+ case IN_ERROR:
+ /* XXX: To avoid having previous bad input leaving the parser in an
+ * unresponsive state where we consume unpredictable amounts of
+ * subsequent "good" input, percolate this error state up to the
+ * tokenizer/parser by forcing a NULL object to be emitted, then
+ * reset state.
+ *
+ * Also note that this handling is required for reliable channel
+ * negotiation between QMP and the guest agent, since chr(0xFF)
+ * is placed at the beginning of certain events to ensure proper
+ * delivery when the channel is in an unknown state. chr(0xFF) is
+ * never a valid ASCII/UTF-8 sequence, so this should reliably
+ * induce an error/flush state.
+ */
+ lexer->emit(lexer, lexer->token, JSON_ERROR, lexer->x, lexer->y);
+ QDECREF(lexer->token);
+ lexer->token = qstring_new();
+ new_state = IN_START;
+ lexer->state = new_state;
+ return 0;