8 files changed, 51 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qbool.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qbool.h
index a41111c309..f77ea86c4e 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qbool.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qbool.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ typedef struct QBool {
 QBool *qbool_from_bool(bool value);
 bool qbool_get_bool(const QBool *qb);
 QBool *qobject_to_qbool(const QObject *obj);
+bool qbool_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
 void qbool_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 #endif /* QBOOL_H */
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
index 6588c7f0c8..fc218e7be6 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qdict.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qnull.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ void qdict_del(QDict *qdict, const char *key);
 int qdict_haskey(const QDict *qdict, const char *key);
 QObject *qdict_get(const QDict *qdict, const char *key);
 QDict *qobject_to_qdict(const QObject *obj);
+bool qdict_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
 void qdict_iter(const QDict *qdict,
                 void (*iter)(const char *key, QObject *obj, void *opaque),
                 void *opaque);
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
index c4b5fdad9b..ec3fcc1a4c 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qnull.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 
 typedef struct QListEntry {
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ typedef struct QList {
         qlist_append(qlist, qbool_from_bool(value))
 #define qlist_append_str(qlist, value) \
         qlist_append(qlist, qstring_from_str(value))
+#define qlist_append_null(qlist) \
+        qlist_append(qlist, qnull())
 
 #define QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(qlist, var)             \
         for ((var) = ((qlist)->head.tqh_first);     \
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ QObject *qlist_peek(QList *qlist);
 int qlist_empty(const QList *qlist);
 size_t qlist_size(const QList *qlist);
 QList *qobject_to_qlist(const QObject *obj);
+bool qlist_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
 void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 static inline const QListEntry *qlist_first(const QList *qlist)
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qnull.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qnull.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c992ee2ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qnull.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * QNull
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1
+ * or later.  See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QNULL_H
+#define QNULL_H
+
+#include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
+
+struct QNull {
+    QObject base;
+};
+
+extern QNull qnull_;
+
+static inline QNull *qnull(void)
+{
+    QINCREF(&qnull_);
+    return &qnull_;
+}
+
+bool qnull_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
+
+#endif /* QNULL_H */
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h
index d6b0791139..c3d86794bb 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qnum.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ double qnum_get_double(QNum *qn);
 char *qnum_to_string(QNum *qn);
 
 QNum *qobject_to_qnum(const QObject *obj);
+bool qnum_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
 void qnum_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 #endif /* QNUM_H */
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h
index eab29edd12..38ac68845c 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qobject.h
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ static inline void qobject_incref(QObject *obj)
 }
 
 /**
+ * qobject_is_equal(): Return whether the two objects are equal.
+ *
+ * Any of the pointers may be NULL; return true if both are.  Always
+ * return false if only one is (therefore a QNull object is not
+ * considered equal to a NULL pointer).
+ */
+bool qobject_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
+
+/**
  * qobject_destroy(): Free resources used by the object
  */
 void qobject_destroy(QObject *obj);
@@ -93,16 +102,4 @@ static inline QType qobject_type(const QObject *obj)
     return obj->type;
 }
 
-struct QNull {
-    QObject base;
-};
-
-extern QNull qnull_;
-
-static inline QNull *qnull(void)
-{
-    QINCREF(&qnull_);
-    return &qnull_;
-}
-
 #endif /* QOBJECT_H */
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qstring.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qstring.h
index 10076b7c8c..65c05a9be5 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qstring.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qstring.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ void qstring_append_int(QString *qstring, int64_t value);
 void qstring_append(QString *qstring, const char *str);
 void qstring_append_chr(QString *qstring, int c);
 QString *qobject_to_qstring(const QObject *obj);
+bool qstring_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
 void qstring_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 #endif /* QSTRING_H */
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/types.h b/include/qapi/qmp/types.h
index a4bc662bfb..749ac44dcb 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/types.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/types.h
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qnull.h"
 
 #endif /* QAPI_QMP_TYPES_H */