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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2018-03-20 09:51:49 +0000
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2018-03-20 09:51:49 +0000
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/ericb/tags/pull-qapi-2018-03-12-v4' into staging
qapi patches for 2018-03-12, 2.12 softfreeze - Marc-André Lureau: 0/4 qapi: generate a literal qobject for introspection - Max Reitz: 0/7 block: Handle null backing link - Daniel P. Berrange: chardev: tcp: postpone TLS work until machine done - Peter Xu: 00/23 QMP: out-of-band (OOB) execution support - Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy: 0/2 block latency histogram - Eric Blake: qapi: Pass '-u' when doing non-silent diff # gpg: Signature made Mon 19 Mar 2018 19:59:04 GMT # gpg: using RSA key A7A16B4A2527436A # gpg: Good signature from "Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>" # gpg: aka "Eric Blake (Free Software Programmer) <ebb9@byu.net>" # gpg: aka "[jpeg image of size 6874]" # Primary key fingerprint: 71C2 CC22 B1C4 6029 27D2 F3AA A7A1 6B4A 2527 436A * remotes/ericb/tags/pull-qapi-2018-03-12-v4: (38 commits) qapi: Pass '-u' when doing non-silent diff qapi: add block latency histogram interface block/accounting: introduce latency histogram tests: qmp-test: add oob test tests: qmp-test: verify command batching qmp: add command "x-oob-test" monitor: enable IO thread for (qmp & !mux) typed qmp: isolate responses into io thread qmp: support out-of-band (oob) execution qapi: introduce new cmd option "allow-oob" monitor: send event when command queue full qmp: add new event "command-dropped" monitor: separate QMP parser and dispatcher monitor: let suspend/resume work even with QMPs monitor: let suspend_cnt be thread safe monitor: introduce monitor_qmp_respond() qmp: introduce QMPCapability monitor: allow using IO thread for parsing monitor: let mon_list be tail queue monitor: unify global init ... Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
index 25b7180a18..a569d24745 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
@@ -554,9 +554,12 @@ following example objects:
=== Commands ===
+--- General Command Layout ---
+
Usage: { 'command': STRING, '*data': COMPLEX-TYPE-NAME-OR-DICT,
'*returns': TYPE-NAME, '*boxed': true,
- '*gen': false, '*success-response': false }
+ '*gen': false, '*success-response': false,
+ '*allow-oob': true }
Commands are defined by using a dictionary containing several members,
where three members are most common. The 'command' member is a
@@ -636,6 +639,49 @@ possible, the command expression should include the optional key
'success-response' with boolean value false. So far, only QGA makes
use of this member.
+A command can be declared to support Out-Of-Band (OOB) execution. By
+default, commands do not support OOB. To declare a command that
+supports it, the schema includes an extra 'allow-oob' field. For
+example:
+
+ { 'command': 'migrate_recover',
+ 'data': { 'uri': 'str' }, 'allow-oob': true }
+
+To execute a command with out-of-band priority, the client specifies
+the "control" field in the request, with "run-oob" set to
+true. Example:
+
+ => { "execute": "command-support-oob",
+ "arguments": { ... },
+ "control": { "run-oob": true } }
+ <= { "return": { } }
+
+Without it, even the commands that support out-of-band execution will
+still be run in-band.
+
+Under normal QMP command execution, the following apply to each
+command:
+
+- They are executed in order,
+- They run only in main thread of QEMU,
+- They have the BQL taken during execution.
+
+When a command is executed with OOB, the following changes occur:
+
+- They can be completed before a pending in-band command,
+- They run in a dedicated monitor thread,
+- They do not take the BQL during execution.
+
+OOB command handlers must satisfy the following conditions:
+
+- It executes extremely fast,
+- It does not take any lock, or, it can take very small locks if all
+ critical regions also follow the rules for OOB command handler code,
+- It does not invoke system calls that may block,
+- It does not access guest RAM that may block when userfaultfd is
+ enabled for postcopy live migration.
+
+If in doubt, do not implement OOB execution support.
=== Events ===
@@ -739,10 +785,12 @@ references by name.
QAPI schema definitions not reachable that way are omitted.
The SchemaInfo for a command has meta-type "command", and variant
-members "arg-type" and "ret-type". On the wire, the "arguments"
-member of a client's "execute" command must conform to the object type
-named by "arg-type". The "return" member that the server passes in a
-success response conforms to the type named by "ret-type".
+members "arg-type", "ret-type" and "allow-oob". On the wire, the
+"arguments" member of a client's "execute" command must conform to the
+object type named by "arg-type". The "return" member that the server
+passes in a success response conforms to the type named by
+"ret-type". When "allow-oob" is set, it means the command supports
+out-of-band execution.
If the command takes no arguments, "arg-type" names an object type
without members. Likewise, if the command returns nothing, "ret-type"
@@ -1319,18 +1367,27 @@ Example:
#ifndef EXAMPLE_QMP_INTROSPECT_H
#define EXAMPLE_QMP_INTROSPECT_H
- extern const char example_qmp_schema_json[];
+ extern const QLitObject qmp_schema_qlit;
#endif
$ cat qapi-generated/example-qapi-introspect.c
[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
- const char example_qmp_schema_json[] = "["
- "{\"arg-type\": \"0\", \"meta-type\": \"event\", \"name\": \"MY_EVENT\"}, "
- "{\"arg-type\": \"1\", \"meta-type\": \"command\", \"name\": \"my-command\", \"ret-type\": \"2\"}, "
- "{\"members\": [], \"meta-type\": \"object\", \"name\": \"0\"}, "
- "{\"members\": [{\"name\": \"arg1\", \"type\": \"[2]\"}], \"meta-type\": \"object\", \"name\": \"1\"}, "
- "{\"members\": [{\"name\": \"integer\", \"type\": \"int\"}, {\"default\": null, \"name\": \"string\", \"type\": \"str\"}], \"meta-type\": \"object\", \"name\": \"2\"}, "
- "{\"element-type\": \"2\", \"meta-type\": \"array\", \"name\": \"[2]\"}, "
- "{\"json-type\": \"int\", \"meta-type\": \"builtin\", \"name\": \"int\"}, "
- "{\"json-type\": \"string\", \"meta-type\": \"builtin\", \"name\": \"str\"}]";
+ const QLitObject example_qmp_schema_qlit = QLIT_QLIST(((QLitObject[]) {
+ QLIT_QDICT(((QLitDictEntry[]) {
+ { "arg-type", QLIT_QSTR("0") },
+ { "meta-type", QLIT_QSTR("event") },
+ { "name", QLIT_QSTR("Event") },
+ { }
+ })),
+ QLIT_QDICT(((QLitDictEntry[]) {
+ { "members", QLIT_QLIST(((QLitObject[]) {
+ { }
+ })) },
+ { "meta-type", QLIT_QSTR("object") },
+ { "name", QLIT_QSTR("0") },
+ { }
+ })),
+ ...
+ { }
+ }));