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-rw-r--r--qobject/json-parser.c30
-rw-r--r--qobject/json-writer.c247
-rw-r--r--qobject/meson.build5
-rw-r--r--qobject/qbool.c1
-rw-r--r--qobject/qdict.c1
-rw-r--r--qobject/qjson.c146
-rw-r--r--qobject/qlist.c1
-rw-r--r--qobject/qnull.c1
-rw-r--r--qobject/qnum.c28
-rw-r--r--qobject/qobject-internal.h39
-rw-r--r--qobject/qobject.c1
-rw-r--r--qobject/qstring.c113
12 files changed, 362 insertions, 251 deletions
diff --git a/qobject/json-parser.c b/qobject/json-parser.c
index c0f521b56b..d351039b10 100644
--- a/qobject/json-parser.c
+++ b/qobject/json-parser.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int cvt4hex(const char *s)
 static QString *parse_string(JSONParserContext *ctxt, JSONToken *token)
 {
     const char *ptr = token->str;
-    QString *str;
+    GString *str;
     char quote;
     const char *beg;
     int cp, trailing;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static QString *parse_string(JSONParserContext *ctxt, JSONToken *token)
 
     assert(*ptr == '"' || *ptr == '\'');
     quote = *ptr++;
-    str = qstring_new();
+    str = g_string_new(NULL);
 
     while (*ptr != quote) {
         assert(*ptr);
@@ -149,31 +149,31 @@ static QString *parse_string(JSONParserContext *ctxt, JSONToken *token)
             beg = ptr++;
             switch (*ptr++) {
             case '"':
-                qstring_append_chr(str, '"');
+                g_string_append_c(str, '"');
                 break;
             case '\'':
-                qstring_append_chr(str, '\'');
+                g_string_append_c(str, '\'');
                 break;
             case '\\':
-                qstring_append_chr(str, '\\');
+                g_string_append_c(str, '\\');
                 break;
             case '/':
-                qstring_append_chr(str, '/');
+                g_string_append_c(str, '/');
                 break;
             case 'b':
-                qstring_append_chr(str, '\b');
+                g_string_append_c(str, '\b');
                 break;
             case 'f':
-                qstring_append_chr(str, '\f');
+                g_string_append_c(str, '\f');
                 break;
             case 'n':
-                qstring_append_chr(str, '\n');
+                g_string_append_c(str, '\n');
                 break;
             case 'r':
-                qstring_append_chr(str, '\r');
+                g_string_append_c(str, '\r');
                 break;
             case 't':
-                qstring_append_chr(str, '\t');
+                g_string_append_c(str, '\t');
                 break;
             case 'u':
                 cp = cvt4hex(ptr);
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static QString *parse_string(JSONParserContext *ctxt, JSONToken *token)
                                 (int)(ptr - beg), beg);
                     goto out;
                 }
-                qstring_append(str, utf8_buf);
+                g_string_append(str, utf8_buf);
                 break;
             default:
                 parse_error(ctxt, token, "invalid escape sequence in string");
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ static QString *parse_string(JSONParserContext *ctxt, JSONToken *token)
             ptr = end;
             len = mod_utf8_encode(utf8_buf, sizeof(utf8_buf), cp);
             assert(len >= 0);
-            qstring_append(str, utf8_buf);
+            g_string_append(str, utf8_buf);
         }
     }
 
-    return str;
+    return qstring_from_gstring(str);
 
