3 files changed, 66 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob.h b/include/block/blockjob.h
index 0f56f723de..640e649034 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #ifndef BLOCKJOB_H
 #define BLOCKJOB_H
 
+#include "qemu/job.h"
 #include "block/block.h"
 #include "qemu/ratelimit.h"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ typedef struct BlockJobTxn BlockJobTxn;
  * Long-running operation on a BlockDriverState.
  */
 typedef struct BlockJob {
+    /** Data belonging to the generic Job infrastructure */
+    Job job;
+
     /** The job type, including the job vtable.  */
     const BlockJobDriver *driver;
 
@@ -47,11 +51,6 @@ typedef struct BlockJob {
     BlockBackend *blk;
 
     /**
-     * The ID of the block job. May be NULL for internal jobs.
-     */
-    char *id;
-
-    /**
      * The coroutine that executes the job.  If not NULL, it is
      * reentered when busy is false and the job is cancelled.
      */
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob_int.h b/include/block/blockjob_int.h
index 62ec964d09..e8eca44747 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob_int.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob_int.h
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
  * A class type for block job driver.
  */
 struct BlockJobDriver {
-    /** Derived BlockJob struct size */
-    size_t instance_size;
+    /** Generic JobDriver callbacks and settings */
+    JobDriver job_driver;
 
     /** String describing the operation, part of query-block-jobs QMP API */
     BlockJobType job_type;
diff --git a/include/qemu/job.h b/include/qemu/job.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4b49f19e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/qemu/job.h
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Declarations for background jobs
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 IBM Corp.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef JOB_H
+#define JOB_H
+
+typedef struct JobDriver JobDriver;
+
+/**
+ * Long-running operation.
+ */
+typedef struct Job {
+    /** The ID of the job. May be NULL for internal jobs. */
+    char *id;
+
+    /** The type of this job. */
+    const JobDriver *driver;
+} Job;
+
+/**
+ * Callbacks and other information about a Job driver.
+ */
+struct JobDriver {
+    /** Derived Job struct size */
+    size_t instance_size;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Create a new long-running job and return it.
+ *
+ * @job_id: The id of the newly-created job, or %NULL for internal jobs
+ * @driver: The class object for the newly-created job.
+ * @errp: Error object.
+ */
+void *job_create(const char *job_id, const JobDriver *driver, Error **errp);
+
+#endif