8 files changed, 508 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/qga/channel-posix.c b/qga/channel-posix.c
index 8aad4fee9f..50d9dd3747 100644
--- a/qga/channel-posix.c
+++ b/qga/channel-posix.c
@@ -217,25 +217,24 @@ GIOStatus ga_channel_write_all(GAChannel *c, const gchar *buf, gsize size)
     GIOStatus status = G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL;
 
     while (size) {
+        g_debug("sending data, count: %d", (int)size);
         status = g_io_channel_write_chars(c->client_channel, buf, size,
                                           &written, &err);
-        g_debug("sending data, count: %d", (int)size);
-        if (err != NULL) {
+        if (status == G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
+            size -= written;
+            buf += written;
+        } else if (status != G_IO_STATUS_AGAIN) {
             g_warning("error writing to channel: %s", err->message);
-            return G_IO_STATUS_ERROR;
-        }
-        if (status != G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
-            break;
+            return status;
         }
-        size -= written;
     }
 
-    if (status == G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
+    do {
         status = g_io_channel_flush(c->client_channel, &err);
-        if (err != NULL) {
-            g_warning("error flushing channel: %s", err->message);
-            return G_IO_STATUS_ERROR;
-        }
+    } while (status == G_IO_STATUS_AGAIN);
+
+    if (status != G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
+        g_warning("error flushing channel: %s", err->message);
     }
 
     return status;
@@ -249,7 +248,7 @@ GIOStatus ga_channel_read(GAChannel *c, gchar *buf, gsize size, gsize *count)
 GAChannel *ga_channel_new(GAChannelMethod method, const gchar *path,
                           GAChannelCallback cb, gpointer opaque)
 {
-    GAChannel *c = g_malloc0(sizeof(GAChannel));
+    GAChannel *c = g_new0(GAChannel, 1);
     c->event_cb = cb;
     c->user_data = opaque;
 
diff --git a/qga/channel-win32.c b/qga/channel-win32.c
index 04fa5e4d1d..0452b9f75e 100644
--- a/qga/channel-win32.c
+++ b/qga/channel-win32.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static GIOStatus ga_channel_write(GAChannel *c, const char *buf, size_t size,
 GIOStatus ga_channel_write_all(GAChannel *c, const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
     GIOStatus status = G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL;
-    size_t count;
+    size_t count = 0;
 
     while (size) {
         status = ga_channel_write(c, buf, size, &count);
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static gboolean ga_channel_open(GAChannel *c, GAChannelMethod method,
 GAChannel *ga_channel_new(GAChannelMethod method, const gchar *path,
                           GAChannelCallback cb, gpointer opaque)
 {
-    GAChannel *c = g_malloc0(sizeof(GAChannel));
+    GAChannel *c = g_new0(GAChannel, 1);
     SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sec_attrs;
 
     if (!ga_channel_open(c, method, path)) {
diff --git a/qga/commands-posix.c b/qga/commands-posix.c
index b03c316a5e..67a173af4f 100644
--- a/qga/commands-posix.c
+++ b/qga/commands-posix.c
@@ -223,7 +223,9 @@ typedef struct GuestFileHandle {
 
 static struct {
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, GuestFileHandle) filehandles;
-} guest_file_state;
+} guest_file_state = {
+    .filehandles = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(guest_file_state.filehandles),
+};
 
 static int64_t guest_file_handle_add(FILE *fh, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ static int64_t guest_file_handle_add(FILE *fh, Error **errp)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    gfh = g_malloc0(sizeof(GuestFileHandle));
+    gfh = g_new0(GuestFileHandle, 1);
     gfh->id = handle;
     gfh->fh = fh;
     QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&guest_file_state.filehandles, gfh, next);
@@ -488,7 +490,7 @@ struct GuestFileRead *qmp_guest_file_read(int64_t handle, bool has_count,
         slog("guest-file-read failed, handle: %" PRId64, handle);
     } else {
         buf[read_count] = 0;
-        read_data = g_malloc0(sizeof(GuestFileRead));
+        read_data = g_new0(GuestFileRead, 1);
         read_data->count = read_count;
         read_data->eof = feof(fh);
         if (read_count) {
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@ GuestFileWrite *qmp_guest_file_write(int64_t handle, const char *buf_b64,
         error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "failed to write to file");
         slog("guest-file-write failed, handle: %" PRId64, handle);
     } else {
-        write_data = g_malloc0(sizeof(GuestFileWrite));
+        write_data = g_new0(GuestFileWrite, 1);
         write_data->count = write_count;
         write_data->eof = feof(fh);
     }
@@ -586,11 +588,6 @@ void qmp_guest_file_flush(int64_t handle, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
-static void guest_file_init(void)
-{
-    QTAILQ_INIT(&guest_file_state.filehandles);
-}
-
 /* linux-specific implementations. avoid this if at all possible. */
 #if defined(__linux__)
 