 out:
-    qobject_unref(str);
+    g_string_free(str, true);
     return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/qobject/json-writer.c b/qobject/json-writer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..309a31d57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qobject/json-writer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+/*
+ * JSON Writer
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2009
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2020 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *  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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/json-writer.h"
+#include "qemu/unicode.h"
+
+struct JSONWriter {
+    bool pretty;
+    bool need_comma;
+    GString *contents;
+    GByteArray *container_is_array;
+};
+
+JSONWriter *json_writer_new(bool pretty)
+{
+    JSONWriter *writer = g_new(JSONWriter, 1);
+
+    writer->pretty = pretty;
+    writer->need_comma = false;
+    writer->contents = g_string_new(NULL);
+    writer->container_is_array = g_byte_array_new();
+    return writer;
+}
+
+const char *json_writer_get(JSONWriter *writer)
+{
+    g_assert(!writer->container_is_array->len);
+    return writer->contents->str;
+}
+
+GString *json_writer_get_and_free(JSONWriter *writer)
+{
+    GString *contents = writer->contents;
+
+    writer->contents = NULL;
+    g_byte_array_free(writer->container_is_array, true);
+    g_free(writer);
+    return contents;
+}
+
+void json_writer_free(JSONWriter *writer)
+{
+    if (writer) {
+        g_string_free(json_writer_get_and_free(writer), true);
+    }
+}
+
+static void enter_container(JSONWriter *writer, bool is_array)
+{
+    unsigned depth = writer->container_is_array->len;
+
+    g_byte_array_set_size(writer->container_is_array, depth + 1);
+    writer->container_is_array->data[depth] = is_array;
+    writer->need_comma = false;
+}
+
+static void leave_container(JSONWriter *writer, bool is_array)
+{
+    unsigned depth = writer->container_is_array->len;
+
+    assert(depth);
+    assert(writer->container_is_array->data[depth - 1] == is_array);
+    g_byte_array_set_size(writer->container_is_array, depth - 1);
+    writer->need_comma = true;
+}
+
+static bool in_object(JSONWriter *writer)
+{
+    unsigned depth = writer->container_is_array->len;
+
+    return depth && !writer->container_is_array->data[depth - 1];
+}
+
+static void pretty_newline(JSONWriter *writer)
+{
+    if (writer->pretty) {
+        g_string_append_printf(writer->contents, "\n%*s",
+                               writer->container_is_array->len * 4, "");
+    }
+}
+
+static void pretty_newline_or_space(JSONWriter *writer)
+{
+    if (writer->pretty) {
+        g_string_append_printf(writer->contents, "\n%*s",
+                               writer->container_is_array->len * 4, "");
+    } else {
+        g_string_append_c(writer->contents, ' ');
+    }
+}
+
+static void quoted_str(JSONWriter *writer, const char *str)
+{
+    const char *ptr;
+    char *end;
+    int cp;
+
+    g_string_append_c(writer->contents, '"');
+
+    for (ptr = str; *ptr; ptr = end) {
+        cp = mod_utf8_codepoint(ptr, 6, &end);
+        switch (cp) {
+        case '\"':
+            g_string_append(writer->contents, "\\\"");
+            break;
+        case '\\':
+            g_string_append(writer->contents, "\\\\");
+            break;
+        case '\b':
+            g_string_append(writer->contents, "\\b");
+            break;
+        case '\f':
+            g_string_append(writer->contents, "\\f");
+            break;
+        case '\n':
+            g_string_append(writer->contents, "\\n");
+            break;
+        case '\r':
+            g_string_append(writer->contents, "\\r");
+            break;
+        case '\t':
+            g_string_append(writer->contents, "\\t");
+            break;
+        default:
+            if (cp < 0) {
+                cp = 0xFFFD; /* replacement character */
+            }
+            if (cp > 0xFFFF) {
+                /* beyond BMP; need a surrogate pair */
