static int spice_server_char_device_add_interface(SpiceServer *s,
                                           SpiceBaseInstance *sin)
{
    SpiceCharDeviceInstance* char_device =
            SPICE_CONTAINEROF(sin, SpiceCharDeviceInstance, base);
    SpiceCharDeviceState *dev_state = NULL;

    spice_assert(s == reds);

    spice_info("CHAR_DEVICE %s", char_device->subtype);
    if (strcmp(char_device->subtype, SUBTYPE_VDAGENT) == 0) {
        if (vdagent) {
            spice_warning("vdagent already attached");
            return -1;
        }
        dev_state = attach_to_red_agent(char_device);
    }
#ifdef USE_SMARTCARD
    else if (strcmp(char_device->subtype, SUBTYPE_SMARTCARD) == 0) {
        if (!(dev_state = smartcard_device_connect(char_device))) {
            return -1;
        }
    }
#endif
    else if (strcmp(char_device->subtype, SUBTYPE_USBREDIR) == 0) {
        dev_state = spicevmc_device_connect(char_device, SPICE_CHANNEL_USBREDIR);
    }
    else if (strcmp(char_device->subtype, SUBTYPE_PORT) == 0) {
        dev_state = spicevmc_device_connect(char_device, SPICE_CHANNEL_PORT);
    }

    if (dev_state) {
        spice_assert(char_device->st);
        /* setting the char_device state to "started" for backward compatibily with
         * qemu releases that don't call spice api for start/stop (not implemented yet) */
        if (reds->vm_running) {
            spice_char_device_start(char_device->st);
        }
        reds_char_device_add_state(char_device->st);
    } else {
        spice_warning("failed to create device state for %s", char_device->subtype);
        return -1;
    }
    return 0;
}

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