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| = Monitor Protocol = | | = PAGE MOVED!! = |
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| The QEMU Monitor Protocol (QMP) project goal is to implement a [http://www.json.org JSON] based protocol for QEMU.
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| == Problem ==
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| QEMU does not provide a way for applications to control it at the "machine level", that is, the current existing interface (called Monitor) was designed for human interaction only.
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| This is very problematic for applications, for the following reasons: | |
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| * It is needed to parse output meant to be read by humans
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| * It is not reliable, because it is not always possible to know whether a command has been successfully executed or not
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| * It lacks support for asynchronous events
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| == Solution ==
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| Improve QEMU's Monitor to support a machine protocol with the following features:
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| * Use a lightweight, text-based, easy to parse data format (JSON has been chosen)
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| * Protocol stability should be guaranteed
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| * Asynchronous events support
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| * Parallel execution of commands
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| * A standard way to query protocol capabilities
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| A draft specification already exists and can be found [http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/qmp-unstable.git?a=blob;f=QMP/qmp-spec.txt;h=3633b0dddd8205328d33d51f0d35ce1c76c0d593;hb=HEAD here].
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| == Libqmp ==
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| Although this is still under discussion, we are also going to provide a C library with a stable ABI.
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| The short-term plan is to have a simple API to send commands and receive responses, this way C clients do not need to have their own JSON implementation.
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| The long-term plan is to provide a full management API for QEMU.
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| == Development ==
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| The development takes place in the QMP unstable tree:
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| http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/qmp-unstable.git
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| '''NOTE''': all branches in this repository are constantly ''rebased''.
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| Important branches:
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| * '''master''': contains a functional QMP implementation for emission only (includes asynchronous messages). Protocol documentation can be found in the [http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/qmp-unstable.git?a=tree;f=QMP;h=290262119cc6c9e07a6ef7a078384ef12c491e51;hb=HEAD QMP directory ]
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| * '''conversions-simple''': simple handler conversions that do not depend on the JSON decoder
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| * '''conversions-qjson''': handler conversions which depend on the JSON decoder, therefore the latest version of Anthony's QJSon series is included
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| === Project status (2009-10-20) ===
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| Most of the infrastructure has been merged, a JSON decoder should be merged in the next days. The important missing parts are the error framework and the JSON encoder.
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| Additionally, all command handlers need to be converted to use ''QObjects''. This work is in progress, but several handlers depend on the JSON decoder.
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| ==== Main building blocks ====
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| * QObject Layer ('''merged''')
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| * QObject Monitor infrastructure ('''merged''')
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| * JSON decoder ('''under review''')
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| * JSON encoder ('''not started''')
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| * Error framework ('''under discussion''')
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| ==== Command handlers conversion work ====
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| * Input through QDict ('''merged''')
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| * Output in QObject style ('''in progress''')
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| * Error handling ('''not started''')
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| === Handlers conversion detailed status ===
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| There are two tables, one for ''command'' handlers and another one for ''info'' handlers. Status can be:
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| * merged: already merged upstream
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| * converted: handler is converted (in either branch [http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/qmp-unstable.git?a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/conversions-simple conversions-simple] or [http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/qmp-unstable.git?a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/conversions-qjson conversions-qjson]) but not submitted yet
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| === Command handlers ===
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| |'''Handler name'''
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| |'''Status'''
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| |'''Comments'''
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| |do_acl_add()
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| |do_acl_policy()
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| |do_acl_remove()
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| |do_acl_reset()
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| |do_acl_show()
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| |do_balloon()
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| |merged
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| |do_boot_set()
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| |do_change()
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| |do_closefd()
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| |converted
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| |do_commit()
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| |do_cont()
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| |merged
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| |do_cpu_set()
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| |do_delvm()
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| |do_device_add()
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| |do_device_del()
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| |do_eject()
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| |converted
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| |do_gdbserver()
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| |do_getfd()
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| |converted
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| |do_help_cmd()
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| |do_info()
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| |merged
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| |do_inject_mce()
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| |do_inject_nmi()
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| |do_ioport_read()
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| |do_ioport_write()
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| |do_loadvm()
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| |do_log()
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| |do_logfile()
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| |do_memory_dump()
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| |do_memory_save()
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| |converted
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| |do_migrate()
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| |converted
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| |do_migrate_cancel()
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| |converted
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| |do_migrate_set_downtime()
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| |do_migrate_set_speed()
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| |converted
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| |do_mouse_button()
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| |do_mouse_move()
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| |do_mouse_set()
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| |do_pci_device_hot_remove()
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| |converted
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| |do_physical_memory_dump()
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| |do_physical_memory_save()
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| |converted
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| |do_print()
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| |do_quit()
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| |merged
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| |do_savevm()
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| |do_screen_dump()
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| |do_sendkey()
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| |do_set_link()
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| |do_singlestep()
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| |do_stop()
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| |do_stop_capture()
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| |do_sum()
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| |do_system_powerdown()
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| |merged
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| |do_system_reset()
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| |merged
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| |do_usb_add()
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| |do_usb_del()
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| |do_watchdog_action()
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| |do_wav_capture()
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| |drive_hot_add()
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| |net_host_device_add()
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| |net_host_device_remove()
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| |net_slirp_hostfwd_add()
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| |net_slirp_hostfwd_remove()
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| |pci_device_hot_add()
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| |converted
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| === Info handlers ===
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| |'''Handler name'''
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| |'''Status'''
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| |'''Comments'''
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| |bdrv_info()
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| |converted
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| |bdrv_info_stats()
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| |do_info_balloon()
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| |merged
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| |do_info_capture()
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| |do_info_cpus()
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| |merged
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| |do_info_cpu_stats()
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| |do_info_history()
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| |do_info_hpet()
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| |do_info_jit()
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| |do_info_kvm()
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| |do_info_mice()
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| |do_info_migrate()
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| |converted
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| |do_info_name()
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| |do_info_network()
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| |do_info_numa()
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| |do_info_profile()
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| |do_info_qdm()
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| |do_info_qtree()
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| |do_info_registers()
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| |do_info_roms()
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| |do_info_snapshots()
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| |do_info_status()
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| |converted
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| |do_info_usernet()
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| |do_info_uuid()
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| |do_info_version()
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| |do_info_vnc()
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| |irq_info()
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| |mem_info()
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| |pci_info()
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| |pcmcia_info()
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| |pic_info()
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| |qemu_chr_info()
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| |tlb_info()
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| |usb_host_info()
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| |usb_info()
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| == History ==
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| This is the fourth proposal for a machine protocol, past discussions can be found in the following links:
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| * http://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg14593.html
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| * http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-01/msg00655.html
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| * http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-06/msg01584.html
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