@@ -678,7 +675,7 @@ static void build_fs_mount_list_from_mtab(FsMountList *mounts, Error **errp)
             continue;
         }
 
-        mount = g_malloc0(sizeof(FsMount));
+        mount = g_new0(FsMount, 1);
         mount->dirname = g_strdup(ment->mnt_dir);
         mount->devtype = g_strdup(ment->mnt_type);
         mount->devmajor = devmajor;
@@ -757,7 +754,7 @@ static void build_fs_mount_list(FsMountList *mounts, Error **errp)
             }
         }
 
-        mount = g_malloc0(sizeof(FsMount));
+        mount = g_new0(FsMount, 1);
         mount->dirname = g_strdup(line + dir_s);
         mount->devtype = g_strdup(dash + type_s);
         mount->devmajor = devmajor;
@@ -2213,8 +2210,14 @@ GuestMemoryBlockList *qmp_guest_get_memory_blocks(Error **errp)
 
     dp = opendir("/sys/devices/system/memory/");
     if (!dp) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Can't open directory"
-                         "\"/sys/devices/system/memory/\"\n");
+        /* it's ok if this happens to be a system that doesn't expose
+         * memory blocks via sysfs, but otherwise we should report
+         * an error
+         */
+        if (errno != ENOENT) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Can't open directory"
+                             "\"/sys/devices/system/memory/\"\n");
+        }
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -2486,5 +2489,4 @@ void ga_command_state_init(GAState *s, GACommandState *cs)
 #if defined(CONFIG_FSFREEZE)
     ga_command_state_add(cs, NULL, guest_fsfreeze_cleanup);
 #endif
-    ga_command_state_add(cs, guest_file_init, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/qga/commands-win32.c b/qga/commands-win32.c
index 41bdd3f7cc..d9de23bbb8 100644
--- a/qga/commands-win32.c
+++ b/qga/commands-win32.c
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ typedef struct GuestFileHandle {
 
 static struct {
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, GuestFileHandle) filehandles;
-} guest_file_state;
+} guest_file_state = {
+    .filehandles = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(guest_file_state.filehandles),
+};
 
 
 typedef struct OpenFlags {
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ static int64_t guest_file_handle_add(HANDLE fh, Error **errp)
     if (handle < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
-    gfh = g_malloc0(sizeof(GuestFileHandle));
+    gfh = g_new0(GuestFileHandle, 1);
     gfh->id = handle;
     gfh->fh = fh;
     QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&guest_file_state.filehandles, gfh, next);
@@ -298,7 +300,7 @@ GuestFileRead *qmp_guest_file_read(int64_t handle, bool has_count,
         slog("guest-file-read failed, handle %" PRId64, handle);
     } else {
         buf[read_count] = 0;
-        read_data = g_malloc0(sizeof(GuestFileRead));
+        read_data = g_new0(GuestFileRead, 1);
         read_data->count = (size_t)read_count;
         read_data->eof = read_count == 0;
 
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ GuestFileWrite *qmp_guest_file_write(int64_t handle, const char *buf_b64,
         error_setg_win32(errp, GetLastError(), "failed to write to file");
         slog("guest-file-write-failed, handle: %" PRId64, handle);
     } else {
-        write_data = g_malloc0(sizeof(GuestFileWrite));
+        write_data = g_new0(GuestFileWrite, 1);
         write_data->count = (size_t) write_count;
     }
 
