2 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qerror.c b/qerror.c
index c591a5443..68998d4ba 100644
--- a/qerror.c
+++ b/qerror.c
@@ -482,6 +482,39 @@ void qerror_report_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
     }
 }
 
+/* Evil... */
+struct Error
+{
+    QDict *obj;
+    const char *fmt;
+    char *msg;
+};
+
+void qerror_report_err(Error *err)
+{
+    QError *qerr;
+    int i;
+
+    qerr = qerror_new();
+    loc_save(&qerr->loc);
+    QINCREF(err->obj);
+    qerr->error = err->obj;
+
+    for (i = 0; qerror_table[i].error_fmt; i++) {
+        if (strcmp(qerror_table[i].error_fmt, err->fmt) == 0) {
+            qerr->entry = &qerror_table[i];
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (monitor_cur_is_qmp()) {
+        monitor_set_error(cur_mon, qerr);
+    } else {
+        qerror_print(qerr);
+        QDECREF(qerr);
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * qobject_to_qerror(): Convert a QObject into a QError
  */
diff --git a/qerror.h b/qerror.h
index d4070015f..d4bfcfd16 100644
--- a/qerror.h
+++ b/qerror.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "qdict.h"
 #include "qstring.h"
 #include "qemu-error.h"
+#include "error.h"
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 typedef struct QErrorStringTable {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ QString *qerror_human(const QError *qerror);
 void qerror_print(QError *qerror);
 void qerror_report_internal(const char *file, int linenr, const char *func,
                             const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(4, 5);
+void qerror_report_err(Error *err);
 QString *qerror_format(const char *fmt, QDict *error);
 #define qerror_report(fmt, ...) \
     qerror_report_internal(__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)