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authorLuiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>2010-10-22 10:08:02 -0200
committerLuiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>2010-11-17 09:52:24 -0200
commit0268d97c51207f35a5a01239ad92ef2c35dcd5ba (patch)
tree67d35457f0853bac411f5d865d66992e741733a3 /qmp-commands.hx
parent999bd67c879cbd8bf0fe2b4ff0fb308a9a48ec72 (diff)
QMP: Introduce Human Monitor passthrough command
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 <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
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@@ -761,6 +761,51 @@ Example:
Note: This command must be issued before issuing any other command.
+EQMP
+
+ {
+ .name = "human-monitor-command",
+ .args_type = "command-line:s,cpu-index:i?",
+ .params = "",
+ .help = "",
+ .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
+ .mhandler.cmd_new = do_hmp_passthrough,
+ },
+
+SQMP
+human-monitor-command
+---------------------
+
+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": "human-monitor-command", "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
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