+/* Return a DevicePropertyInfo for a qdev property.
+ *
+ * If a qdev property with the given name does not exist, use the given default
+ * type. If the qdev property info should not be shown, return NULL.
+ *
+ * The caller must free the return value.
+ */
+static DevicePropertyInfo *make_device_property_info(ObjectClass *klass,
+ const char *name,
+ const char *default_type,
+ const char *description)
+{
+ DevicePropertyInfo *info;
+ Property *prop;
+
+ do {
+ for (prop = DEVICE_CLASS(klass)->props; prop && prop->name; prop++) {
+ if (strcmp(name, prop->name) != 0) {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * TODO Properties without a parser are just for dirty hacks.
+ * qdev_prop_ptr is the only such PropertyInfo. It's marked
+ * for removal. This conditional should be removed along with
+ * it.
+ */
+ if (!prop->info->set) {
+ return NULL; /* no way to set it, don't show */
+ }
+
+ info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
+ info->name = g_strdup(prop->name);
+ info->type = g_strdup(prop->info->name);
+ info->has_description = !!prop->info->description;
+ info->description = g_strdup(prop->info->description);
+ return info;
+ }
+ klass = object_class_get_parent(klass);
+ } while (klass != object_class_by_name(TYPE_DEVICE));
+
+ /* Not a qdev property, use the default type */
+ info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
+ info->name = g_strdup(name);
+ info->type = g_strdup(default_type);
+ info->has_description = !!description;
+ info->description = g_strdup(description);
+
+ return info;
+}
+