+                g_string_append_printf(writer->contents, "\\u%04X\\u%04X",
+                                       0xD800 + ((cp - 0x10000) >> 10),
+                                       0xDC00 + ((cp - 0x10000) & 0x3FF));
+            } else if (cp < 0x20 || cp >= 0x7F) {
+                g_string_append_printf(writer->contents, "\\u%04X", cp);
+            } else {
+                g_string_append_c(writer->contents, cp);
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    g_string_append_c(writer->contents, '"');
+}
+
+static void maybe_comma_name(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name)
+{
+    if (writer->need_comma) {
+        g_string_append_c(writer->contents, ',');
+        pretty_newline_or_space(writer);
+    } else {
+        if (writer->contents->len) {
+            pretty_newline(writer);
+        }
+        writer->need_comma = true;
+    }
+
+    if (in_object(writer)) {
+        quoted_str(writer, name);
+        g_string_append(writer->contents, ": ");
+    }
+}
+
+void json_writer_start_object(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name)
+{
+    maybe_comma_name(writer, name);
+    g_string_append_c(writer->contents, '{');
+    enter_container(writer, false);
+}
+
+void json_writer_end_object(JSONWriter *writer)
+{
+    leave_container(writer, false);
+    pretty_newline(writer);
+    g_string_append_c(writer->contents, '}');
+}
+
+void json_writer_start_array(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name)
+{
+    maybe_comma_name(writer, name);
+    g_string_append_c(writer->contents, '[');
+    enter_container(writer, true);
+}
+
+void json_writer_end_array(JSONWriter *writer)
+{
+    leave_container(writer, true);
+    pretty_newline(writer);
+    g_string_append_c(writer->contents, ']');
+}
+
+void json_writer_bool(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name, bool val)
+{
+    maybe_comma_name(writer, name);
+    g_string_append(writer->contents, val ? "true" : "false");
+}
+
+void json_writer_null(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name)
+{
+    maybe_comma_name(writer, name);
+    g_string_append(writer->contents, "null");
+}
+
+void json_writer_int64(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name, int64_t val)
+{
+    maybe_comma_name(writer, name);
+    g_string_append_printf(writer->contents, "%" PRId64, val);
+}
+
+void json_writer_uint64(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name, uint64_t val)
+{
+    maybe_comma_name(writer, name);
+    g_string_append_printf(writer->contents, "%" PRIu64, val);
+}
+
+void json_writer_double(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name, double val)
+{
+    maybe_comma_name(writer, name);
+
+    /*
+     * FIXME: g_string_append_printf() is locale dependent; but JSON
+     * requires numbers to be formatted as if in the C locale.
+     * Dependence on C locale is a pervasive issue in QEMU.
+     */
+    /*
+     * FIXME: This risks printing Inf or NaN, which are not valid
+     * JSON values.
+     */
+    g_string_append_printf(writer->contents, "%.17g", val);
+}
+
+void json_writer_str(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name, const char *str)
+{
+    maybe_comma_name(writer, name);
+    quoted_str(writer, str);
+}
diff --git a/qobject/meson.build b/qobject/meson.build
index bb63c06b63..4683a852a2 100644
--- a/qobject/meson.build
+++ b/qobject/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-util_ss.add(files('qnull.c', 'qnum.c', 'qstring.c', 'qdict.c', 'qlist.c', 'qbool.c',
-  'qlit.c', 'qjson.c', 'qobject.c', 'json-lexer.c', 'json-streamer.c', 'json-parser.c',
+util_ss.add(files('qnull.c', 'qnum.c', 'qstring.c', 'qdict.c',
+  'qlist.c', 'qbool.c', 'qlit.c', 'qjson.c', 'qobject.c',
+  'json-writer.c', 'json-lexer.c', 'json-streamer.c', 'json-parser.c',
   'block-qdict.c'))
diff --git a/qobject/qbool.c b/qobject/qbool.c
index 06dfc43498..16a600abb9 100644
--- a/qobject/qbool.c
+++ b/qobject/qbool.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
+#include "qobject-internal.h"
 
