1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 251fc5ab55..476a4b71cc 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -899,6 +899,40 @@ static int nic_get_free_idx(void)
     return -1;
 }
 
+GPtrArray *qemu_get_nic_models(const char *device_type)
+{
+    GPtrArray *nic_models = g_ptr_array_new();
+    GSList *list = object_class_get_list_sorted(device_type, false);
+
+    while (list) {
+        DeviceClass *dc = OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(DeviceClass, list->data,
+                                             TYPE_DEVICE);
+        GSList *next;
+        if (test_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_NETWORK, dc->categories) &&
+            dc->user_creatable) {
+            const char *name = object_class_get_name(list->data);
+            /*
+             * A network device might also be something else than a NIC, see
+             * e.g. the "rocker" device. Thus we have to look for the "netdev"
+             * property, too. Unfortunately, some devices like virtio-net only
+             * create this property during instance_init, so we have to create
+             * a temporary instance here to be able to check it.
+             */
+            Object *obj = object_new_with_class(OBJECT_CLASS(dc));
+            if (object_property_find(obj, "netdev")) {
+                g_ptr_array_add(nic_models, (gpointer)name);
+            }
+            object_unref(obj);
+        }
+        next = list->next;
+        g_slist_free_1(list);
+        list = next;
+    }
+    g_ptr_array_add(nic_models, NULL);
+
+    return nic_models;
+}
+
 int qemu_show_nic_models(const char *arg, const char *const *models)
 {
     int i;