+/*
+ * Count valid options in list
+ */
+static size_t count_option_parameters(QEMUOptionParameter *list)
+{
+ size_t num_options = 0;
+
+ while (list && list->name) {
+ num_options++;
+ list++;
+ }
+
+ return num_options;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append an option list (list) to an option list (dest).
+ *
+ * If dest is NULL, a new copy of list is created.
+ *
+ * Returns a pointer to the first element of dest (or the newly allocated copy)
+ */
+QEMUOptionParameter *append_option_parameters(QEMUOptionParameter *dest,
+ QEMUOptionParameter *list)
+{
+ size_t num_options, num_dest_options;
+
+ num_options = count_option_parameters(dest);
+ num_dest_options = num_options;
+
+ num_options += count_option_parameters(list);
+
+ dest = qemu_realloc(dest, (num_options + 1) * sizeof(QEMUOptionParameter));
+ dest[num_dest_options].name = NULL;
+
+ while (list && list->name) {
+ if (get_option_parameter(dest, list->name) == NULL) {
+ dest[num_dest_options++] = *list;
+ dest[num_dest_options].name = NULL;
+ }
+ list++;
+ }
+
+ return dest;
+}
+