The VM.add_object() method can be used to add IOThreads or memory
backend objects.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20171207201320.19284-5-stefanha@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
 tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index 6f057904a9..44477e9295 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ class VM(qtest.QEMUQtestMachine):
                                  socket_scm_helper=socket_scm_helper)
         self._num_drives = 0
 
+    def add_object(self, opts):
+        self._args.append('-object')
+        self._args.append(opts)
+        return self
+
     def add_device(self, opts):
         self._args.append('-device')
         self._args.append(opts)
-- 
2.14.3