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1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
2# vim: filetype=python
3#
4
5##
6# = Character devices
7##
8
9{ 'include': 'sockets.json' }
10
11##
12# @ChardevInfo:
13#
14# Information about a character device.
15#
16# @label: the label of the character device
17#
18# @filename: the filename of the character device
19#
20# @frontend-open: shows whether the frontend device attached to this backend
21#                 (eg. with the chardev=... option) is in open or closed state
22#                 (since 2.1)
23#
24# Notes: @filename is encoded using the QEMU command line character device
25#        encoding.  See the QEMU man page for details.
26#
27# Since: 0.14
28##
29{ 'struct': 'ChardevInfo',
30  'data': { 'label': 'str',
31            'filename': 'str',
32            'frontend-open': 'bool' } }
33
34##
35# @query-chardev:
36#
37# Returns information about current character devices.
38#
39# Returns: a list of @ChardevInfo
40#
41# Since: 0.14
42#
43# Example:
44#
45# -> { "execute": "query-chardev" }
46# <- {
47#       "return": [
48#          {
49#             "label": "charchannel0",
50#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.agent,server=on",
51#             "frontend-open": false
52#          },
53#          {
54#             "label": "charmonitor",
55#             "filename": "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/seabios.rhel6.monitor,server=on",
56#             "frontend-open": true
57#          },
58#          {
59#             "label": "charserial0",
60#             "filename": "pty:/dev/pts/2",
61#             "frontend-open": true
62#          }
63#       ]
64#    }
65#
66##
67{ 'command': 'query-chardev', 'returns': ['ChardevInfo'],
68  'allow-preconfig': true }
69
70##
71# @ChardevBackendInfo:
72#
73# Information about a character device backend
74#
75# @name: The backend name
76#
77# Since: 2.0
78##
79{ 'struct': 'ChardevBackendInfo', 'data': {'name': 'str'} }
80
81##
82# @query-chardev-backends:
83#
84# Returns information about character device backends.
85#
86# Returns: a list of @ChardevBackendInfo
87#
88# Since: 2.0
89#
90# Example:
91#
92# -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
93# <- {
94#       "return":[
95#          {
96#             "name":"udp"
97#          },
98#          {
99#             "name":"tcp"
100#          },
101#          {
102#             "name":"unix"
103#          },
104#          {
105#             "name":"spiceport"
106#          }
107#       ]
108#    }
109#
110##
111{ 'command': 'query-chardev-backends', 'returns': ['ChardevBackendInfo'] }
112
113##
114# @DataFormat:
115#
116# An enumeration of data format.
117#
118# @utf8: Data is a UTF-8 string (RFC 3629)
119#
120# @base64: Data is Base64 encoded binary (RFC 3548)
121#
122# Since: 1.4
123##
124{ 'enum': 'DataFormat',
125  'data': [ 'utf8', 'base64' ] }
126
127##
128# @ringbuf-write:
129#
130# Write to a ring buffer character device.
131#
132# @device: the ring buffer character device name
133#
134# @data: data to write
135#
136# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
137#
138#          - base64: data must be base64 encoded text.  Its binary
139#            decoding gets written.
140#          - utf8: data's UTF-8 encoding is written
141#          - data itself is always Unicode regardless of format, like
142#            any other string.
143#
144# Returns: Nothing on success
145#
146# Since: 1.4
147#
148# Example:
149#
150# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
151#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
152#                     "data": "abcdefgh",
153#                     "format": "utf8" } }
154# <- { "return": {} }
155#
156##
157{ 'command': 'ringbuf-write',
158  'data': { 'device': 'str',
159            'data': 'str',
160           '*format': 'DataFormat'} }
161
162##
163# @ringbuf-read:
164#
165# Read from a ring buffer character device.
166#
167# @device: the ring buffer character device name
168#
169# @size: how many bytes to read at most
170#
171# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
172#
173#          - base64: the data read is returned in base64 encoding.
174#          - utf8: the data read is interpreted as UTF-8.
175#            Bug: can screw up when the buffer contains invalid UTF-8
176#            sequences, NUL characters, after the ring buffer lost
177#            data, and when reading stops because the size limit is
178#            reached.
