qemu/qobject/block-qdict.c
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   1/*
   2 * Special QDict functions used by the block layer
   3 *
   4 * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Red Hat, Inc.
   5 *
   6 * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
   7 * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
   8 */
   9
  10#include "qemu/osdep.h"
  11#include "block/qdict.h"
  12#include "qapi/qmp/qbool.h"
  13#include "qapi/qmp/qlist.h"
  14#include "qapi/qmp/qnum.h"
  15#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
  16#include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
  17#include "qemu/cutils.h"
  18#include "qapi/error.h"
  19
  20/**
  21 * qdict_copy_default(): If no entry mapped by 'key' exists in 'dst' yet, the
  22 * value of 'key' in 'src' is copied there (and the refcount increased
  23 * accordingly).
  24 */
  25void qdict_copy_default(QDict *dst, QDict *src, const char *key)
  26{
  27    QObject *val;
  28
  29    if (qdict_haskey(dst, key)) {
  30        return;
  31    }
  32
  33    val = qdict_get(src, key);
  34    if (val) {
  35        qdict_put_obj(dst, key, qobject_ref(val));
  36    }
  37}
  38
  39/**
  40 * qdict_set_default_str(): If no entry mapped by 'key' exists in 'dst' yet, a
  41 * new QString initialised by 'val' is put there.
  42 */
  43void qdict_set_default_str(QDict *dst, const char *key, const char *val)
  44{
  45    if (qdict_haskey(dst, key)) {
  46        return;
  47    }
  48
  49    qdict_put_str(dst, key, val);
  50}
  51
  52static void qdict_flatten_qdict(QDict *qdict, QDict *target,
  53                                const char *prefix);
  54
  55static void qdict_flatten_qlist(QList *qlist, QDict *target, const char *prefix)
  56{
  57    QObject *value;
  58    const QListEntry *entry;
  59    QDict *dict_val;
  60    QList *list_val;
  61    char *new_key;
  62    int i;
  63
  64    /* This function is never called with prefix == NULL, i.e., it is always
  65     * called from within qdict_flatten_q(list|dict)(). Therefore, it does not
  66     * need to remove list entries during the iteration (the whole list will be
  67     * deleted eventually anyway from qdict_flatten_qdict()). */
  68    assert(prefix);
  69
  70    entry = qlist_first(qlist);
  71
  72    for (i = 0; entry; entry = qlist_next(entry), i++) {
  73        value = qlist_entry_obj(entry);
  74        dict_val = qobject_to(QDict, value);
  75        list_val = qobject_to(QList, value);
  76        new_key = g_strdup_printf("%s.%i", prefix, i);
  77
  78        /*
  79         * Flatten non-empty QDict and QList recursively into @target,
  80         * copy other objects to @target
  81         */
  82        if (dict_val && qdict_size(dict_val)) {
  83            qdict_flatten_qdict(dict_val, target, new_key);
  84        } else if (list_val && !qlist_empty(list_val)) {
  85            qdict_flatten_qlist(list_val, target, new_key);
  86        } else {
  87            qdict_put_obj(target, new_key, qobject_ref(value));
  88        }
  89
  90        g_free(new_key);
  91    }
  92}
  93
  94static void qdict_flatten_qdict(QDict *qdict, QDict *target, const char *prefix)
  95{
  96    QObject *value;
  97    const QDictEntry *entry, *next;
  98    QDict *dict_val;
  99    QList *list_val;
 100    char *key, *new_key;
 101
 102    entry = qdict_first(qdict);
 103
 104    while (entry != NULL) {
 105        next = qdict_next(qdict, entry);
 106        value = qdict_entry_value(entry);
 107        dict_val = qobject_to(QDict, value);
 108        list_val = qobject_to(QList, value);
 109
 110        if (prefix) {
 111            key = new_key = g_strdup_printf("%s.%s", prefix, entry->key);
 112        } else {
 113            key = entry->key;
 114            new_key = NULL;
 115        }
 116
 117        /*
 118         * Flatten non-empty QDict and QList recursively into @target,
 119         * copy other objects to @target.
 120         * On the root level (if @qdict == @target), remove flattened
 121         * nested QDicts and QLists from @qdict.
 122         *
 123         * (Note that we do not need to remove entries from nested
 124         * dicts or lists.  Their reference count is decremented on
 125         * the root level, so there are no leaks.  In fact, if they
 126         * have a reference count greater than one, we are probably
 127         * well advised not to modify them altogether.)