@@ -390,11 +392,6 @@ void qmp_guest_file_flush(int64_t handle, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
-static void guest_file_init(void)
-{
-    QTAILQ_INIT(&guest_file_state.filehandles);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_QGA_NTDDSCSI
 
 static STORAGE_BUS_TYPE win2qemu[] = {
@@ -865,7 +862,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI do_suspend(LPVOID opaque)
 void qmp_guest_suspend_disk(Error **errp)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
-    GuestSuspendMode *mode = g_malloc(sizeof(GuestSuspendMode));
+    GuestSuspendMode *mode = g_new(GuestSuspendMode, 1);
 
     *mode = GUEST_SUSPEND_MODE_DISK;
     check_suspend_mode(*mode, &local_err);
@@ -881,7 +878,7 @@ void qmp_guest_suspend_disk(Error **errp)
 void qmp_guest_suspend_ram(Error **errp)
 {
     Error *local_err = NULL;
-    GuestSuspendMode *mode = g_malloc(sizeof(GuestSuspendMode));
+    GuestSuspendMode *mode = g_new(GuestSuspendMode, 1);
 
     *mode = GUEST_SUSPEND_MODE_RAM;
     check_suspend_mode(*mode, &local_err);
@@ -1330,5 +1327,4 @@ void ga_command_state_init(GAState *s, GACommandState *cs)
     if (!vss_initialized()) {
         ga_command_state_add(cs, NULL, guest_fsfreeze_cleanup);
     }
-    ga_command_state_add(cs, guest_file_init, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/qga/commands.c b/qga/commands.c
index 783496791e..0f80ce65a4 100644
--- a/qga/commands.c
+++ b/qga/commands.c
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 #include "qga-qmp-commands.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 
+/* Maximum captured guest-exec out_data/err_data - 16MB */
+#define GUEST_EXEC_MAX_OUTPUT (16*1024*1024)
+/* Allocation and I/O buffer for reading guest-exec out_data/err_data - 4KB */
+#define GUEST_EXEC_IO_SIZE (4*1024)
+
 /* Note: in some situations, like with the fsfreeze, logging may be
  * temporarilly disabled. if it is necessary that a command be able
  * to log for accounting purposes, check ga_logging_enabled() beforehand,
@@ -51,12 +56,12 @@ static void qmp_command_info(QmpCommand *cmd, void *opaque)
     GuestAgentCommandInfo *cmd_info;
     GuestAgentCommandInfoList *cmd_info_list;
 
-    cmd_info = g_malloc0(sizeof(GuestAgentCommandInfo));
+    cmd_info = g_new0(GuestAgentCommandInfo, 1);
     cmd_info->name = g_strdup(qmp_command_name(cmd));
     cmd_info->enabled = qmp_command_is_enabled(cmd);
     cmd_info->success_response = qmp_has_success_response(cmd);
 
-    cmd_info_list = g_malloc0(sizeof(GuestAgentCommandInfoList));
+    cmd_info_list = g_new0(GuestAgentCommandInfoList, 1);
     cmd_info_list->value = cmd_info;
     cmd_info_list->next = info->supported_commands;
     info->supported_commands = cmd_info_list;
@@ -64,9 +69,392 @@ static void qmp_command_info(QmpCommand *cmd, void *opaque)
 
 struct GuestAgentInfo *qmp_guest_info(Error **errp)
 {
-    GuestAgentInfo *info = g_malloc0(sizeof(GuestAgentInfo));
+    GuestAgentInfo *info = g_new0(GuestAgentInfo, 1);
 
