+/*
+ * Detect whether a request should be run out-of-band, by quickly
+ * peeking at whether we have: { "control": { "run-oob": true } }. By
+ * default commands are run in-band.
+ */
+bool qmp_is_oob(QDict *dict)
+{
+ QBool *bool_obj;
+
+ dict = qdict_get_qdict(dict, "control");
+ if (!dict) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ bool_obj = qobject_to(QBool, qdict_get(dict, "run-oob"));
+ if (!bool_obj) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return qbool_get_bool(bool_obj);
+}
+
+QObject *qmp_dispatch(QmpCommandList *cmds, QObject *request)