 128         */
 129        if (dict_val && qdict_size(dict_val)) {
 130            qdict_flatten_qdict(dict_val, target, key);
 131            if (target == qdict) {
 132                qdict_del(qdict, entry->key);
 133            }
 134        } else if (list_val && !qlist_empty(list_val)) {
 135            qdict_flatten_qlist(list_val, target, key);
 136            if (target == qdict) {
 137                qdict_del(qdict, entry->key);
 138            }
 139        } else if (target != qdict) {
 140            qdict_put_obj(target, key, qobject_ref(value));
 141        }
 142
 143        g_free(new_key);
 144        entry = next;
 145    }
 146}
 147
 148/**
 149 * qdict_flatten(): For each nested non-empty QDict with key x, all
 150 * fields with key y are moved to this QDict and their key is renamed
 151 * to "x.y". For each nested non-empty QList with key x, the field at
 152 * index y is moved to this QDict with the key "x.y" (i.e., the
 153 * reverse of what qdict_array_split() does).
 154 * This operation is applied recursively for nested QDicts and QLists.
 155 */
 156void qdict_flatten(QDict *qdict)
 157{
 158    qdict_flatten_qdict(qdict, qdict, NULL);
 159}
 160
 161/* extract all the src QDict entries starting by start into dst.
 162 * If dst is NULL then the entries are simply removed from src. */
 163void qdict_extract_subqdict(QDict *src, QDict **dst, const char *start)
 164
 165{
 166    const QDictEntry *entry, *next;
 167    const char *p;
 168
 169    if (dst) {
 170        *dst = qdict_new();
 171    }
 172    entry = qdict_first(src);
 173
 174    while (entry != NULL) {
 175        next = qdict_next(src, entry);
 176        if (strstart(entry->key, start, &p)) {
 177            if (dst) {
 178                qdict_put_obj(*dst, p, qobject_ref(entry->value));
 179            }
 180            qdict_del(src, entry->key);
 181        }
 182        entry = next;
 183    }
 184}
 185
 186static int qdict_count_prefixed_entries(const QDict *src, const char *start)
 187{
 188    const QDictEntry *entry;
 189    int count = 0;
 190
 191    for (entry = qdict_first(src); entry; entry = qdict_next(src, entry)) {
 192        if (strstart(entry->key, start, NULL)) {
 193            if (count == INT_MAX) {
 194                return -ERANGE;
 195            }
 196            count++;
 197        }
 198    }
 199
 200    return count;
 201}
 202
 203/**
 204 * qdict_array_split(): This function moves array-like elements of a QDict into
 205 * a new QList. Every entry in the original QDict with a key "%u" or one
 206 * prefixed "%u.", where %u designates an unsigned integer starting at 0 and
 207 * incrementally counting up, will be moved to a new QDict at index %u in the
 208 * output QList with the key prefix removed, if that prefix is "%u.". If the
 209 * whole key is just "%u", the whole QObject will be moved unchanged without
 210 * creating a new QDict. The function terminates when there is no entry in the
 211 * QDict with a prefix directly (incrementally) following the last one; it also
 212 * returns if there are both entries with "%u" and "%u." for the same index %u.
 213 * Example: {"0.a": 42, "0.b": 23, "1.x": 0, "4.y": 1, "o.o": 7, "2": 66}
 214 *      (or {"1.x": 0, "4.y": 1, "0.a": 42, "o.o": 7, "0.b": 23, "2": 66})
 215 *       => [{"a": 42, "b": 23}, {"x": 0}, 66]
 216 *      and {"4.y": 1, "o.o": 7} (remainder of the old QDict)
 217 */
 218void qdict_array_split(QDict *src, QList **dst)
 219{
 220    unsigned i;
 221
 222    *dst = qlist_new();
 223
 224    for (i = 0; i < UINT_MAX; i++) {
 225        QObject *subqobj;
 226        bool is_subqdict;
 227        QDict *subqdict;
 228        char indexstr[32], prefix[32];
 229        size_t snprintf_ret;
 230
 231        snprintf_ret = snprintf(indexstr, 32, "%u", i);
 232        assert(snprintf_ret < 32);
 233
 234        subqobj = qdict_get(src, indexstr);
 235
 236        snprintf_ret = snprintf(prefix, 32, "%u.", i);
 237        assert(snprintf_ret < 32);
 238
 239        /* Overflow is the same as positive non-zero results */
 240        is_subqdict = qdict_count_prefixed_entries(src, prefix);
 241
 242        /*
 243         * There may be either a single subordinate object (named
 244         * "%u") or multiple objects (each with a key prefixed "%u."),
 245         * but not both.