179#          - The return value is always Unicode regardless of format,
180#            like any other string.
181#
182# Returns: data read from the device
183#
184# Since: 1.4
185#
186# Example:
187#
188# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
189#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
190#                     "size": 1000,
191#                     "format": "utf8" } }
192# <- { "return": "abcdefgh" }
193#
194##
195{ 'command': 'ringbuf-read',
196  'data': {'device': 'str', 'size': 'int', '*format': 'DataFormat'},
197  'returns': 'str' }
198
199##
200# @ChardevCommon:
201#
202# Configuration shared across all chardev backends
203#
204# @logfile: The name of a logfile to save output
205# @logappend: true to append instead of truncate
206#             (default to false to truncate)
207#
208# Since: 2.6
209##
210{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommon',
211  'data': { '*logfile': 'str',
212            '*logappend': 'bool' } }
213
214##
215# @ChardevFile:
216#
217# Configuration info for file chardevs.
218#
219# @in:  The name of the input file
220# @out: The name of the output file
221# @append: Open the file in append mode (default false to
222#          truncate) (Since 2.6)
223#
224# Since: 1.4
225##
226{ 'struct': 'ChardevFile',
227  'data': { '*in': 'str',
228            'out': 'str',
229            '*append': 'bool' },
230  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
231
232##
233# @ChardevHostdev:
234#
235# Configuration info for device and pipe chardevs.
236#
237# @device: The name of the special file for the device,
238#          i.e. /dev/ttyS0 on Unix or COM1: on Windows
239#
240# Since: 1.4
241##
242{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdev',
243  'data': { 'device': 'str' },
244  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
245
246##
247# @ChardevSocket:
248#
249# Configuration info for (stream) socket chardevs.
250#
251# @addr: socket address to listen on (server=true)
252#        or connect to (server=false)
253# @tls-creds: the ID of the TLS credentials object (since 2.6)
254# @tls-authz: the ID of the QAuthZ authorization object against which
255#             the client's x509 distinguished name will be validated. This
256#             object is only resolved at time of use, so can be deleted
257#             and recreated on the fly while the chardev server is active.
258#             If missing, it will default to denying access (since 4.0)
259# @server: create server socket (default: true)
260# @wait: wait for incoming connection on server
261#        sockets (default: false).
262#        Silently ignored with server: false.  This use is deprecated.
263# @nodelay: set TCP_NODELAY socket option (default: false)
264# @telnet: enable telnet protocol on server
265#          sockets (default: false)
266# @tn3270: enable tn3270 protocol on server
267#          sockets (default: false) (Since: 2.10)
268# @websocket: enable websocket protocol on server
269#             sockets (default: false) (Since: 3.1)
270# @reconnect: For a client socket, if a socket is disconnected,
271#             then attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds.
272#             Setting this to zero disables this function. (default: 0)
273#             (Since: 2.2)
274#
275# Since: 1.4
276##
277{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocket',
278  'data': { 'addr': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
279            '*tls-creds': 'str',
280            '*tls-authz'  : 'str',
281            '*server': 'bool',
282            '*wait': 'bool',
283            '*nodelay': 'bool',
284            '*telnet': 'bool',
285            '*tn3270': 'bool',
286            '*websocket': 'bool',
287            '*reconnect': 'int' },
288  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
289
290##
291# @ChardevUdp:
292#
293# Configuration info for datagram socket chardevs.
294#
295# @remote: remote address
296# @local: local address
297#
298# Since: 1.5
299##
300{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdp',
301  'data': { 'remote': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
302            '*local': 'SocketAddressLegacy' },
303  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
304
305##
306# @ChardevMux:
307#
308# Configuration info for mux chardevs.
309#
310# @chardev: name of the base chardev.
311#
312# Since: 1.5
313##
314{ 'struct': 'ChardevMux',
315  'data': { 'chardev': 'str' },
316  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
317
318##
319# @ChardevStdio:
320#
321# Configuration info for stdio chardevs.
322#
323# @signal: Allow signals (such as SIGINT triggered by ^C)
324#          be delivered to qemu.  Default: true.
