double(va_arg(*ap, double)));
     }
-
-    return obj;
-
-out:
-    parser_context_restore(ctxt, saved_ctxt);
-
     return NULL;
 }
 
 static QObject *parse_literal(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
 {
-    QObject *token, *obj;
-    JSONParserContext saved_ctxt = parser_context_save(ctxt);
+    JSONToken *token;
 
     token = parser_context_pop_token(ctxt);
-    if (token == NULL) {
-        goto out;
-    }
+    assert(token);
 
-    switch (token_get_type(token)) {
+    switch (token->type) {
     case JSON_STRING:
-        obj = QOBJECT(qstring_from_escaped_str(ctxt, token));
-        break;
+        return QOBJECT(qstring_from_escaped_str(ctxt, token));
     case JSON_INTEGER: {
         /* A possibility exists that this is a whole-valued float where the
          * fractional part was left out due to being 0 (.0). It's not a big
@@ -646,56 +511,55 @@ static QObject *parse_literal(JSONParserContext *ctxt)
         int64_t value;
 
         errno = 0; /* strtoll doesn't set errno on success */
-        value = strtoll(token_get_value(token), NULL, 10);
+        value = strtoll(token->str, NULL, 10);
         if (errno != ERANGE) {
-            obj = QOBJECT(qint_from_int(value));
-            break;
+            return QOBJECT(qint_from_int(value));
         }
         /* fall through to JSON_FLOAT */
     }
     case JSON_FLOAT:
         /* FIXME dependent on locale */
-        obj = QOBJECT(qfloat_from_double(strtod(token_get_value(token), NULL)));
-        break;
+        return QOBJECT(qfloat_from_double(strtod(token->str, NULL)));
     default:
-        goto out;
+        abort();
     }
-
-    return obj;
-
-out:
-    parser_context_restore(ctxt, saved_ctxt);
-
-    return NULL;
 }
 
 static QObject *parse_value(JSONParserContext *ctxt, va_list *ap)
 {
-    QObject *obj;
+    JSONToken *token;
 
-    obj = parse_object(ctxt, ap);
-    if (obj == NULL) {
-        obj = parse_array(ctxt, ap);
-    }
-    if (obj == NULL) {
-        obj = parse_escape(ctxt, ap);
-    }
-    if (obj == NULL) {
-        obj = parse_keyword(ctxt);
-    } 
-    if (obj == NULL) {
-        obj = parse_literal(ctxt);
+    token = parser_context_peek_token(ctxt);
+    if (token == NULL) {
+        parse_error(ctxt, NULL, "premature EOI");
+        return NULL;
     }
 
-    return obj;
+    switch (token->type) {
+    case JSON_LCURLY:
+        return parse_object(ctxt, ap);
+    case JSON_LSQUARE:
+        return parse_array(ctxt, ap);
+    case JSON_ESCAPE:
+        return parse_escape(ctxt, ap);
+    case JSON_INTEGER:
+    case JSON_FLOAT:
+    case JSON_STRING:
+        return parse_literal(ctxt);
+    case JSON_KEYWORD:
+        return parse_keyword(ctxt);
+    default:
+        parse_error(ctxt, token, "expecting value");
+        return NULL;
+    }
 }
 
-QObject *json_parser_parse(QList *tokens, va_list *ap)
+QObject *json_parser_parse(GQueue *tokens, va_list *ap)
 {
     return json_parser_parse_err(tokens, ap, NULL);
 }
 
-QObject *json_parser_parse_err(QList *tokens, va_list *ap, Error **errp)
+QObject *json_parser_parse_err(GQueue *tokens, va_list *ap, Error **errp)
 {
     JSONParserContext *ctxt = parser_context_new(tokens);
     QObject *result;
diff --git a/qobject/json-streamer.c b/qobject/json-streamer.c
index 1b2f9b1d10..a4db4b832e 100644
--- a/qobject/json-streamer.c
+++ b/qobject/json-streamer.c
@@ -11,50 +11,55 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qint.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-lexer.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-streamer.h"
 
 #define MAX_TOKEN_SIZE (64ULL << 20)
+#define MAX_TOKEN_COUNT (2ULL << 20)
 #define MAX_NESTING (1ULL << 10)
 
-static void json_message_process_token(JSONLexer *lexer, QString *token, JSONTokenType type, int x, int y)
+static void json_message_free_tokens(JSONMessageParser *parser)
+{
+    if (parser->tokens) {
+        g_queue_free(parser->tokens);
+        parser->tokens = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static void json_message_process_token(JSONLexer *lexer, GString *input,
+                                       JSONTokenType type, int x, int y)
 {
     JSONMessageParser *parser = container_of(lexer, JSONMessageParser, lexer);
-    QDict *dict;
-
-    if (type == JSON_OPERATOR) {
-        switch (qstring_get_str(token)[0]) {
-        case '{':
-            parser->brace_count++;
-            break;
-        case '}':
-            parser->brace_count--;
-            break;
-        case '[':
-            parser->bracket_count++;
-            break;
-        case ']':
-            parser->bracket_count--;
-            break;
-        default:
-            break;
-        }
+    JSONToken *token;
+
+    switch (type) {
+    case JSON_LCURLY:
+        parser->brace_count++;
+        break;
+    case JSON_RCURLY:
+        parser->brace_count--;
+        break;
+    case JSON_LSQUARE:
+        parser->bracket_count++;
+        break;
+    case JSON_RSQUARE:
+        parser->bracket_count--;
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
     }
 