     info->version = g_strdup(QEMU_VERSION);
     qmp_for_each_command(qmp_command_info, info);
     return info;
 }
+
+struct GuestExecIOData {
+    guchar *data;
+    gsize size;
+    gsize length;
+    gint closed;
+    bool truncated;
+    const char *name;
+};
+typedef struct GuestExecIOData GuestExecIOData;
+
+struct GuestExecInfo {
+    GPid pid;
+    int64_t pid_numeric;
+    gint status;
+    bool has_output;
+    gint finished;
+    GuestExecIOData in;
+    GuestExecIOData out;
+    GuestExecIOData err;
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(GuestExecInfo) next;
+};
+typedef struct GuestExecInfo GuestExecInfo;
+
+static struct {
+    QTAILQ_HEAD(, GuestExecInfo) processes;
+} guest_exec_state = {
+    .processes = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(guest_exec_state.processes),
+};
+
+static int64_t gpid_to_int64(GPid pid)
+{
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+    return GetProcessId(pid);
+#else
+    return (int64_t)pid;
+#endif
+}
+
+static GuestExecInfo *guest_exec_info_add(GPid pid)
+{
+    GuestExecInfo *gei;
+
+    gei = g_new0(GuestExecInfo, 1);
+    gei->pid = pid;
+    gei->pid_numeric = gpid_to_int64(pid);
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&guest_exec_state.processes, gei, next);
+
+    return gei;
+}
+
+static GuestExecInfo *guest_exec_info_find(int64_t pid_numeric)
+{
+    GuestExecInfo *gei;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(gei, &guest_exec_state.processes, next) {
+        if (gei->pid_numeric == pid_numeric) {
+            return gei;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+GuestExecStatus *qmp_guest_exec_status(int64_t pid, Error **err)
+{
+    GuestExecInfo *gei;
+    GuestExecStatus *ges;
+
+    slog("guest-exec-status called, pid: %u", (uint32_t)pid);
+
+    gei = guest_exec_info_find(pid);
+    if (gei == NULL) {
+        error_setg(err, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "pid");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    ges = g_new0(GuestExecStatus, 1);
+
+    bool finished = g_atomic_int_get(&gei->finished);
+
+    /* need to wait till output channels are closed
+     * to be sure we captured all output at this point */
+    if (gei->has_output) {
+        finished = finished && g_atomic_int_get(&gei->out.closed);
+        finished = finished && g_atomic_int_get(&gei->err.closed);
+    }
+
+    ges->exited = finished;
+    if (finished) {
+        /* Glib has no portable way to parse exit status.
+         * On UNIX, we can get either exit code from normal termination
+         * or signal number.
+         * On Windows, it is either the same exit code or the exception
+         * value for an unhandled exception that caused the process
+         * to terminate.
+         * See MSDN for GetExitCodeProcess() and ntstatus.h for possible
+         * well-known codes, e.g. C0000005 ACCESS_DENIED - analog of SIGSEGV
+         * References:
+         *   https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms683189(v=vs.85).aspx
+         *   https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa260331(v=vs.60).aspx
+         */
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+        /* Additionally WIN32 does not provide any additional information
+         * on whetherthe child exited or terminated via signal.
+         * We use this simple range check to distingish application exit code
+         * (usually value less then 256) and unhandled exception code with
+         * ntstatus (always value greater then 0xC0000005). */
+        if ((uint32_t)gei->status < 0xC0000000U) {
+            ges->has_exitcode = true;
+            ges->exitcode = gei->status;
+        } else {
+            ges->has_signal = true;
+            ges->signal = gei->status;
+        }
+#else
+        if (WIFEXITED(gei->status)) {
+            ges->has_exitcode = true;
+            ges->exitcode = WEXITSTATUS(gei->status);
+        } else if (WIFSIGNALED(gei->status)) {
+            ges->has_signal = true;
+            ges->signal = WTERMSIG(gei->status);
+        }
+#endif
+        if (gei->out.length > 0) {
+            ges->has_out_data = true;
+            ges->out_data = g_base64_encode(gei->out.data, gei->out.length);
+            g_free(gei->out.data);
+            ges->has_out_truncated = gei->out.truncated;
