Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] QMP: Introduce Human Monitor passthrough command

[Luiz Capitulino]

On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:47:52 +0100
Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:

> Luiz Capitulino <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > This command allows QMP clients to execute HMP commands.
> >
> > Please, check the documentation added to the qmp-commands.hx file
> > for additional details about the interface and its limitations.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <address@hidden>
> > ---
> >  monitor.c       |   39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  qmp-commands.hx |   45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
> > index 8cee35d..89513be 100644
> > --- a/monitor.c
> > +++ b/monitor.c
> > @@ -491,6 +491,45 @@ static int do_qmp_capabilities(Monitor *mon, const 
> > QDict *params,
> >      return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static int mon_set_cpu(int cpu_index);
> > +static void handle_user_command(Monitor *mon, const char *cmdline);
> > +
> > +static int do_hmp_passthrough(Monitor *mon, const QDict *params,
> > +                              QObject **ret_data)
> > +{
> > +    int ret = 0;
> > +    QString *qs;
> > +    Monitor *old_mon, hmp;
> > +    CharDriverState memchr;
> 
> Uh, let's not shadow memchr() from string.h.

Ah, good catch.

> 
> > +
> > +    memset(&hmp, 0, sizeof(hmp));
> > +    hmp.chr = &memchr;
> > +    qemu_chr_init_mem(hmp.chr);
> > +
> > +    old_mon = cur_mon;
> > +    cur_mon = &hmp;
> > +
> > +    if (qdict_haskey(params, "cpu-index")) {
> > +        ret = mon_set_cpu(qdict_get_int(params, "cpu-index"));
> > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > +            qerror_report(QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, "cpu-index", "a 
> > CPU number");
> > +            goto out;
> > +        }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    handle_user_command(&hmp, qdict_get_str(params, "command-line"));
> 
> It would sure be nice if handle_user_command() returned status...  But
> fixing that is out of this patch series' scope.
> 
> > +
> > +    qs = qemu_chr_mem_to_qs(hmp.chr);
> > +    if (qs) {
> > +        *ret_data = QOBJECT(qs);
> > +    }
> 
> Conditional goes away when qemu_chr_mem_to_qs() is changed not to return
> NULL for empty character device.

If we do this, then our success response is going to be "", like:

{ "execute": "execute": "hmp_passthrough", "arguments": { "command-line": 
"stop" } }
{ "return": "" }

Today, it's:

{ "execute": "execute": "hmp_passthrough", "arguments": { "command-line": 
"stop" } }
{ "return": {} }

Which is what we should expect.

In any case, it's not a big deal to fix that.

> > +
> > +out:
> > +    cur_mon = old_mon;
> > +    qemu_chr_close_mem(hmp.chr);
> > +    return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int compare_cmd(const char *name, const char *list)
> >  {
> >      const char *p, *pstart;
> > diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
> > index 793cf1c..b344096 100644
> > --- a/qmp-commands.hx
> > +++ b/qmp-commands.hx
> > @@ -761,6 +761,51 @@ Example:
> >  
> >  Note: This command must be issued before issuing any other command.
> >  
> > +EQMP
> > +
> > +    {
> > +        .name       = "hmp_passthrough",
> > +        .args_type  = "command-line:s,cpu-index:i?",
> > +        .params     = "",
> > +        .help       = "",
> > +        .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
> > +        .mhandler.cmd_new = do_hmp_passthrough,
> > +    },
> > +
> > +SQMP
> > +hmp_passthrough
> > +---------------
> > +
> > +Execute a Human Monitor command.
> > +
> > +Arguments: 
> > +
> > +- command-line: the command name and its arguments, just like the
> > +                Human Monitor's shell (json-string)
> > +- cpu-index: select the CPU number to be used by commands which access CPU
> > +             data, like 'info registers'. The Monitor selects CPU 0 if this
> > +             argument is not provided (json-int, optional)
> > +
> > +Example:
> > +
> > +-> { "execute": "hmp_passthrough", "arguments": { "command-line": "info 
> > kvm" } }
> > +<- { "return": "kvm support: enabled\r\n" }
> > +
> > +Notes:
> > +
> > +(1) The Human Monitor is NOT an stable interface, this means that command
> > +    names, arguments and responses can change or be removed at ANY time.
> > +    Applications that rely on long term stability guarantees should NOT
> > +    use this command
> > +
> > +(2) Limitations:
> > +
> > +    o This command is stateless, this means that commands that depend
> > +      on state information (such as getfd) might not work
> > +
> > +    o Commands that prompt the user for data (eg. 'cont' when the block
> > +      device is encrypted) don't currently work
> > +
> >  3. Query Commands
> >  =================
>