Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] HMP: Introduce console command

[Luiz Capitulino]

On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:18:03 +0800
Lei Li <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 10/27/2012 01:43 AM, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:21:52 +0800
> > Lei Li <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> Signed-off-by: Lei Li <address@hidden>
> > I still don't understand how this command, in its current form, is
> > different from memchar-write.
> >
> > One more comment below.
> 
> Hi Luiz,
> 
> Yes, I have replied to it in patch series v4. You can look at it
> as link below:
> 
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-10/msg04568.html

Unfortunately your answer doesn't answer my (honest) question. Can you actually
show me how the console command is better than the memchar-write one? Maybe
I'm missing something obvious...

> 
> >
> >> ---
> >>   hmp-commands.hx |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>   hmp.c           |   52 
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>   hmp.h           |    1 +
> >>   monitor.c       |   15 +++++++++++++++
> >>   monitor.h       |    3 +++
> >>   5 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
> >> index df294eb..7cba42c 100644
> >> --- a/hmp-commands.hx
> >> +++ b/hmp-commands.hx
> >> @@ -861,6 +861,31 @@ if the requested size is larger than it.
> >>   ETEXI
> >>   
> >>       {
> >> +        .name       = "console",
> >> +        .args_type  = "chardev:s",
> >> +        .params     = "chardev",
> >> +        .help       = "Connect to the serial console from within the"
> >> +                      "monitor, allow to write data to memchardev"
> >> +                      "'chardev'. Exit from the console and return back"
> >> +                      "to monitor by typing 'ctrl-]'",
> >> +        .mhandler.cmd = hmp_console,
> >> +    },
> >> +
> >> +STEXI
> >> address@hidden console @var{device}
> >> address@hidden console
> >> +
> >> +Connect to the serial console from within the monitor, allow to write data
> >> +to memchardev @var{chardev}. Exit from the console and return back to
> >> +monitor by typing 'ctrl-]'.
> >> address@hidden
> >> +(qemu) console foo
> >> +foo: data string...
> >> address@hidden example
> >> +
> >> +ETEXI
> >> +
> >> +    {
> >>           .name       = "migrate",
> >>           .args_type  = "detach:-d,blk:-b,inc:-i,uri:s",
> >>           .params     = "[-d] [-b] [-i] uri",
> >> diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
> >> index ef85736..d716410 100644
> >> --- a/hmp.c
> >> +++ b/hmp.c
> >> @@ -1255,3 +1255,55 @@ void hmp_screen_dump(Monitor *mon, const QDict 
> >> *qdict)
> >>       qmp_screendump(filename, &err);
> >>       hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
> >>   }
> >> +
> >> +enum escape_char
> >> +{
> >> +    ESCAPE_CHAR_CTRL_GS = 0x1d  /* ctrl-] used for escape */
> >> +};
> >> +
> >> +static void hmp_read_console(Monitor *mon, const char *data,
> >> +                             void *opaque)
> >> +{
> >> +    CharDriverState *chr = opaque;
> >> +    uint32_t size = strlen(data);
> >> +    enum DataFormat format = DATA_FORMAT_UTF8;
> >> +    enum escape_char console_escape = ESCAPE_CHAR_CTRL_GS;
> >> +
> >> +    Error *err = NULL;
> >> +
> >> +    if (*data == console_escape) {
> >> +        monitor_resume(mon);
> >> +        return;
> >> +    }
> >> +
> >> +    qmp_memchar_write(chr->label, size, data, 0, format, &err);
> >> +
> >> +    if (err) {
> >> +        monitor_printf(mon, "%s\n", error_get_pretty(err));
> >> +        error_free(err);
> >> +        return;
> >> +    }
> >> +
> >> +    monitor_read_command(mon, 1);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +void hmp_console(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
> >> +{
> >> +    const char *device = qdict_get_str(qdict, "chardev");
> >> +    CharDriverState *chr;
> >> +    Error *err = NULL;
> >> +
> >> +    chr = qemu_chr_find(device);
> >> +
> >> +    if (!chr) {
> >> +        error_set(&err, QERR_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND, device);
> >> +        goto out;
> >> +    }
> > As I said before, I don't why chr is needed. It seems to me that passing
> > 'device' down is enough.
> >
> >> +
> >> +    if (monitor_read_console(mon, device, hmp_read_console, chr) < 0) {
> >> +        monitor_printf(mon, "Connect to console %s failed\n", device);
> >> +    }
> >> +
> >> +out:
> >> +    hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
> >> +}
> >> diff --git a/hmp.h b/hmp.h
> >> index a5a0cfe..5b54a79 100644
> >> --- a/hmp.h
> >> +++ b/hmp.h
> >> @@ -77,5 +77,6 @@ void hmp_getfd(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
> >>   void hmp_closefd(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
> >>   void hmp_send_key(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
> >>   void hmp_screen_dump(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
> >> +void hmp_console(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
> >>   
> >>   #endif
> >> diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
> >> index d17ae2d..7e90115 100644
> >> --- a/monitor.c
> >> +++ b/monitor.c
> >> @@ -256,6 +256,21 @@ int monitor_read_password(Monitor *mon, ReadLineFunc 
> >> *readline_func,
> >>       }
> >>   }
> >>   
> >> +int monitor_read_console(Monitor *mon, const char *device,
> >> +                         ReadLineFunc *readline_func, void *opaque)
> >> +{
> >> +    char prompt[60];
> >> +
> >> +    if (!mon->rs) {
> >> +        return -1;
> >> +    }
> >> +
> >> +    snprintf(prompt, sizeof(prompt), "%s: ", device);
> >> +    readline_start(mon->rs, prompt, 0, readline_func, opaque);
> >> +
> >> +    return 0;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >>   void monitor_flush(Monitor *mon)
> >>   {
> >>       if (mon && mon->outbuf_index != 0 && !mon->mux_out) {
> >> diff --git a/monitor.h b/monitor.h
> >> index b6e7d95..735bd1b 100644
> >> --- a/monitor.h
> >> +++ b/monitor.h
> >> @@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ ReadLineState *monitor_get_rs(Monitor *mon);
> >>   int monitor_read_password(Monitor *mon, ReadLineFunc *readline_func,
> >>                             void *opaque);
> >>   
> >> +int monitor_read_console(Monitor *mon, const char *device,
> >> +                         ReadLineFunc *readline_func, void *opaque);
> >> +
> >>   int qmp_qom_set(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret);
> >>   
> >>   int qmp_qom_get(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict, QObject **ret);
> >
> 
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