Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qmp-commands.hx: Update the supported 'transaction' operations

[Max Reitz]

On 02.10.2015 14:12, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> Although the canonical source of reference for QMP commands is
> qapi-schema.json, for consistency's sake, update qmp-commands.hx to
> state the list of supported transactionable operations, namely:
> 
>     drive-backup
>     blockdev-backup
>     blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync
>     abort
>     block-dirty-bitmap-add
>     block-dirty-bitmap-clear
> 
> Also update the possible values for the "type" action array.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> ---
> In v8 ("v8" because Fam included this as part of a series that is
> in its "v7" edition):
>  - Update the possible values for supported 'type' of operation
> ---
>  qmp-commands.hx | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
> index 
> d2ba800d5effaddcae4c437452ef1f67c0aaaaa9..2b52980cfc2f80904a3c7375a382b638e8a51161
>  100644
> --- a/qmp-commands.hx
> +++ b/qmp-commands.hx
> @@ -1270,11 +1270,22 @@ SQMP
>  transaction
>  -----------
>  
> -Atomically operate on one or more block devices.  The only supported 
> operations
> -for now are drive-backup, internal and external snapshotting.  A list of
> -dictionaries is accepted, that contains the actions to be performed.
> -If there is any failure performing any of the operations, all operations
> -for the group are abandoned.
> +Atomically operate on one or more block devices.  Operations that are
> +currently supported:
> +
> +    - drive-backup
> +    - blockdev-backup
> +    - blockdev-snapshot-sync
> +    - blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync
> +    - abort
> +    - block-dirty-bitmap-add
> +    - block-dirty-bitmap-clear
> +
> +Refer to the qemu/qapi-schema.json file for minimum required QEMU
> +versions for these operations.  A list of dictionaries is accepted,
> +that contains the actions to be performed.  If there is any failure
> +performing any of the operations, all operations for the group are
> +abandoned.
>  
>  For external snapshots, the dictionary contains the device, the file to use 
> for
>  the new snapshot, and the format.  The default format, if not specified, is
> @@ -1301,8 +1312,12 @@ it later with qemu-img or other command.
>  Arguments:
>  
>  actions array:
> -    - "type": the operation to perform.  The only supported
> -      value is "blockdev-snapshot-sync". (json-string)
> +    - "type": the operation to perform (json-string).  Possible
> +              values: "drive-backup", "blockdev-backup",
> +                      "blockdev-snapshot-sync",
> +                      "blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync",
> +                      "abort", "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
> +                      "block-dirty-bitmap-clear"
>      - "data": a dictionary.  The contents depend on the value
>        of "type".  When "type" is "blockdev-snapshot-sync":
>        - "device": device name to snapshot (json-string)
> 

Do you want to extend this list, too? Right now it only contains
parameter information for blockdev-snapshot-sync and
blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync.

Max

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