On a Thursday in 2022, Peter Krempa wrote:
This API has the same semantics as 'virDomainQemuMonitorCommand' but accepts file descriptors which are then forwarded to qemu. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h | 6 +++ src/driver-hypervisor.h | 8 ++++ src/libvirt-qemu.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/libvirt_qemu.syms | 5 ++ src/qemu_protocol-structs | 9 ++++ src/remote/qemu_protocol.x | 20 +++++++- src/remote/remote_daemon_dispatch.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++ src/remote/remote_driver.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++ 8 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/libvirt-qemu.c b/src/libvirt-qemu.c index 1afb5fe529..1dbe0cba54 100644 --- a/src/libvirt-qemu.c +++ b/src/libvirt-qemu.c @@ -96,6 +96,77 @@ virDomainQemuMonitorCommand(virDomainPtr domain, const char *cmd, } +/** + * virDomainQemuMonitorCommandWithFiles: + * @domain: a domain object + * @cmd: the qemu monitor command string + * @nfiles: number of filedescriptors passed in @files + * @files: filedescriptors to be passed to qemu with the command + * @result: a string returned by @cmd + * @flags: bitwise-or of supported virDomainQemuMonitorCommandFlags + * + * This API is QEMU specific, so it will only work with hypervisor + * connections to the QEMU driver with local connections using the unix socket. + * + * Send an arbitrary monitor command @cmd with file descriptors @files to + * @domain through the qemu monitor. There are several requirements to safely + * and successfully use this API: + * + * - A @cmd that queries state without making any modifications is safe + * - A @cmd that alters state that is also tracked by libvirt is unsafe, + * and may cause libvirtd to crash + * - A @cmd that alters state not tracked by the current version of + * libvirt is possible as a means to test new qemu features before + * they have support in libvirt, but no guarantees are made to safety + * + * If VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_MONITOR_COMMAND_HMP is set, 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
'if needed' is not really needed. Jano
+ * be converted back from QMP. + * + * If successful, @result will be filled with the string output of the + * @cmd, and the caller must free this string. + * + * Returns 0 in case of success, -1 in case of failure + */
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