On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 15:34:56 +0200, Peter Krempa wrote: > 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: > > virsh qemu-monitor-command $VM query-status > > is equivalent to > > virsh qemu-monitor-command $VM '{"execute":"query-status"}' > > and > > virsh qemu-monitor-command $VM query-named-block-nodes '{"flat":true}' > or > virsh qemu-monitor-command $VM query-named-block-nodes '"flat":true' > > is equivalent to > > virsh qemu-monitor-command $VM '{"execute":"query-named-block-nodes", "arguments":{"flat":true}}' > > Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > v2: > - dropped the '--qmpwrap' option and do wrapping if we don't get a > JSON object instead. Similarly for arguments. > > docs/manpages/virsh.rst | 16 ++++++- > tools/virsh-domain.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > 2 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) Ping? :)