+        }
+
+        if (gei->err.length > 0) {
+            ges->has_err_data = true;
+            ges->err_data = g_base64_encode(gei->err.data, gei->err.length);
+            g_free(gei->err.data);
+            ges->has_err_truncated = gei->err.truncated;
+        }
+
+        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&guest_exec_state.processes, gei, next);
+        g_free(gei);
+    }
+
+    return ges;
+}
+
+/* Get environment variables or arguments array for execve(). */
+static char **guest_exec_get_args(const strList *entry, bool log)
+{
+    const strList *it;
+    int count = 1, i = 0;  /* reserve for NULL terminator */
+    char **args;
+    char *str; /* for logging array of arguments */
+    size_t str_size = 1;
+
+    for (it = entry; it != NULL; it = it->next) {
+        count++;
+        str_size += 1 + strlen(it->value);
+    }
+
+    str = g_malloc(str_size);
+    *str = 0;
+    args = g_malloc(count * sizeof(char *));
+    for (it = entry; it != NULL; it = it->next) {
+        args[i++] = it->value;
+        pstrcat(str, str_size, it->value);
+        if (it->next) {
+            pstrcat(str, str_size, " ");
+        }
+    }
+    args[i] = NULL;
+
+    if (log) {
+        slog("guest-exec called: \"%s\"", str);
+    }
+    g_free(str);
+
+    return args;
+}
+
+static void guest_exec_child_watch(GPid pid, gint status, gpointer data)
+{
+    GuestExecInfo *gei = (GuestExecInfo *)data;
+
+    g_debug("guest_exec_child_watch called, pid: %d, status: %u",
+            (int32_t)gpid_to_int64(pid), (uint32_t)status);
+
+    gei->status = status;
+    gei->finished = true;
+
+    g_spawn_close_pid(pid);
+}
+
+/** Reset ignored signals back to default. */
+static void guest_exec_task_setup(gpointer data)
+{
+#if !defined(G_OS_WIN32)
+    struct sigaction sigact;
+
+    memset(&sigact, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
+    sigact.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+
+    if (sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sigact, NULL) != 0) {
+        slog("sigaction() failed to reset child process's SIGPIPE: %s",
+             strerror(errno));
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
+static gboolean guest_exec_input_watch(GIOChannel *ch,
+        GIOCondition cond, gpointer p_)
+{
+    GuestExecIOData *p = (GuestExecIOData *)p_;
+    gsize bytes_written = 0;
+    GIOStatus status;
+    GError *gerr = NULL;
+
+    /* nothing left to write */
+    if (p->size == p->length) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    status = g_io_channel_write_chars(ch, (gchar *)p->data + p->length,
+            p->size - p->length, &bytes_written, &gerr);
+
+    /* can be not 0 even if not G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL */
+    if (bytes_written != 0) {
+        p->length += bytes_written;
+    }
+
+    /* continue write, our callback will be called again */
+    if (status == G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL || status == G_IO_STATUS_AGAIN) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (gerr) {
+        g_warning("qga: i/o error writing to input_data channel: %s",
+                gerr->message);
+        g_error_free(gerr);
+    }
+
+done:
+    g_io_channel_shutdown(ch, true, NULL);
+    g_io_channel_unref(ch);
+    g_atomic_int_set(&p->closed, 1);
+    g_free(p->data);
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+static gboolean guest_exec_output_watch(GIOChannel *ch,
+        GIOCondition cond, gpointer p_)
+{
+    GuestExecIOData *p = (GuestExecIOData *)p_;
+    gsize bytes_read;
+    GIOStatus gstatus;
+
+    if (cond == G_IO_HUP || cond == G_IO_ERR) {
+        goto close;
+    }
+
+    if (p->size == p->length) {
+        gpointer t = NULL;
+        if (!p->truncated && p->size < GUEST_EXEC_MAX_OUTPUT) {
+            t = g_try_realloc(p->data, p->size + GUEST_EXEC_IO_SIZE);
+        }
+        if (t == NULL) {
+            /* ignore truncated output */
+            gchar buf[GUEST_EXEC_IO_SIZE];
+
+            p->truncated = true;
+            gstatus = g_io_channel_read_chars(ch, buf, sizeof(buf),
+                                              &bytes_read, NULL);
+            if (gstatus == G_IO_STATUS_EOF || gstatus == G_IO_STATUS_ERROR) {
+                goto close;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        p->size += GUEST_EXEC_IO_SIZE;
