+static DBusMessage*
+message_with_nesting_levels (int levels)
+{
+ DBusMessage *message;
+ dbus_int32_t v_INT32;
+ DBusMessageIter *parents;
+ DBusMessageIter *children;
+ int i;
+
+ /* If levels is higher it breaks sig_refcount in DBusMessageRealIter
+ * in dbus-message.c, this assert is just to help you know you need
+ * to fix that if you hit it
+ */
+ _dbus_assert (levels < 256);
+
+ parents = dbus_new(DBusMessageIter, levels + 1);
+ children = dbus_new(DBusMessageIter, levels + 1);
+
+ v_INT32 = 42;
+ message = simple_method_call ();
+
+ i = 0;
+ dbus_message_iter_init_append (message, &parents[i]);
+ while (i < levels)
+ {
+ dbus_message_iter_open_container (&parents[i], DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT,
+ i == (levels - 1) ?
+ DBUS_TYPE_INT32_AS_STRING :
+ DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT_AS_STRING,
+ &children[i]);
+ ++i;
+ parents[i] = children[i-1];
+ }
+ --i;
+ dbus_message_iter_append_basic (&children[i], DBUS_TYPE_INT32, &v_INT32);
+ while (i >= 0)
+ {
+ dbus_message_iter_close_container (&parents[i], &children[i]);
+ --i;
+ }
+
+ dbus_free(parents);
+ dbus_free(children);
+
+ return message;
+}
+