diff --git a/qemu-coroutine.c b/qemu-coroutine.c
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+/*
+ * QEMU coroutines
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Stefan Hajnoczi    <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *  Kevin Wolf         <kwolf@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "trace.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu-coroutine.h"
+#include "qemu-coroutine-int.h"
+
+Coroutine *qemu_coroutine_create(CoroutineEntry *entry)
+{
+    Coroutine *co = qemu_coroutine_new();
+    co->entry = entry;
+    return co;
+}
+
+static void coroutine_swap(Coroutine *from, Coroutine *to)
+{
+    CoroutineAction ret;
+
+    ret = qemu_coroutine_switch(from, to, COROUTINE_YIELD);
+
+    switch (ret) {
+    case COROUTINE_YIELD:
+        return;
+    case COROUTINE_TERMINATE:
+        trace_qemu_coroutine_terminate(to);
+        qemu_coroutine_delete(to);
+        return;
+    default:
+        abort();
+    }
+}
+
+void qemu_coroutine_enter(Coroutine *co, void *opaque)
+{
+    Coroutine *self = qemu_coroutine_self();
+
+    trace_qemu_coroutine_enter(self, co, opaque);
+
+    if (co->caller) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Co-routine re-entered recursively\n");
+        abort();
+    }
+
+    co->caller = self;
+    co->entry_arg = opaque;
+    coroutine_swap(self, co);
+}
+
+void coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_yield(void)
+{
+    Coroutine *self = qemu_coroutine_self();
+    Coroutine *to = self->caller;
+
+    trace_qemu_coroutine_yield(self, to);
+
+    if (!to) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Co-routine is yielding to no one\n");
+        abort();
+    }
+
+    self->caller = NULL;
+    coroutine_swap(self, to);
+}