+        p->data = t;
+    }
+
+    /* Calling read API once.
+     * On next available data our callback will be called again */
+    gstatus = g_io_channel_read_chars(ch, (gchar *)p->data + p->length,
+            p->size - p->length, &bytes_read, NULL);
+    if (gstatus == G_IO_STATUS_EOF || gstatus == G_IO_STATUS_ERROR) {
+        goto close;
+    }
+
+    p->length += bytes_read;
+
+    return true;
+
+close:
+    g_io_channel_unref(ch);
+    g_atomic_int_set(&p->closed, 1);
+    return false;
+}
+
+GuestExec *qmp_guest_exec(const char *path,
+                       bool has_arg, strList *arg,
+                       bool has_env, strList *env,
+                       bool has_input_data, const char *input_data,
+                       bool has_capture_output, bool capture_output,
+                       Error **err)
+{
+    GPid pid;
+    GuestExec *ge = NULL;
+    GuestExecInfo *gei;
+    char **argv, **envp;
+    strList arglist;
+    gboolean ret;
+    GError *gerr = NULL;
+    gint in_fd, out_fd, err_fd;
+    GIOChannel *in_ch, *out_ch, *err_ch;
+    GSpawnFlags flags;
+    bool has_output = (has_capture_output && capture_output);
+
+    arglist.value = (char *)path;
+    arglist.next = has_arg ? arg : NULL;
+
+    argv = guest_exec_get_args(&arglist, true);
+    envp = guest_exec_get_args(has_env ? env : NULL, false);
+
+    flags = G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH | G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD;
+    if (!has_output) {
+        flags |= G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL | G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL;
+    }
+
+    ret = g_spawn_async_with_pipes(NULL, argv, envp, flags,
+            guest_exec_task_setup, NULL, &pid, has_input_data ? &in_fd : NULL,
+            has_output ? &out_fd : NULL, has_output ? &err_fd : NULL, &gerr);
+    if (!ret) {
+        error_setg(err, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED, gerr->message);
+        g_error_free(gerr);
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    ge = g_new0(GuestExec, 1);
+    ge->pid = gpid_to_int64(pid);
+
+    gei = guest_exec_info_add(pid);
+    gei->has_output = has_output;
+    g_child_watch_add(pid, guest_exec_child_watch, gei);
+
+    if (has_input_data) {
+        gei->in.data = g_base64_decode(input_data, &gei->in.size);
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+        in_ch = g_io_channel_win32_new_fd(in_fd);
+#else
+        in_ch = g_io_channel_unix_new(in_fd);
+#endif
+        g_io_channel_set_encoding(in_ch, NULL, NULL);
+        g_io_channel_set_buffered(in_ch, false);
+        g_io_channel_set_flags(in_ch, G_IO_FLAG_NONBLOCK, NULL);
+        g_io_add_watch(in_ch, G_IO_OUT, guest_exec_input_watch, &gei->in);
+    }
+
+    if (has_output) {
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+        out_ch = g_io_channel_win32_new_fd(out_fd);
+        err_ch = g_io_channel_win32_new_fd(err_fd);
+#else
+        out_ch = g_io_channel_unix_new(out_fd);
+        err_ch = g_io_channel_unix_new(err_fd);
+#endif
+        g_io_channel_set_encoding(out_ch, NULL, NULL);
+        g_io_channel_set_encoding(err_ch, NULL, NULL);
+        g_io_channel_set_buffered(out_ch, false);
+        g_io_channel_set_buffered(err_ch, false);
+        g_io_add_watch(out_ch, G_IO_IN | G_IO_HUP,
+                guest_exec_output_watch, &gei->out);
+        g_io_add_watch(err_ch, G_IO_IN | G_IO_HUP,
+                guest_exec_output_watch, &gei->err);
+    }
+
+done:
+    g_free(argv);
+    g_free(envp);
+
+    return ge;
+}
diff --git a/qga/guest-agent-command-state.c b/qga/guest-agent-command-state.c
index 969da23282..128c549edb 100644
--- a/qga/guest-agent-command-state.c
+++ b/qga/guest-agent-command-state.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void ga_command_state_add(GACommandState *cs,
                           void (*init)(void),
                           void (*cleanup)(void))
 {
-    GACommandGroup *cg = g_malloc0(sizeof(GACommandGroup));
+    GACommandGroup *cg = g_new0(GACommandGroup, 1);
     cg->init = init;
     cg->cleanup = cleanup;
     cs->groups = g_slist_append(cs->groups, cg);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void ga_command_state_cleanup_all(GACommandState *cs)
 