 246         */
 247        if (!subqobj == !is_subqdict) {
 248            break;
 249        }
 250
 251        if (is_subqdict) {
 252            qdict_extract_subqdict(src, &subqdict, prefix);
 253            assert(qdict_size(subqdict) > 0);
 254        } else {
 255            qobject_ref(subqobj);
 256            qdict_del(src, indexstr);
 257        }
 258
 259        qlist_append_obj(*dst, subqobj ?: QOBJECT(subqdict));
 260    }
 261}
 262
 263/**
 264 * qdict_split_flat_key:
 265 * @key: the key string to split
 266 * @prefix: non-NULL pointer to hold extracted prefix
 267 * @suffix: non-NULL pointer to remaining suffix
 268 *
 269 * Given a flattened key such as 'foo.0.bar', split it into two parts
 270 * at the first '.' separator. Allows double dot ('..') to escape the
 271 * normal separator.
 272 *
 273 * e.g.
 274 *    'foo.0.bar' -> prefix='foo' and suffix='0.bar'
 275 *    'foo..0.bar' -> prefix='foo.0' and suffix='bar'
 276 *
 277 * The '..' sequence will be unescaped in the returned 'prefix'
 278 * string. The 'suffix' string will be left in escaped format, so it
 279 * can be fed back into the qdict_split_flat_key() key as the input
 280 * later.
 281 *
 282 * The caller is responsible for freeing the string returned in @prefix
 283 * using g_free().
 284 */
 285static void qdict_split_flat_key(const char *key, char **prefix,
 286                                 const char **suffix)
 287{
 288    const char *separator;
 289    size_t i, j;
 290
 291    /* Find first '.' separator, but if there is a pair '..'
 292     * that acts as an escape, so skip over '..' */
 293    separator = NULL;
 294    do {
 295        if (separator) {
 296            separator += 2;
 297        } else {
 298            separator = key;
 299        }
 300        separator = strchr(separator, '.');
 301    } while (separator && separator[1] == '.');
 302
 303    if (separator) {
 304        *prefix = g_strndup(key, separator - key);
 305        *suffix = separator + 1;
 306    } else {
 307        *prefix = g_strdup(key);
 308        *suffix = NULL;
 309    }
 310
 311    /* Unescape the '..' sequence into '.' */
 312    for (i = 0, j = 0; (*prefix)[i] != '\0'; i++, j++) {
 313        if ((*prefix)[i] == '.') {
 314            assert((*prefix)[i + 1] == '.');
 315            i++;
 316        }
 317        (*prefix)[j] = (*prefix)[i];
 318    }
 319    (*prefix)[j] = '\0';
 320}
 321
 322/**
 323 * qdict_is_list:
 324 * @maybe_list: dict to check if keys represent list elements.
 325 *
 326 * Determine whether all keys in @maybe_list are valid list elements.
 327 * If @maybe_list is non-zero in length and all the keys look like
 328 * valid list indexes, this will return 1. If @maybe_list is zero
 329 * length or all keys are non-numeric then it will return 0 to indicate
 330 * it is a normal qdict. If there is a mix of numeric and non-numeric
 331 * keys, or the list indexes are non-contiguous, an error is reported.
 332 *
 333 * Returns: 1 if a valid list, 0 if a dict, -1 on error
 334 */
 335static int qdict_is_list(QDict *maybe_list, Error **errp)
 336{
 337    const QDictEntry *ent;
 338    ssize_t len = 0;
 339    ssize_t max = -1;
 340    int is_list = -1;
 341    int64_t val;
 342
 343    for (ent = qdict_first(maybe_list); ent != NULL;
 344         ent = qdict_next(maybe_list, ent)) {
 345        int is_index = !qemu_strtoi64(ent->key, NULL, 10, &val);
 346
 347        if (is_list == -1) {
 348            is_list = is_index;
 349        }
 350
 351        if (is_index != is_list) {
 352            error_setg(errp, "Cannot mix list and non-list keys");
 353            return -1;
 354        }
 355
 356        if (is_index) {
 357            len++;
 358            if (val > max) {
 359                max = val;
 360            }
 361        }
 362    }
 363
 364    if (is_list == -1) {
 365        assert(!qdict_size(maybe_list));
 366        is_list = 0;
 367    }
 368
 369    /* NB this isn't a perfect check - e.g. it won't catch
 370     * a list containing '1', '+1', '01', '3', but that
 371     * does not matter - we've still proved that the
 372     * input is a list. It is up the caller to do a
 373     * stricter check if desired */
 374    if (len != (max + 1)) {
 375        error_setg(errp, "List indices are not contiguous, "
 376                   "saw %zd elements but %zd largest index",
 377                   len, max);
 378        return -1;
 379    }
 380
 381    return is_list;
 382}
 383
 384/**
 385 * qdict_crumple:
 386 * @src: the original flat dictionary (only scalar values) to crumple
 387 *
 388 * Takes a flat dictionary whose keys use '.' separator to indicate
 389 * nesting, and values are scalars, empty dictionaries or empty lists,
 390 * and crumples it into a nested structure.
