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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/interop/qmp-spec.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | monitor.c | 7 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/docs/interop/qmp-spec.txt b/docs/interop/qmp-spec.txt index 6b72b69cb1..a1d6f9ee06 100644 --- a/docs/interop/qmp-spec.txt +++ b/docs/interop/qmp-spec.txt @@ -103,16 +103,13 @@ The format for command execution is: required. Each command documents what contents will be considered valid when handling the json-argument - The "id" member is a transaction identification associated with the - command execution. It is required for all commands if the OOB - - capability was enabled at startup, and optional otherwise. The same - "id" field will be part of the response if provided. The "id" - member can be any json-value. A json-number incremented for each - successive command works fine. + command execution, it is optional and will be part of the response + if provided. The "id" member can be any json-value. A json-number + incremented for each successive command works fine. - The optional "control" member further specifies how the command is to be executed. Currently, its only member is optional "run-oob". See section "2.3.1 Out-of-band execution" for details. - 2.3.1 Out-of-band execution --------------------------- @@ -128,6 +125,10 @@ possibly overtaking prior in-band commands. The client may therefore receive such a command's response before responses from prior in-band commands. +To be able to match responses back to their commands, the client needs +to pass "id" with out-of-band commands. Passing it with all commands +is recommended for clients that accept capability "oob". + To execute a command out-of-band, the client puts "run-oob": true into execute's member "control". @@ -4292,13 +4292,6 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens) id = qdict_get(qdict, "id"); - /* When OOB is enabled, the "id" field is mandatory. */ - if (qmp_oob_enabled(mon) && !id) { - error_setg(&err, "Out-of-band capability requires that " - "every command contains an 'id' field"); - goto err; - } - req_obj = g_new0(QMPRequest, 1); req_obj->mon = mon; req_obj->id = qobject_ref(id); |