-    dict = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(dict, "type", qint_from_int(type));
-    QINCREF(token);
-    qdict_put(dict, "token", token);
-    qdict_put(dict, "x", qint_from_int(x));
-    qdict_put(dict, "y", qint_from_int(y));
+    token = g_malloc(sizeof(JSONToken) + input->len + 1);
+    token->type = type;
+    memcpy(token->str, input->str, input->len);
+    token->str[input->len] = 0;
+    token->x = x;
+    token->y = y;
 
-    parser->token_size += token->length;
+    parser->token_size += input->len;
 
-    qlist_append(parser->tokens, dict);
+    g_queue_push_tail(parser->tokens, token);
 
     if (type == JSON_ERROR) {
         goto out_emit_bad;
@@ -64,41 +69,39 @@ static void json_message_process_token(JSONLexer *lexer, QString *token, JSONTok
          parser->bracket_count == 0)) {
         goto out_emit;
     } else if (parser->token_size > MAX_TOKEN_SIZE ||
-               parser->bracket_count > MAX_NESTING ||
-               parser->brace_count > MAX_NESTING) {
+               g_queue_get_length(parser->tokens) > MAX_TOKEN_COUNT ||
+               parser->bracket_count + parser->brace_count > MAX_NESTING) {
         /* Security consideration, we limit total memory allocated per object
          * and the maximum recursion depth that a message can force.
          */
-        goto out_emit;
+        goto out_emit_bad;
     }
 
     return;
 
 out_emit_bad:
-    /* clear out token list and tell the parser to emit and error
+    /*
+     * Clear out token list and tell the parser to emit an error
      * indication by passing it a NULL list
      */
-    QDECREF(parser->tokens);
-    parser->tokens = NULL;
+    json_message_free_tokens(parser);
 out_emit:
     /* send current list of tokens to parser and reset tokenizer */
     parser->brace_count = 0;
     parser->bracket_count = 0;
+    /* parser->emit takes ownership of parser->tokens.  */
     parser->emit(parser, parser->tokens);
-    if (parser->tokens) {
-        QDECREF(parser->tokens);
-    }
-    parser->tokens = qlist_new();
+    parser->tokens = g_queue_new();
     parser->token_size = 0;
 }
 
 void json_message_parser_init(JSONMessageParser *parser,
-                              void (*func)(JSONMessageParser *, QList *))
+                              void (*func)(JSONMessageParser *, GQueue *))
 {
     parser->emit = func;
     parser->brace_count = 0;
     parser->bracket_count = 0;
-    parser->tokens = qlist_new();
+    parser->tokens = g_queue_new();
     parser->token_size = 0;
 
     json_lexer_init(&parser->lexer, json_message_process_token);
@@ -118,5 +121,5 @@ int json_message_parser_flush(JSONMessageParser *parser)
 void json_message_parser_destroy(JSONMessageParser *parser)
 {
     json_lexer_destroy(&parser->lexer);
-    QDECREF(parser->tokens);
+    json_message_free_tokens(parser);
 }
diff --git a/qobject/qjson.c b/qobject/qjson.c
index 33f8ef530c..a3e6a7ca42 100644
--- a/qobject/qjson.c
+++ b/qobject/qjson.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ typedef struct JSONParsingState
     QObject *result;
 } JSONParsingState;
 
-static void parse_json(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
+static void parse_json(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens)
 {
     JSONParsingState *s = container_of(parser, JSONParsingState, parser);
     s->result = json_parser_parse(tokens, s->ap);
diff --git a/tests/check-qjson.c b/tests/check-qjson.c
index 1cfffa5934..61e9bfbabf 100644
--- a/tests/check-qjson.c
+++ b/tests/check-qjson.c
@@ -1484,6 +1484,30 @@ static void unterminated_literal(void)
     g_assert(obj == NULL);
 }
 
+static char *make_nest(char *buf, size_t cnt)
+{
+    memset(buf, '[', cnt - 1);
+    buf[cnt - 1] = '{';
+    buf[cnt] = '}';
+    memset(buf + cnt + 1, ']', cnt - 1);
+    buf[2 * cnt] = 0;
+    return buf;
+}
+
+static void limits_nesting(void)
+{
+    enum { max_nesting = 1024 }; /* see qobject/json-streamer.c */
+    char buf[2 * (max_nesting + 1) + 1];
+    QObject *obj;
+
+    obj = qobject_from_json(make_nest(buf, max_nesting));
+    g_assert(obj != NULL);
+    qobject_decref(obj);
+
+    obj = qobject_from_json(make_nest(buf, max_nesting + 1));
+    g_assert(obj == NULL);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
@@ -1519,6 +1543,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     g_test_add_func("/errors/invalid_array_comma", invalid_array_comma);
     g_test_add_func("/errors/invalid_dict_comma", invalid_dict_comma);
     g_test_add_func("/errors/unterminated/literal", unterminated_literal);
+    g_test_add_func("/errors/limits/nesting", limits_nesting);
 
     return g_test_run();
 }
diff --git a/tests/libqtest.c b/tests/libqtest.c
index f6f3d7a950..9753161916 100644
--- a/tests/libqtest.c
+++ b/tests/libqtest.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ typedef struct {
     QDict *response;
 } QMPResponseParser;
 
-static void qmp_response(JSONMessageParser *parser, QList *tokens)
+static void qmp_response(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens)
 {
     QMPResponseParser *qmp = container_of(parser, QMPResponseParser, parser);
     QObject *obj;