docs: update QMP documents for OOB commands

Update both the developer and spec for the new QMP OOB (Out-Of-Band)
command.

Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20180309090006.10018-2-peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
[eblake: grammar tweaks]
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 53 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
index 99d81230e2..a569d24745 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -554,9 +554,12 @@ following example objects:
 
 === Commands ===
 
+--- General Command Layout ---
+
 Usage: { 'command': STRING, '*data': COMPLEX-TYPE-NAME-OR-DICT,
          '*returns': TYPE-NAME, '*boxed': true,
-         '*gen': false, '*success-response': false }
+         '*gen': false, '*success-response': false,
+         '*allow-oob': true }
 
 Commands are defined by using a dictionary containing several members,
 where three members are most common.  The 'command' member is a
@@ -636,6 +639,49 @@ possible, the command expression should include the optional key
 'success-response' with boolean value false.  So far, only QGA makes
 use of this member.
 
+A command can be declared to support Out-Of-Band (OOB) execution.  By
+default, commands do not support OOB.  To declare a command that
+supports it, the schema includes an extra 'allow-oob' field.  For
+example:
+
+ { 'command': 'migrate_recover',
+   'data': { 'uri': 'str' }, 'allow-oob': true }
+
+To execute a command with out-of-band priority, the client specifies
+the "control" field in the request, with "run-oob" set to
+true. Example:
+
+ => { "execute": "command-support-oob",
+      "arguments": { ... },
+      "control": { "run-oob": true } }
+ <= { "return": { } }
+
+Without it, even the commands that support out-of-band execution will
+still be run in-band.
+
+Under normal QMP command execution, the following apply to each
+command:
+
+- They are executed in order,
+- They run only in main thread of QEMU,
+- They have the BQL taken during execution.
+
+When a command is executed with OOB, the following changes occur:
+
+- They can be completed before a pending in-band command,
+- They run in a dedicated monitor thread,
+- They do not take the BQL during execution.
+
+OOB command handlers must satisfy the following conditions:
+
+- It executes extremely fast,
+- It does not take any lock, or, it can take very small locks if all
+  critical regions also follow the rules for OOB command handler code,
+- It does not invoke system calls that may block,
+- It does not access guest RAM that may block when userfaultfd is
+  enabled for postcopy live migration.
+
+If in doubt, do not implement OOB execution support.
 
 === Events ===
 
@@ -739,10 +785,12 @@ references by name.
 QAPI schema definitions not reachable that way are omitted.
 
 The SchemaInfo for a command has meta-type "command", and variant
-members "arg-type" and "ret-type".  On the wire, the "arguments"
-member of a client's "execute" command must conform to the object type
-named by "arg-type".  The "return" member that the server passes in a
-success response conforms to the type named by "ret-type".
+members "arg-type", "ret-type" and "allow-oob".  On the wire, the
+"arguments" member of a client's "execute" command must conform to the
+object type named by "arg-type".  The "return" member that the server
+passes in a success response conforms to the type named by
+"ret-type".  When "allow-oob" is set, it means the command supports
+out-of-band execution.
 
 If the command takes no arguments, "arg-type" names an object type
 without members.  Likewise, if the command returns nothing, "ret-type"