+/**
+ * Allocate and initialize a new channel group, and add it to sdi.
+ *
+ * @param[in] sdi The device instance the channel group is connected to.
+ * Optional, can be NULL.
+ * @param[in] name @copydoc sr_channel_group::name
+ * @param[in] priv @copydoc sr_channel_group::priv
+ *
+ * @return A pointer to a new struct sr_channel_group, NULL upon error.
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+SR_PRIV struct sr_channel_group *sr_channel_group_new(struct sr_dev_inst *sdi,
+ const char *name, void *priv)
+{
+ struct sr_channel_group *cg;
+
+ cg = g_malloc0(sizeof(*cg));
+ if (name && *name)
+ cg->name = g_strdup(name);
+ cg->priv = priv;
+
+ if (sdi)
+ sdi->channel_groups = g_slist_append(sdi->channel_groups, cg);
+
+ return cg;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Release a previously allocated struct sr_channel_group.
+ *
+ * @param[in] cg Pointer to struct sr_channel_group.
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+SR_PRIV void sr_channel_group_free(struct sr_channel_group *cg)
+{
+ if (!cg)
+ return;
+
+ g_free(cg->name);
+ g_slist_free(cg->channels);
+ g_free(cg->priv);
+ g_free(cg);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper around sr_channel_group_free(), suitable for glib iterators.
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+SR_PRIV void sr_channel_group_free_cb(void *cg)
+{
+ return sr_channel_group_free(cg);
+}
+