[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qga: Add `guest-get-timezone` command

[Vinzenz 'evilissimo' Feenstra]

From: Vinzenz Feenstra <address@hidden>

Adds a new command `guest-get-timezone` reporting the currently
configured timezone on the system. The information on what timezone is
currently is configured is useful in case of Windows VMs where the
offset of the hardware clock is required to have the same offset. This
can be used for management systems like `oVirt` to detect the timezone
difference and warn administrators of the misconfiguration.

Signed-off-by: Vinzenz Feenstra <address@hidden>
---
 qga/commands.c       | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 qga/qapi-schema.json | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qga/commands.c b/qga/commands.c
index 4d92946..83d7f99 100644
--- a/qga/commands.c
+++ b/qga/commands.c
@@ -499,3 +499,22 @@ int ga_parse_whence(GuestFileWhence *whence, Error **errp)
     error_setg(errp, "invalid whence code %"PRId64, whence->u.value);
     return -1;
 }
+
+GuestTimezone *qmp_guest_get_timezone(Error **errp)
+{
+    GuestTimezone *info = g_new0(GuestTimezone, 1);
+    GTimeZone *tz = g_time_zone_new_local();
+    gint32 interval = g_time_zone_find_interval(tz, G_TIME_TYPE_STANDARD, 0);
+    gchar const *name = g_time_zone_get_abbreviation(tz, interval);
+    if (name != NULL) {
+        info->offset = g_time_zone_get_offset(tz, interval) / 60;
+        info->zone = g_strdup(name);
+    } else {
+        error_setg(errp, "Timezone lookup failed");
+        g_free(info);
+        info = NULL;
+    }
+    g_time_zone_unref(tz);
+    return info;
+}
+
diff --git a/qga/qapi-schema.json b/qga/qapi-schema.json
index a02dbf2..62d6909 100644
--- a/qga/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qga/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1042,3 +1042,29 @@
   'data':    { 'path': 'str', '*arg': ['str'], '*env': ['str'],
                '*input-data': 'str', '*capture-output': 'bool' },
   'returns': 'GuestExec' }
+
+
+##
+# @GuestTimezone:
+#
+# @zone:    Timezone name
+# @offset:  Offset to UTC in minutes. For western timezones the offset has a
+#           negative value and for eastern the offset is positive value
+#
+# Since: 2.10
+##
+{ 'struct': 'GuestTimezone',
+  'data':   { 'zone': 'str', 'offset': 'int' } }
+
+
+##
+# @guest-get-timezone:
+#
+# Retrieves the timezone information from the guest.
+#
+# Returns: A GuestTimezone dictionary.
+#
+# Since: 2.10
+##
+{ 'command': 'guest-get-timezone',
+  'returns': 'GuestTimezone' }
-- 
2.9.3