+/**
+ * block_job_create:
+ * @job_type: The class object for the newly-created job.
+ * @bs: The block
+ * @cb: Completion function for the job.
+ * @opaque: Opaque pointer value passed to @cb.
+ *
+ * Create a new long-running block device job and return it. The job
+ * will call @cb asynchronously when the job completes. Note that
+ * @bs may have been closed at the time the @cb it is called. If
+ * this is the case, the job may be reported as either cancelled or
+ * completed.
+ *
+ * This function is not part of the public job interface; it should be
+ * called from a wrapper that is specific to the job type.
+ */
+void *block_job_create(const BlockJobType *job_type, BlockDriverState *bs,
+ BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
+
+/**
+ * block_job_complete:
+ * @job: The job being completed.
+ * @ret: The status code.
+ *
+ * Call the completion function that was registered at creation time, and
+ * free @job.
+ */
+void block_job_complete(BlockJob *job, int ret);
+
+/**
+ * block_job_set_speed:
+ * @job: The job to set the speed for.
+ * @speed: The new value
+ *
+ * Set a rate-limiting parameter for the job; the actual meaning may
+ * vary depending on the job type.
+ */
+int block_job_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t value);
+
+/**
+ * block_job_cancel:
+ * @job: The job to be canceled.
+ *
+ * Asynchronously cancel the specified job.
+ */
+void block_job_cancel(BlockJob *job);
+
+/**
+ * block_job_is_cancelled:
+ * @job: The job being queried.
+ *
+ * Returns whether the job is scheduled for cancellation.
+ */
+bool block_job_is_cancelled(BlockJob *job);
+
+/**
+ * block_job_cancel:
+ * @job: The job to be canceled.
+ *
+ * Asynchronously cancel the job and wait for it to reach a quiescent
+ * state. Note that the completion callback will still be called
+ * asynchronously, hence it is *not* valid to call #bdrv_delete
+ * immediately after #block_job_cancel_sync. Users of block jobs
+ * will usually protect the BlockDriverState objects with a reference
+ * count, should this be a concern.
+ */
+void block_job_cancel_sync(BlockJob *job);
+
+/**
+ * stream_start:
+ * @bs: Block device to operate on.
+ * @base: Block device that will become the new base, or %NULL to
+ * flatten the whole backing file chain onto @bs.
+ * @base_id: The file name that will be written to @bs as the new
+ * backing file if the job completes. Ignored if @base is %NULL.
+ * @cb: Completion function for the job.
+ * @opaque: Opaque pointer value passed to @cb.
+ *
+ * Start a streaming operation on @bs. Clusters that are unallocated
+ * in @bs, but allocated in any image between @base and @bs (both
+ * exclusive) will be written to @bs. At the end of a successful
+ * streaming job, the backing file of @bs will be changed to
+ * @base_id in the written image and to @base in the live BlockDriverState.
+ */
+int stream_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *base,
+ const char *base_id, BlockDriverCompletionFunc *cb,
+ void *opaque);
+