325#
326# Since: 1.5
327##
328{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdio',
329  'data': { '*signal': 'bool' },
330  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
331
332
333##
334# @ChardevSpiceChannel:
335#
336# Configuration info for spice vm channel chardevs.
337#
338# @type: kind of channel (for example vdagent).
339#
340# Since: 1.5
341##
342{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannel',
343  'data': { 'type': 'str' },
344  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
345  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
346
347##
348# @ChardevSpicePort:
349#
350# Configuration info for spice port chardevs.
351#
352# @fqdn: name of the channel (see docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
353#
354# Since: 1.5
355##
356{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePort',
357  'data': { 'fqdn': 'str' },
358  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
359  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
360
361##
362# @ChardevVC:
363#
364# Configuration info for virtual console chardevs.
365#
366# @width:  console width,  in pixels
367# @height: console height, in pixels
368# @cols:   console width,  in chars
369# @rows:   console height, in chars
370#
371# Since: 1.5
372##
373{ 'struct': 'ChardevVC',
374  'data': { '*width': 'int',
375            '*height': 'int',
376            '*cols': 'int',
377            '*rows': 'int' },
378  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
379
380##
381# @ChardevRingbuf:
382#
383# Configuration info for ring buffer chardevs.
384#
385# @size: ring buffer size, must be power of two, default is 65536
386#
387# Since: 1.5
388##
389{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbuf',
390  'data': { '*size': 'int' },
391  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
392
393##
394# @ChardevQemuVDAgent:
395#
396# Configuration info for qemu vdagent implementation.
397#
398# @mouse: enable/disable mouse, default is enabled.
399# @clipboard: enable/disable clipboard, default is disabled.
400#
401# Since: 6.1
402#
403##
404{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
405  'data': { '*mouse': 'bool',
406            '*clipboard': 'bool' },
407  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
408  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
409
410##
411# @ChardevBackendKind:
412#
413# @pipe: Since 1.5
414# @udp: Since 1.5
415# @mux: Since 1.5
416# @msmouse: Since 1.5
417# @wctablet: Since 2.9
418# @braille: Since 1.5
419# @testdev: Since 2.2
420# @stdio: Since 1.5
421# @console: Since 1.5
422# @spicevmc: Since 1.5
423# @spiceport: Since 1.5
424# @qemu-vdagent: Since 6.1
425# @vc: v1.5
426# @ringbuf: Since 1.6
427# @memory: Since 1.5
428#
429# Since: 1.4
430##
431{ 'enum': 'ChardevBackendKind',
432  'data': [ 'file',
433            'serial',
434            'parallel',
435            'pipe',
436            'socket',
437            'udp',
438            'pty',
439            'null',
440            'mux',
441            'msmouse',
442            'wctablet',
443            'braille',
444            'testdev',
445            'stdio',
446            'console',
447            { 'name': 'spicevmc', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
448            { 'name': 'spiceport', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
449            { 'name': 'qemu-vdagent', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
450            'vc',
451            'ringbuf',
452            # next one is just for compatibility
453            'memory' ] }
454
455##
456# @ChardevFileWrapper:
457#
458# Since: 1.4
459##
460{ 'struct': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
461  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevFile' } }
462
463##
464# @ChardevHostdevWrapper:
465#
466# Since: 1.4
467##
468{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
469  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevHostdev' } }
470
471##
472# @ChardevSocketWrapper:
473#
474# Since: 1.4
475##
476{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
477  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSocket' } }
478
479##
480# @ChardevUdpWrapper:
481#
482# Since: 1.5
483##
484{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
485  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevUdp' } }
486
487##
488# @ChardevCommonWrapper:
489#
490# Since: 2.6
491##
492{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
493  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevCommon' } }
494
495##
496# @ChardevMuxWrapper:
497#
498# Since: 1.5
499##
500{ 'struct': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
501  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevMux' } }
502
503##
504# @ChardevStdioWrapper:
505#
506# Since: 1.5
507##
508{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
509  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevStdio' } }
510
511##
512# @ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper:
513#
514# Since: 1.5
515##
516{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
517  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpiceChannel' },
518  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
519
520##
521# @ChardevSpicePortWrapper:
522#
523# Since: 1.5
524##
525{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
526  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpicePort' },
527  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
528
529##
530# @ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper:
531#
532# Since: 6.1
533##
534{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
535  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent' },
536  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
537
538##
539# @ChardevVCWrapper:
540#
541# Since: 1.5
542##
543{ 'struct': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
544  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevVC' } }
545
546##
547# @ChardevRingbufWrapper:
548#
549# Since: 1.5
550##
551{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
552  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevRingbuf' } }
553
554##
555# @ChardevBackend:
556#
557# Configuration info for the new chardev backend.
