From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:12:31 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: qom: document reference counting of link properties
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qom: document reference counting of link properties

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/include/qom/object.h b/include/qom/object.h
index 48e80ba229..bfd848ffe3 100644
--- a/include/qom/object.h
+++ b/include/qom/object.h
@@ -1041,6 +1041,11 @@ void object_property_add_child(Object *obj, const char *name,
  * between objects.
  *
  * Links form the graph in the object model.
+ *
+ * Ownership of the pointer that @child points to is transferred to the
+ * link property.  The reference count for <code>*@child</code> is
+ * managed by the property from after the function returns till the
+ * property is deleted with object_property_del().
  */
 void object_property_add_link(Object *obj, const char *name,
                               const char *type, Object **child,