 /**
  * qbool_from_bool(): Create a new QBool from a bool
diff --git a/qobject/qdict.c b/qobject/qdict.c
index 1079bd3f6f..d84443391e 100644
--- a/qobject/qdict.c
+++ b/qobject/qdict.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnull.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+#include "qobject-internal.h"
 
 /**
  * qdict_new(): Create a new QDict
diff --git a/qobject/qjson.c b/qobject/qjson.c
index f1f2c69704..bcc376e626 100644
--- a/qobject/qjson.c
+++ b/qobject/qjson.c
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-parser.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/json-writer.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
-#include "qemu/unicode.h"
 
 typedef struct JSONParsingState
 {
@@ -149,144 +149,69 @@ QDict *qdict_from_jsonf_nofail(const char *string, ...)
     return qdict;
 }
 
-static void to_json(const QObject *obj, QString *str, int pretty, int indent);
-
-static void json_pretty_newline(QString *str, bool pretty, int indent)
-{
-    int i;
-
-    if (pretty) {
-        qstring_append(str, "\n");
-        for (i = 0; i < indent; i++) {
-            qstring_append(str, "    ");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void to_json(const QObject *obj, QString *str, int pretty, int indent)
+static void to_json(JSONWriter *writer, const char *name,
+                    const QObject *obj)
 {
     switch (qobject_type(obj)) {
     case QTYPE_QNULL:
-        qstring_append(str, "null");
+        json_writer_null(writer, name);
         break;
     case QTYPE_QNUM: {
         QNum *val = qobject_to(QNum, obj);
-        char *buffer = qnum_to_string(val);
-        qstring_append(str, buffer);
-        g_free(buffer);
+
+        switch (val->kind) {
+        case QNUM_I64:
+            json_writer_int64(writer, name, val->u.i64);
+            break;
+        case QNUM_U64:
+            json_writer_uint64(writer, name, val->u.u64);
+            break;
+        case QNUM_DOUBLE:
+            json_writer_double(writer, name, val->u.dbl);
+            break;
+        default:
+            abort();
+        }
         break;
     }
     case QTYPE_QSTRING: {
         QString *val = qobject_to(QString, obj);
-        const char *ptr;
-        int cp;
-        char buf[16];
-        char *end;
-
-        ptr = qstring_get_str(val);
-        qstring_append(str, "\"");
-
-        for (; *ptr; ptr = end) {
-            cp = mod_utf8_codepoint(ptr, 6, &end);
-            switch (cp) {
-            case '\"':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\\"");
-                break;
-            case '\\':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\\\");
-                break;
-            case '\b':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\b");
-                break;
-            case '\f':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\f");
-                break;
-            case '\n':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\n");
-                break;
-            case '\r':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\r");
-                break;
-            case '\t':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\t");
-                break;
-            default:
-                if (cp < 0) {
-                    cp = 0xFFFD; /* replacement character */
-                }
-                if (cp > 0xFFFF) {
-                    /* beyond BMP; need a surrogate pair */
-                    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "\\u%04X\\u%04X",
-                             0xD800 + ((cp - 0x10000) >> 10),
-                             0xDC00 + ((cp - 0x10000) & 0x3FF));
-                } else if (cp < 0x20 || cp >= 0x7F) {
-                    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "\\u%04X", cp);
-                } else {
-                    buf[0] = cp;
-                    buf[1] = 0;
-                }
-                qstring_append(str, buf);
-            }
-        };
-
-        qstring_append(str, "\"");
+
+        json_writer_str(writer, name, qstring_get_str(val));
         break;
     }
     case QTYPE_QDICT: {
         QDict *val = qobject_to(QDict, obj);
-        const char *comma = pretty ? "," : ", ";
-        const char *sep = "";
         const QDictEntry *entry;
-        QString *qkey;
 
-        qstring_append(str, "{");
+        json_writer_start_object(writer, name);
 
         for (entry = qdict_first(val);
              entry;
              entry = qdict_next(val, entry)) {
-            qstring_append(str, sep);
-            json_pretty_newline(str, pretty, indent + 1);
-
-            qkey = qstring_from_str(qdict_entry_key(entry));
-            to_json(QOBJECT(qkey), str, pretty, indent + 1);
-            qobject_unref(qkey);
-
-            qstring_append(str, ": ");
-            to_json(qdict_entry_value(entry), str, pretty, indent + 1);
-            sep = comma;
+            to_json(writer, qdict_entry_key(entry), qdict_entry_value(entry));
         }
 
-        json_pretty_newline(str, pretty, indent);
-        qstring_append(str, "}");
+        json_writer_end_object(writer);
         break;
     }
     case QTYPE_QLIST: {
         QList *val = qobject_to(QList, obj);
-        const char *comma = pretty ? "," : ", ";
-        const char *sep = "";
         QListEntry *entry;
 
-        qstring_append(str, "[");
+        json_writer_start_array(writer, name);
 
         QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(val, entry) {
-            qstring_append(str, sep);
-            json_pretty_newline(str, pretty, indent + 1);
-            to_json(qlist_entry_obj(entry), str, pretty, indent + 1);
-            sep = comma;
+            to_json(writer, NULL, qlist_entry_obj(entry));
         }
 
-        json_pretty_newline(str, pretty, indent);
-        qstring_append(str, "]");
+        json_writer_end_array(writer);
         break;
     }
     case QTYPE_QBOOL: {
         QBool *val = qobject_to(QBool, obj);
 
-        if (qbool_get_bool(val)) {
-            qstring_append(str, "true");
-        } else {
-            qstring_append(str, "false");
-        }
+        json_writer_bool(writer, name, qbool_get_bool(val));
         break;
     }
     default:
@@ -294,20 +219,15 @@ static void to_json(const QObject *obj, QString *str, int pretty, int indent)
     }
 }
 
-QString *qobject_to_json(const QObject *obj)
+GString *qobject_to_json_pretty(const QObject *obj, bool pretty)
 {
-    QString *str = qstring_new();
-
-    to_json(obj, str, 0, 0);
+    JSONWriter *writer = json_writer_new(pretty);
 
-    return str;
+    to_json(writer, NULL, obj);
+    return json_writer_get_and_free(writer);
 }
 
