qmp: Add announce-self command

Add a qmp command that can trigger guest announcements.

It uses its own announce-timer instance, and parameters
passed to it explicitly in the command.

Like most qmp commands, it's in the main thread/bql, so
there's no racing with any outstanding timer.

Based on work of Germano Veit Michel <germano@redhat.com> and
                 Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
index 5face0c14b..5f7bff1637 100644
--- a/qapi/net.json
+++ b/qapi/net.json
@@ -707,3 +707,23 @@
             'max': 'int',
             'rounds': 'int',
             'step': 'int' } }
+
+##
+# @announce-self:
+#
+# Trigger generation of broadcast RARP frames to update network switches.
+# This can be useful when network bonds fail-over the active slave.
+#
+# @params: AnnounceParameters giving timing and repetition count of announce
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# -> { "execute": "announce-self"
+#      "arguments": {
+#          "initial": 50, "max": 550, "rounds": 10, "step": 50 } }
+# <- { "return": {} }
+#
+# Since: 4.0
+##
+{ 'command': 'announce-self', 'boxed': true,
+  'data' : 'AnnounceParameters'}