 GACommandState *ga_command_state_new(void)
 {
-    GACommandState *cs = g_malloc0(sizeof(GACommandState));
+    GACommandState *cs = g_new0(GACommandState, 1);
     cs->groups = NULL;
     return cs;
 }
diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
index d8e063a4a3..068169fcbc 100644
--- a/qga/main.c
+++ b/qga/main.c
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ static gboolean register_signal_handlers(void)
         g_error("error configuring signal handler: %s", strerror(errno));
     }
 
+    sigact.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+    if (sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sigact, NULL) != 0) {
+        g_error("error configuring SIGPIPE signal handler: %s",
+                strerror(errno));
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -945,10 +951,11 @@ static void config_load(GAConfig *config)
 {
     GError *gerr = NULL;
     GKeyFile *keyfile;
+    const char *conf = g_getenv("QGA_CONF") ?: QGA_CONF_DEFAULT;
 
     /* read system config */
     keyfile = g_key_file_new();
-    if (!g_key_file_load_from_file(keyfile, QGA_CONF_DEFAULT, 0, &gerr)) {
+    if (!g_key_file_load_from_file(keyfile, conf, 0, &gerr)) {
         goto end;
     }
     if (g_key_file_has_key(keyfile, "general", "daemon", NULL)) {
@@ -1082,8 +1089,6 @@ static void config_parse(GAConfig *config, int argc, char **argv)
         { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
     };
 
-    config->log_level = G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR | G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL;
-
     while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, sopt, lopt, &opt_ind)) != -1) {
         switch (ch) {
         case 'm':
@@ -1331,6 +1336,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     GAState *s = g_new0(GAState, 1);
     GAConfig *config = g_new0(GAConfig, 1);
 
+    config->log_level = G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR | G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL;
+
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QAPI);
 
     init_dfl_pathnames();
diff --git a/qga/qapi-schema.json b/qga/qapi-schema.json
index 82894c63db..78362e071d 100644
--- a/qga/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qga/qapi-schema.json
@@ -930,3 +930,70 @@
 ##
 { 'command': 'guest-get-memory-block-info',
   'returns': 'GuestMemoryBlockInfo' }
+
+# @GuestExecStatus:
+#
+# @exited: true if process has already terminated.
+# @exitcode: #optional process exit code if it was normally terminated.
+# @signal: #optional signal number (linux) or unhandled exception code
+#       (windows) if the process was abnormally terminated.
+# @out-data: #optional base64-encoded stdout of the process
+# @err-data: #optional base64-encoded stderr of the process
+#       Note: @out-data and @err-data are present only
+#       if 'capture-output' was specified for 'guest-exec'
+# @out-truncated: #optional true if stdout was not fully captured
+#       due to size limitation.
+# @err-truncated: #optional true if stderr was not fully captured
+#       due to size limitation.
+#
+# Since: 2.5
+##
+{ 'struct': 'GuestExecStatus',
+  'data': { 'exited': 'bool', '*exitcode': 'int', '*signal': 'int',
+            '*out-data': 'str', '*err-data': 'str',
+            '*out-truncated': 'bool', '*err-truncated': 'bool' }}
+##
+# @guest-exec-status
+#
+# Check status of process associated with PID retrieved via guest-exec.
+# Reap the process and associated metadata if it has exited.
+#
+# @pid: pid returned from guest-exec
+#
+# Returns: GuestExecStatus on success.
+#
+# Since 2.5
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-exec-status',
+  'data':    { 'pid': 'int' },
+  'returns': 'GuestExecStatus' }
+
+##
+# @GuestExec:
+# @pid: pid of child process in guest OS
+#
+#Since: 2.5
+##
+{ 'struct': 'GuestExec',
+  'data': { 'pid': 'int'} }
+
+##
+# @guest-exec:
+#
+# Execute a command in the guest
+#
+# @path: path or executable name to execute
+# @arg: #optional argument list to pass to executable
+# @env: #optional environment variables to pass to executable
+# @input-data: #optional data to be passed to process stdin (base64 encoded)
+# @capture-output: #optional bool flag to enable capture of
+#                  stdout/stderr of running process. defaults to false.
+#
+# Returns: PID on success.
+#
+# Since: 2.5
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-exec',
+  'data':    { 'path': 'str', '*arg': ['str'], '*env': ['str'],
+               '*input-data': 'str', '*capture-output': 'bool' },
+  'returns': 'GuestExec' }