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diff --git a/python/qemu/aqmp/util.py b/python/qemu/aqmp/util.py
index 28acd995db..5b8f968969 100644
--- a/python/qemu/aqmp/util.py
+++ b/python/qemu/aqmp/util.py
@@ -13,12 +13,65 @@ from typing import (
     Coroutine,
     Optional,
     TypeVar,
+    cast,
 )
 
 
 T = TypeVar('T')
 
 
+# --------------------------
+# Section: Utility Functions
+# --------------------------
+
+
+async def flush(writer: asyncio.StreamWriter) -> None:
+    """
+    Utility function to ensure a StreamWriter is *fully* drained.
+
+    `asyncio.StreamWriter.drain` only promises we will return to below
+    the "high-water mark". This function ensures we flush the entire
+    buffer -- by setting the high water mark to 0 and then calling
+    drain. The flow control limits are restored after the call is
+    completed.
+    """
+    transport = cast(asyncio.WriteTransport, writer.transport)
+
+    # https://github.com/python/typeshed/issues/5779
+    low, high = transport.get_write_buffer_limits()  # type: ignore
+    transport.set_write_buffer_limits(0, 0)
+    try:
+        await writer.drain()
+    finally:
+        transport.set_write_buffer_limits(high, low)
+
+
+def upper_half(func: T) -> T:
+    """
+    Do-nothing decorator that annotates a method as an "upper-half" method.
+
+    These methods must not call bottom-half functions directly, but can
+    schedule them to run.
+    """
+    return func
+
+
+def bottom_half(func: T) -> T:
+    """
+    Do-nothing decorator that annotates a method as a "bottom-half" method.
+
+    These methods must take great care to handle their own exceptions whenever
+    possible. If they go unhandled, they will cause termination of the loop.
+
+    These methods do not, in general, have the ability to directly
+    report information to a caller’s context and will usually be
+    collected as a Task result instead.
+
+    They must not call upper-half functions directly.
+    """
+    return func
+
+
 # -------------------------------
 # Section: Compatibility Wrappers
 # -------------------------------