-QString *qobject_to_json_pretty(const QObject *obj)
+GString *qobject_to_json(const QObject *obj)
 {
-    QString *str = qstring_new();
-
-    to_json(obj, str, 1, 0);
-
-    return str;
+    return qobject_to_json_pretty(obj, false);
 }
diff --git a/qobject/qlist.c b/qobject/qlist.c
index 1be95367d1..60562a1f52 100644
--- a/qobject/qlist.c
+++ b/qobject/qlist.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
+#include "qobject-internal.h"
 
 /**
  * qlist_new(): Create a new QList
diff --git a/qobject/qnull.c b/qobject/qnull.c
index 00870a1824..b26b368219 100644
--- a/qobject/qnull.c
+++ b/qobject/qnull.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnull.h"
+#include "qobject-internal.h"
 
 QNull qnull_ = {
     .base = {
diff --git a/qobject/qnum.c b/qobject/qnum.c
index 7012fc57f2..5dd66938dd 100644
--- a/qobject/qnum.c
+++ b/qobject/qnum.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
+#include "qobject-internal.h"
 
 /**
  * qnum_from_int(): Create a new QNum from an int64_t
@@ -161,37 +162,14 @@ double qnum_get_double(QNum *qn)
 
 char *qnum_to_string(QNum *qn)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    int len;
-
     switch (qn->kind) {
     case QNUM_I64:
         return g_strdup_printf("%" PRId64, qn->u.i64);
     case QNUM_U64:
         return g_strdup_printf("%" PRIu64, qn->u.u64);
     case QNUM_DOUBLE:
-        /* FIXME: snprintf() is locale dependent; but JSON requires
-         * numbers to be formatted as if in the C locale. Dependence
-         * on C locale is a pervasive issue in QEMU. */
-        /* FIXME: This risks printing Inf or NaN, which are not valid
-         * JSON values. */
-        /* FIXME: the default precision of 6 for %f often causes
-         * rounding errors; we should be using DBL_DECIMAL_DIG (17),
-         * and only rounding to a shorter number if the result would
-         * still produce the same floating point value.  */
-        buffer = g_strdup_printf("%f" , qn->u.dbl);
-        len = strlen(buffer);
-        while (len > 0 && buffer[len - 1] == '0') {
-            len--;
-        }
-
-        if (len && buffer[len - 1] == '.') {
-            buffer[len - 1] = 0;
-        } else {
-            buffer[len] = 0;
-        }
-
-        return buffer;
+        /* 17 digits suffice for IEEE double */
+        return g_strdup_printf("%.17g", qn->u.dbl);
     }
 
     assert(0);
diff --git a/qobject/qobject-internal.h b/qobject/qobject-internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b310c8e1b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qobject/qobject-internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * QObject internals
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 QOBJECT_INTERNAL_H
+#define QOBJECT_INTERNAL_H
+
+#include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
+
+static inline void qobject_init(QObject *obj, QType type)
+{
+    assert(QTYPE_NONE < type && type < QTYPE__MAX);
+    obj->base.refcnt = 1;
+    obj->base.type = type;
+}
+
+void qbool_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
+bool qbool_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
+
+void qdict_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
+bool qdict_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
+
+void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
+bool qlist_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
+
+bool qnull_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
+
+void qnum_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
+bool qnum_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
+
+void qstring_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
+bool qstring_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/qobject/qobject.c b/qobject/qobject.c
index 878dd76e79..d7077b8f2a 100644
--- a/qobject/qobject.c
+++ b/qobject/qobject.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+#include "qobject-internal.h"
 
 QEMU_BUILD_BUG_MSG(
     offsetof(QNull, base) != 0 ||
diff --git a/qobject/qstring.c b/qobject/qstring.c
index b66a2c35f2..b4613899b9 100644
--- a/qobject/qstring.c
+++ b/qobject/qstring.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+#include "qobject-internal.h"
 
 /**
  * qstring_new(): Create a new empty QString
@@ -24,14 +25,6 @@ QString *qstring_new(void)
 }
 