 391 *
 392 * To include a literal '.' in a key name, it must be escaped as '..'
 393 *
 394 * For example, an input of:
 395 *
 396 * { 'foo.0.bar': 'one', 'foo.0.wizz': '1',
 397 *   'foo.1.bar': 'two', 'foo.1.wizz': '2' }
 398 *
 399 * will result in an output of:
 400 *
 401 * {
 402 *   'foo': [
 403 *      { 'bar': 'one', 'wizz': '1' },
 404 *      { 'bar': 'two', 'wizz': '2' }
 405 *   ],
 406 * }
 407 *
 408 * The following scenarios in the input dict will result in an
 409 * error being returned:
 410 *
 411 *  - Any values in @src are non-scalar types
 412 *  - If keys in @src imply that a particular level is both a
 413 *    list and a dict. e.g., "foo.0.bar" and "foo.eek.bar".
 414 *  - If keys in @src imply that a particular level is a list,
 415 *    but the indices are non-contiguous. e.g. "foo.0.bar" and
 416 *    "foo.2.bar" without any "foo.1.bar" present.
 417 *  - If keys in @src represent list indexes, but are not in
 418 *    the "%zu" format. e.g. "foo.+0.bar"
 419 *
 420 * Returns: either a QDict or QList for the nested data structure, or NULL
 421 * on error
 422 */
 423QObject *qdict_crumple(const QDict *src, Error **errp)
 424{
 425    const QDictEntry *ent;
 426    QDict *two_level, *multi_level = NULL, *child_dict;
 427    QDict *dict_val;
 428    QList *list_val;
 429    QObject *dst = NULL, *child;
 430    size_t i;
 431    char *prefix = NULL;
 432    const char *suffix = NULL;
 433    int is_list;
 434
 435    two_level = qdict_new();
 436
 437    /* Step 1: split our totally flat dict into a two level dict */
 438    for (ent = qdict_first(src); ent != NULL; ent = qdict_next(src, ent)) {
 439        dict_val = qobject_to(QDict, ent->value);
 440        list_val = qobject_to(QList, ent->value);
 441        if ((dict_val && qdict_size(dict_val))
 442            || (list_val && !qlist_empty(list_val))) {
 443            error_setg(errp, "Value %s is not flat", ent->key);
 444            goto error;
 445        }
 446
 447        qdict_split_flat_key(ent->key, &prefix, &suffix);
 448        child = qdict_get(two_level, prefix);
 449        child_dict = qobject_to(QDict, child);
 450
 451        if (child) {
 452            /*
 453             * If @child_dict, then all previous keys with this prefix
 454             * had a suffix.  If @suffix, this one has one as well,
 455             * and we're good, else there's a clash.