558#
559# Since: 1.4
560##
561{ 'union': 'ChardevBackend',
562  'base': { 'type': 'ChardevBackendKind' },
563  'discriminator': 'type',
564  'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
565            'serial': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
566            'parallel': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
567            'pipe': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
568            'socket': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
569            'udp': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
570            'pty': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
571            'null': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
572            'mux': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
573            'msmouse': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
574            'wctablet': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
575            'braille': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
576            'testdev': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
577            'stdio': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
578            'console': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
579            'spicevmc': { 'type': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
580                          'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
581            'spiceport': { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
582                           'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
583            'qemu-vdagent': { 'type': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
584                              'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
585            'vc': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
586            'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
587            # next one is just for compatibility
588            'memory': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper' } }
589
590##
591# @ChardevReturn:
592#
593# Return info about the chardev backend just created.
594#
595# @pty: name of the slave pseudoterminal device, present if
596#       and only if a chardev of type 'pty' was created
597#
598# Since: 1.4
599##
600{ 'struct' : 'ChardevReturn',
601  'data': { '*pty': 'str' } }
602
603##
604# @chardev-add:
605#
606# Add a character device backend
607#
608# @id: the chardev's ID, must be unique
609# @backend: backend type and parameters
610#
611# Returns: ChardevReturn.
612#
613# Since: 1.4
614#
615# Example:
616#
617# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
618#      "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
619#                      "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
620# <- { "return": {} }
621#
622# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
623#      "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
624#                      "backend" : { "type" : "file",
625#                                    "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
626# <- { "return": {} }
627#
628# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
629#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
630#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
631# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
632#
633##
634{ 'command': 'chardev-add',
635  'data': { 'id': 'str',
636            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
637  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
638
639##
640# @chardev-change:
641#
642# Change a character device backend
643#
644# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
645# @backend: new backend type and parameters
646#
647# Returns: ChardevReturn.
648#
649# Since: 2.10
650#
651# Example:
652#
653# -> { "execute" : "chardev-change",
654#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
655#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
656# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
657#
658# -> {"execute" : "chardev-change",
659#     "arguments" : {
660#         "id" : "charchannel2",
661#         "backend" : {
662#             "type" : "socket",
663#             "data" : {
664#                 "addr" : {
665#                     "type" : "unix" ,
666#                     "data" : {
667#                         "path" : "/tmp/charchannel2.socket"
668#                     }
669#                  },
670#                  "server" : true,
671#                  "wait" : false }}}}
672# <- {"return": {}}
673#
674##
675{ 'command': 'chardev-change',
676  'data': { 'id': 'str',
677            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
678  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
679
680##
681# @chardev-remove:
682#
683# Remove a character device backend
684#
685# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use
686#
687# Returns: Nothing on success
688#
689# Since: 1.4
690#
691# Example:
692#
693# -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
694# <- { "return": {} }
695#
696##
697{ 'command': 'chardev-remove',
698  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
699
700##
701# @chardev-send-break:
702#
703# Send a break to a character device
704#
705# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
706#
707# Returns: Nothing on success
708#
709# Since: 2.10
710#
711# Example:
712#
713# -> { "execute": "chardev-send-break", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
714# <- { "return": {} }
715#
716##
717{ 'command': 'chardev-send-break',
718  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
719
720##
721# @VSERPORT_CHANGE:
722#
723# Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
724#
725# @id: device identifier of the virtio-serial port
726#
727# @open: true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port
728#
729# Note: This event is rate-limited.
730#
731# Since: 2.1
732#
733# Example:
734#
735# <- { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
736#      "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
737#      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
738#
739##
740{ 'event': 'VSERPORT_CHANGE',
741  'data': { 'id': 'str',
742            'open': 'bool' } }
743