Issuing simple QMP commands is pain as they need to be wrapped by the
JSON wrapper:
{ "execute": "COMMAND" }
and optionally also:
{ "execute": "COMMAND", "arguments":...}
For simple commands without arguments we can add syntax sugar to virsh
which allows simple usage of QMP and additionally prepares also for
passing through of the 'arguments' section.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com>
---
docs/manpages/virsh.rst | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
tools/virsh-domain.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
index e9d6deaee1..697f83e5b2 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
+++ b/docs/manpages/virsh.rst
@@ -7434,16 +7434,26 @@ qemu-monitor-command
.. code-block:: shell
- qemu-monitor-command domain { [--hmp] | [--pretty] } command...
+ qemu-monitor-command domain { [--hmp] | [--qmp] [--pretty] } command...
Send an arbitrary monitor command *command* to domain *domain* through the
-qemu monitor. The results of the command will be printed on stdout. If
-*--hmp* is passed, the command is considered to be a human monitor command
+qemu monitor. The results of the command will be printed on stdout.
+
+*command* is directly passed to qemu. If more than one argument is provided for
+*command*, they are concatenated with a space in between before passing the
+single command to the monitor.
+
+If *--qmp* is passed the first argument passed as *command* is used as a QMP
+command name and appropriately wrapped into a JSON block. Additionally a second
+argument passed as *command* is appended as value of the 'arguments' parameter
+of the QMP command verbatim.
+
+If *--pretty* is given, and the monitor uses QMP, then the output will be
+pretty-printed.
+
+If *--hmp* is passed, the command is considered to be a human monitor command
and libvirt will automatically convert it into QMP if needed. In that case
-the result will also be converted back from QMP. If *--pretty* is given,
-and the monitor uses QMP, then the output will be pretty-printed. If more
-than one argument is provided for *command*, they are concatenated with a
-space in between before passing the single command to the monitor.
+the result will also be converted back from QMP.
qemu-agent-command
diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 56137bdd74..9447fa2904 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -9522,6 +9522,10 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_qemu_monitor_command[] = {
.type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
.help = N_("pretty-print any qemu monitor protocol output")
},
+ {.name = "qmp",
+ .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
+ .help = N_("wrap the 'cmd' argument in JSON wrapper for QMP")
+ },
{.name = "cmd",
.type = VSH_OT_ARGV,
.flags = VSH_OFLAG_REQ,
@@ -9539,16 +9543,38 @@ cmdQemuMonitorCommand(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
unsigned int flags = 0;
const vshCmdOpt *opt = NULL;
virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
+ bool qmp = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "qmp");
VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("hmp", "pretty");
+ VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("hmp", "qmp");
if (!(dom = virshCommandOptDomain(ctl, cmd, NULL)))
return false;
- while ((opt = vshCommandOptArgv(ctl, cmd, opt)))
- virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s ", opt->data);
+ if (qmp) {
+ const char *command = NULL;
+ const char *arguments = NULL;
- virBufferTrim(&buf, " ", -1);
+ if ((opt = vshCommandOptArgv(ctl, cmd, opt)))
+ command = opt->data;
+ if ((opt = vshCommandOptArgv(ctl, cmd, opt)))
+ arguments = opt->data;
+
+ if (!command || (arguments && vshCommandOptArgv(ctl, cmd, opt))) {
+ vshError(ctl, "%s", _("-qmp option requires 1 or 2
arguments"));
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "{\"execute\":\"%s\"",
command);
+ if (arguments)
+ virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ", \"arguments\":%s",
arguments);
+ virBufferAddLit(&buf, "}");
+ } else {
+ while ((opt = vshCommandOptArgv(ctl, cmd, opt)))
+ virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "%s ", opt->data);
+
+ virBufferTrim(&buf, " ", -1);
+ }
monitor_cmd = virBufferContentAndReset(&buf);
--
2.23.0