1 files changed, 44 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/include/qapi/visitor.h b/include/qapi/visitor.h
index 5e581dcf7e..1000da2bda 100644
--- a/include/qapi/visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/visitor.h
@@ -16,29 +16,61 @@
 
 #include "qemu/typedefs.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
-#include "qapi/error.h"
-#include <stdlib.h>
 
-typedef struct GenericList
-{
-    union {
-        void *value;
-        uint64_t padding;
-    };
+/* This struct is layout-compatible with all other *List structs
+ * created by the qapi generator.  It is used as a typical
+ * singly-linked list. */
+typedef struct GenericList {
     struct GenericList *next;
+    char padding[];
 } GenericList;
 
+/* This struct is layout-compatible with all Alternate types
+ * created by the qapi generator. */
+typedef struct GenericAlternate {
+    QType type;
+    char padding[];
+} GenericAlternate;
+
 void visit_start_struct(Visitor *v, const char *name, void **obj,
                         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);
 
 void visit_start_list(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp);
-GenericList *visit_next_list(Visitor *v, GenericList **list);
+GenericList *visit_next_list(Visitor *v, GenericList **list, size_t size);
 void visit_end_list(Visitor *v);
 
+/*
+ * Start the visit of an alternate @obj with the given @size.
+ *
+ * @name specifies the relationship to the containing struct (ignored
+ * for a top level visit, the name of the key if this alternate is
+ * part of an object, or NULL if this alternate is part of a list).
+ *
+ * @obj must not be NULL. Input visitors will allocate @obj and
+ * determine the qtype of the next thing to be visited, stored in
+ * (*@obj)->type.  Other visitors will leave @obj unchanged.
+ *
+ * If @promote_int, treat integers as QTYPE_FLOAT.
+ *
+ * If successful, this must be paired with visit_end_alternate(), even
+ * if visiting the contents of the alternate fails.
+ */
+void visit_start_alternate(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                           GenericAlternate **obj, size_t size,
+                           bool promote_int, Error **errp);
+
+/*
+ * Finish visiting an alternate type.
+ *
+ * Must be called after a successful visit_start_alternate(), even if
+ * an error occurred in the meantime.
+ *
+ * TODO: Should all the visit_end_* interfaces take obj parameter, so
+ * that dealloc visitor need not track what was passed in visit_start?
+ */
+void visit_end_alternate(Visitor *v);
+
 /**
  * Check if an optional member @name of an object needs visiting.
  * For input visitors, set *@present according to whether the
@@ -47,14 +79,6 @@ void visit_end_list(Visitor *v);
  */
 bool visit_optional(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *present);
 
-/**
- * Determine the qtype of the item @name in the current object visit.
- * For input visitors, set *@type to the correct qtype of a qapi
- * alternate type; for other visitors, leave *@type unchanged.
- * If @promote_int, treat integers as QTYPE_FLOAT.
- */
-void visit_get_next_type(Visitor *v, const char *name, QType *type,
-                         bool promote_int, Error **errp);
 void visit_type_enum(Visitor *v, const char *name, int *obj,
                      const char *const strings[], Error **errp);
 void visit_type_int(Visitor *v, const char *name, int64_t *obj, Error **errp);
@@ -80,6 +104,5 @@ void visit_type_str(Visitor *v, const char *name, char **obj, Error **errp);
 void visit_type_number(Visitor *v, const char *name, double *obj,
                        Error **errp);
 void visit_type_any(Visitor *v, const char *name, QObject **obj, Error **errp);
-bool visit_start_union(Visitor *v, bool data_present, Error **errp);
 
 #endif