 456             */
 457            if (!child_dict || !suffix) {
 458                error_setg(errp, "Cannot mix scalar and non-scalar keys");
 459                goto error;
 460            }
 461        }
 462
 463        if (suffix) {
 464            if (!child_dict) {
 465                child_dict = qdict_new();
 466                qdict_put(two_level, prefix, child_dict);
 467            }
 468            qdict_put_obj(child_dict, suffix, qobject_ref(ent->value));
 469        } else {
 470            qdict_put_obj(two_level, prefix, qobject_ref(ent->value));
 471        }
 472
 473        g_free(prefix);
 474        prefix = NULL;
 475    }
 476
 477    /* Step 2: optionally process the two level dict recursively
 478     * into a multi-level dict */
 479    multi_level = qdict_new();
 480    for (ent = qdict_first(two_level); ent != NULL;
 481         ent = qdict_next(two_level, ent)) {
 482        dict_val = qobject_to(QDict, ent->value);
 483        if (dict_val && qdict_size(dict_val)) {
 484            child = qdict_crumple(dict_val, errp);
 485            if (!child) {
 486                goto error;
 487            }
 488
 489            qdict_put_obj(multi_level, ent->key, child);
 490        } else {
 491            qdict_put_obj(multi_level, ent->key, qobject_ref(ent->value));
 492        }
 493    }
 494    qobject_unref(two_level);
 495    two_level = NULL;
 496
 497    /* Step 3: detect if we need to turn our dict into list */
 498    is_list = qdict_is_list(multi_level, errp);
 499    if (is_list < 0) {
 500        goto error;
 501    }
 502
 503    if (is_list) {
 504        dst = QOBJECT(qlist_new());
 505
 506        for (i = 0; i < qdict_size(multi_level); i++) {
 507            char *key = g_strdup_printf("%zu", i);
 508
 509            child = qdict_get(multi_level, key);
 510            g_free(key);
 511
 512            if (!child) {
 513                error_setg(errp, "Missing list index %zu", i);
 514                goto error;
 515            }
 516
 517            qlist_append_obj(qobject_to(QList, dst), qobject_ref(child));
 518        }
 519        qobject_unref(multi_level);
 520        multi_level = NULL;
 521    } else {
 522        dst = QOBJECT(multi_level);
 523    }
 524
 525    return dst;
 526
 527 error:
 528    g_free(prefix);
 529    qobject_unref(multi_level);
 530    qobject_unref(two_level);
 531    qobject_unref(dst);
 532    return NULL;
 533}
 534
 535/**
 536 * qdict_crumple_for_keyval_qiv:
 537 * @src: the flat dictionary (only scalar values) to crumple
 538 * @errp: location to store error
 539 *
 540 * Like qdict_crumple(), but additionally transforms scalar values so
 541 * the result can be passed to qobject_input_visitor_new_keyval().
 542 *
 543 * The block subsystem uses this function to prepare its flat QDict
 544 * with possibly confused scalar types for a visit.  It should not be
 545 * used for anything else, and it should go away once the block
 546 * subsystem has been cleaned up.
 547 */
 548static QObject *qdict_crumple_for_keyval_qiv(QDict *src, Error **errp)
 549{
 550    QDict *tmp = NULL;
 551    char *buf;
 552    const char *s;
 553    const QDictEntry *ent;
 554    QObject *dst;
 555
 556    for (ent = qdict_first(src); ent; ent = qdict_next(src, ent)) {
 557        buf = NULL;
 558        switch (qobject_type(ent->value)) {
 559        case QTYPE_QNULL:
 560        case QTYPE_QSTRING:
 561            continue;
 562        case QTYPE_QNUM:
 563            s = buf = qnum_to_string(qobject_to(QNum, ent->value));
 564            break;
 565        case QTYPE_QDICT:
 566        case QTYPE_QLIST:
 567            /* @src isn't flat; qdict_crumple() will fail */
 568            continue;
 569        case QTYPE_QBOOL:
 570            s = qbool_get_bool(qobject_to(QBool, ent->value))
 571                ? "on" : "off";
 572            break;
 573        default:
 574            abort();
 575        }
 576
 577        if (!tmp) {
 578            tmp = qdict_clone_shallow(src);
 579        }
 580        qdict_put_str(tmp, ent->key, s);
 581        g_free(buf);
 582    }
 583
 584    dst = qdict_crumple(tmp ?: src, errp);
 585    qobject_unref(tmp);
 586    return dst;
 587}
 588
 589/**
 590 * qdict_array_entries(): Returns the number of direct array entries if the
 591 * sub-QDict of src specified by the prefix in subqdict (or src itself for
 592 * prefix == "") is valid as an array, i.e. the length of the created list if
 593 * the sub-QDict would become empty after calling qdict_array_split() on it. If
 594 * the array is not valid, -EINVAL is returned.