 /**
- * qstring_get_length(): Get the length of a QString
- */
-size_t qstring_get_length(const QString *qstring)
-{
-    return qstring->length;
-}
-
-/**
  * qstring_from_substr(): Create a new QString from a C string substring
  *
  * Return string reference
@@ -41,18 +34,9 @@ QString *qstring_from_substr(const char *str, size_t start, size_t end)
     QString *qstring;
 
     assert(start <= end);
-
     qstring = g_malloc(sizeof(*qstring));
     qobject_init(QOBJECT(qstring), QTYPE_QSTRING);
-
-    qstring->length = end - start;
-    qstring->capacity = qstring->length;
-
-    assert(qstring->capacity < SIZE_MAX);
-    qstring->string = g_malloc(qstring->capacity + 1);
-    memcpy(qstring->string, str + start, qstring->length);
-    qstring->string[qstring->length] = 0;
-
+    qstring->string = g_strndup(str + start, end - start);
     return qstring;
 }
 
@@ -66,47 +50,22 @@ QString *qstring_from_str(const char *str)
     return qstring_from_substr(str, 0, strlen(str));
 }
 
-static void capacity_increase(QString *qstring, size_t len)
-{
-    if (qstring->capacity < (qstring->length + len)) {
-        assert(len <= SIZE_MAX - qstring->capacity);
-        qstring->capacity += len;
-        assert(qstring->capacity <= SIZE_MAX / 2);
-        qstring->capacity *= 2; /* use exponential growth */
-
-        qstring->string = g_realloc(qstring->string, qstring->capacity + 1);
-    }
-}
-
-/* qstring_append(): Append a C string to a QString
+/**
+ * qstring_from_gstring(): Convert a GString to a QString
+ *
+ * Return strong reference.
  */
-void qstring_append(QString *qstring, const char *str)
-{
-    size_t len = strlen(str);
-
-    capacity_increase(qstring, len);
-    memcpy(qstring->string + qstring->length, str, len);
-    qstring->length += len;
-    qstring->string[qstring->length] = 0;
-}
 
-void qstring_append_int(QString *qstring, int64_t value)
+QString *qstring_from_gstring(GString *gstr)
 {
-    char num[32];
+    QString *qstring;
 
-    snprintf(num, sizeof(num), "%" PRId64, value);
-    qstring_append(qstring, num);
+    qstring = g_malloc(sizeof(*qstring));
+    qobject_init(QOBJECT(qstring), QTYPE_QSTRING);
+    qstring->string = g_string_free(gstr, false);
+    return qstring;
 }
 
-/**
- * qstring_append_chr(): Append a C char to a QString
- */
-void qstring_append_chr(QString *qstring, int c)
-{
-    capacity_increase(qstring, 1);
-    qstring->string[qstring->length++] = c;
-    qstring->string[qstring->length] = 0;
-}
 
 /**
  * qstring_get_str(): Return a pointer to the stored string
@@ -120,27 +79,6 @@ const char *qstring_get_str(const QString *qstring)
 }
 
 /**
- * qstring_get_try_str(): Return a pointer to the stored string
- *
- * NOTE: will return NULL if qstring is not provided.
- */
-const char *qstring_get_try_str(const QString *qstring)
-{
-    return qstring ? qstring_get_str(qstring) : NULL;
-}
-
-/**
- * qobject_get_try_str(): Return a pointer to the corresponding string
- *
- * NOTE: the string will only be returned if the object is valid, and
- * its type is QString, otherwise NULL is returned.
- */
-const char *qobject_get_try_str(const QObject *qstring)
-{
-    return qstring_get_try_str(qobject_to(QString, qstring));
-}
-
-/**
  * qstring_is_equal(): Test whether the two QStrings are equal
  */
 bool qstring_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
@@ -150,32 +88,15 @@ bool qstring_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)
 }
 
 /**
- * qstring_free(): Free the memory allocated by a QString object
- *
- * Return: if @return_str, return the underlying string, to be
- * g_free(), otherwise NULL is returned.
- */
-char *qstring_free(QString *qstring, bool return_str)
-{
-    char *rv = NULL;
-
-    if (return_str) {
-        rv = qstring->string;
-    } else {
-        g_free(qstring->string);
-    }
-
-    g_free(qstring);
-
-    return rv;
-}
-
-/**
  * qstring_destroy_obj(): Free all memory allocated by a QString
  * object
  */
 void qstring_destroy_obj(QObject *obj)
 {
+    QString *qs;
+
     assert(obj != NULL);
-    qstring_free(qobject_to(QString, obj), FALSE);
+    qs = qobject_to(QString, obj);
+    g_free((char *)qs->string);
+    g_free(qs);
 }