1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qfactoryloader.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qfactoryloader.cpp
index ec6d98cc3c..0b35f41ca3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qfactoryloader.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qfactoryloader.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
 ** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation.
 ** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
 **
 ** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
@@ -58,6 +59,29 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
+static inline int metaDataSignatureLength()
+{
+    return sizeof("QTMETADATA  ") - 1;
+}
+
+QJsonDocument qJsonFromRawLibraryMetaData(const char *raw, qsizetype sectionSize)
+{
+    raw += metaDataSignatureLength();
+    sectionSize -= metaDataSignatureLength();
+
+    // the size of the embedded JSON object can be found 8 bytes into the data (see qjson_p.h)
+    uint size = qFromLittleEndian<uint>(raw + 8);
+    // but the maximum size of binary JSON is 128 MB
+    size = qMin(size, 128U * 1024 * 1024);
+    // and it doesn't include the size of the header (8 bytes)
+    size += 8;
+    // finally, it can't be bigger than the file or section size
+    size = qMin(sectionSize, qsizetype(size));
+
+    QByteArray json(raw, size);
+    return QJsonDocument::fromBinaryData(json);
+}
+
 class QFactoryLoaderPrivate : public QObjectPrivate
 {
     Q_DECLARE_PUBLIC(QFactoryLoader)