 595 */
 596int qdict_array_entries(QDict *src, const char *subqdict)
 597{
 598    const QDictEntry *entry;
 599    unsigned i;
 600    unsigned entries = 0;
 601    size_t subqdict_len = strlen(subqdict);
 602
 603    assert(!subqdict_len || subqdict[subqdict_len - 1] == '.');
 604
 605    /* qdict_array_split() loops until UINT_MAX, but as we want to return
 606     * negative errors, we only have a signed return value here. Any additional
 607     * entries will lead to -EINVAL. */
 608    for (i = 0; i < INT_MAX; i++) {
 609        QObject *subqobj;
 610        int subqdict_entries;
 611        char *prefix = g_strdup_printf("%s%u.", subqdict, i);
 612
 613        subqdict_entries = qdict_count_prefixed_entries(src, prefix);
 614
 615        /* Remove ending "." */
 616        prefix[strlen(prefix) - 1] = 0;
 617        subqobj = qdict_get(src, prefix);
 618
 619        g_free(prefix);
 620
 621        if (subqdict_entries < 0) {
 622            return subqdict_entries;
 623        }
 624
 625        /* There may be either a single subordinate object (named "%u") or
 626         * multiple objects (each with a key prefixed "%u."), but not both. */
 627        if (subqobj && subqdict_entries) {
 628            return -EINVAL;
 629        } else if (!subqobj && !subqdict_entries) {
 630            break;
 631        }
 632
 633        entries += subqdict_entries ? subqdict_entries : 1;
 634    }
 635
 636    /* Consider everything handled that isn't part of the given sub-QDict */
 637    for (entry = qdict_first(src); entry; entry = qdict_next(src, entry)) {
 638        if (!strstart(qdict_entry_key(entry), subqdict, NULL)) {
 639            entries++;
 640        }
 641    }
 642
 643    /* Anything left in the sub-QDict that wasn't handled? */
 644    if (qdict_size(src) != entries) {
 645        return -EINVAL;
 646    }
 647
 648    return i;
 649}
 650
 651/**
 652 * qdict_join(): Absorb the src QDict into the dest QDict, that is, move all
 653 * elements from src to dest.
 654 *
 655 * If an element from src has a key already present in dest, it will not be
 656 * moved unless overwrite is true.
 657 *
 658 * If overwrite is true, the conflicting values in dest will be discarded and
 659 * replaced by the corresponding values from src.
 660 *
 661 * Therefore, with overwrite being true, the src QDict will always be empty when
 662 * this function returns. If overwrite is false, the src QDict will be empty
 663 * iff there were no conflicts.
 664 */
 665void qdict_join(QDict *dest, QDict *src, bool overwrite)
 666{
 667    const QDictEntry *entry, *next;
 668
 669    entry = qdict_first(src);
 670    while (entry) {
 671        next = qdict_next(src, entry);
 672
 673        if (overwrite || !qdict_haskey(dest, entry->key)) {
 674            qdict_put_obj(dest, entry->key, qobject_ref(entry->value));
 675            qdict_del(src, entry->key);
 676        }
 677
 678        entry = next;
 679    }
 680}
 681
 682/**
 683 * qdict_rename_keys(): Rename keys in qdict according to the replacements
 684 * specified in the array renames. The array must be terminated by an entry
 685 * with from = NULL.
 686 *
 687 * The renames are performed individually in the order of the array, so entries
 688 * may be renamed multiple times and may or may not conflict depending on the
 689 * order of the renames array.
 690 *
 691 * Returns true for success, false in error cases.
 692 */
 693bool qdict_rename_keys(QDict *qdict, const QDictRenames *renames, Error **errp)
 694{
 695    QObject *qobj;
 696
 697    while (renames->from) {
 698        if (qdict_haskey(qdict, renames->from)) {
 699            if (qdict_haskey(qdict, renames->to)) {
 700                error_setg(errp, "'%s' and its alias '%s' can't be used at the "
 701                           "same time", renames->to, renames->from);
 702                return false;
 703            }
 704
 705            qobj = qdict_get(qdict, renames->from);
 706            qdict_put_obj(qdict, renames->to, qobject_ref(qobj));
 707            qdict_del(qdict, renames->from);
 708        }
 709
 710        renames++;
 711    }
 712    return true;
 713}
 714
 715/*
 716 * Create a QObject input visitor for flat @qdict with possibly
 717 * confused scalar types.
 718 *
 719 * The block subsystem uses this function to visit its flat QDict with
 720 * possibly confused scalar types.  It should not be used for anything
 721 * else, and it should go away once the block subsystem has been
 722 * cleaned up.
 723 */
 724Visitor *qobject_input_visitor_new_flat_confused(QDict *qdict,
 725                                                 Error **errp)
 726{
 727    QObject *crumpled;
 728    Visitor *v;
 729
 730    crumpled = qdict_crumple_for_keyval_qiv(qdict, errp);
 731    if (!crumpled) {
 732        return NULL;
 733    }
 734
 735    v = qobject_input_visitor_new_keyval(crumpled);
 736    qobject_unref(crumpled);
 737    return v;
 738}
 739