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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
21#     backend (e.g. with the chardev=... option) is in open or closed
22#     state (since 2.1)
23#
24# Notes: @filename is encoded using the QEMU command line character
25#     device 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{ 'command': 'query-chardev', 'returns': ['ChardevInfo'],
67  'allow-preconfig': true }
68
69##
70# @ChardevBackendInfo:
71#
72# Information about a character device backend
73#
74# @name: The backend name
75#
76# Since: 2.0
77##
78{ 'struct': 'ChardevBackendInfo', 'data': {'name': 'str'} }
79
80##
81# @query-chardev-backends:
82#
83# Returns information about character device backends.
84#
85# Returns: a list of @ChardevBackendInfo
86#
87# Since: 2.0
88#
89# Example:
90#
91# -> { "execute": "query-chardev-backends" }
92# <- {
93#       "return":[
94#          {
95#             "name":"udp"
96#          },
97#          {
98#             "name":"tcp"
99#          },
100#          {
101#             "name":"unix"
102#          },
103#          {
104#             "name":"spiceport"
105#          }
106#       ]
107#    }
108##
109{ 'command': 'query-chardev-backends', 'returns': ['ChardevBackendInfo'] }
110
111##
112# @DataFormat:
113#
114# An enumeration of data format.
115#
116# @utf8: Data is a UTF-8 string (RFC 3629)
117#
118# @base64: Data is Base64 encoded binary (RFC 3548)
119#
120# Since: 1.4
121##
122{ 'enum': 'DataFormat',
123  'data': [ 'utf8', 'base64' ] }
124
125##
126# @ringbuf-write:
127#
128# Write to a ring buffer character device.
129#
130# @device: the ring buffer character device name
131#
132# @data: data to write
133#
134# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
135#
136#     - base64: data must be base64 encoded text.  Its binary decoding
137#       gets written.
138#     - utf8: data's UTF-8 encoding is written
139#     - data itself is always Unicode regardless of format, like any
140#       other string.
141#
142# Returns: Nothing on success
143#
144# Since: 1.4
145#
146# Example:
147#
148# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-write",
149#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
150#                     "data": "abcdefgh",
151#                     "format": "utf8" } }
152# <- { "return": {} }
153##
154{ 'command': 'ringbuf-write',
155  'data': { 'device': 'str',
156            'data': 'str',
157           '*format': 'DataFormat'} }
158
159##
160# @ringbuf-read:
161#
162# Read from a ring buffer character device.
163#
164# @device: the ring buffer character device name
165#
166# @size: how many bytes to read at most
167#
168# @format: data encoding (default 'utf8').
169#
170#     - base64: the data read is returned in base64 encoding.
171#     - utf8: the data read is interpreted as UTF-8.
172#       Bug: can screw up when the buffer contains invalid UTF-8
173#       sequences, NUL characters, after the ring buffer lost data,
174#       and when reading stops because the size limit is reached.
175#     - The return value is always Unicode regardless of format, like
176#       any other string.
177#
178# Returns: data read from the device
179#
180# Since: 1.4
181#
182# Example:
183#
184# -> { "execute": "ringbuf-read",
185#      "arguments": { "device": "foo",
186#                     "size": 1000,
187#                     "format": "utf8" } }
188# <- { "return": "abcdefgh" }
189##
190{ 'command': 'ringbuf-read',
191  'data': {'device': 'str', 'size': 'int', '*format': 'DataFormat'},
192  'returns': 'str' }
193
194##
195# @ChardevCommon:
196#
197# Configuration shared across all chardev backends
198#
199# @logfile: The name of a logfile to save output
200#
201# @logappend: true to append instead of truncate (default to false to
202#     truncate)
203#
204# Since: 2.6
205##
206{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommon',
207  'data': { '*logfile': 'str',
208            '*logappend': 'bool' } }
209
210##
211# @ChardevFile:
212#
213# Configuration info for file chardevs.
214#
215# @in: The name of the input file
216#
217# @out: The name of the output file
218#
219# @append: Open the file in append mode (default false to truncate)
220#     (Since 2.6)
221#
222# Since: 1.4
223##
224{ 'struct': 'ChardevFile',
225  'data': { '*in': 'str',
226            'out': 'str',
227            '*append': 'bool' },
228  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
229
230##
231# @ChardevHostdev:
232#
233# Configuration info for device and pipe chardevs.
234#
235# @device: The name of the special file for the device, i.e.
236#     /dev/ttyS0 on Unix or COM1: on Windows
237#
238# Since: 1.4
239##
240{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdev',
241  'data': { 'device': 'str' },
242  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
243
244##
245# @ChardevSocket:
246#
247# Configuration info for (stream) socket chardevs.
248#
249# @addr: socket address to listen on (server=true) or connect to
250#     (server=false)
251#
252# @tls-creds: the ID of the TLS credentials object (since 2.6)
253#
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 and
257#     recreated on the fly while the chardev server is active.  If
258#     missing, it will default to denying access (since 4.0)
259#
260# @server: create server socket (default: true)
261#
262# @wait: wait for incoming connection on server sockets (default:
263#     false). Silently ignored with server: false.  This use is
264#     deprecated.
265#
266# @nodelay: set TCP_NODELAY socket option (default: false)
267#
268# @telnet: enable telnet protocol on server sockets (default: false)
269#
270# @tn3270: enable tn3270 protocol on server sockets (default: false)
271#     (Since: 2.10)
272#
273# @websocket: enable websocket protocol on server sockets
274#     (default: false) (Since: 3.1)
275#
276# @reconnect: For a client socket, if a socket is disconnected, then
277#     attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds.  Setting
278#     this to zero disables this function.  (default: 0) (Since: 2.2)
279#
280# Since: 1.4
281##
282{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocket',
283  'data': { 'addr': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
284            '*tls-creds': 'str',
285            '*tls-authz'  : 'str',
286            '*server': 'bool',
287            '*wait': 'bool',
288            '*nodelay': 'bool',
289            '*telnet': 'bool',
290            '*tn3270': 'bool',
291            '*websocket': 'bool',
292            '*reconnect': 'int' },
293  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
294
295##
296# @ChardevUdp:
297#
298# Configuration info for datagram socket chardevs.
299#
300# @remote: remote address
301#
302# @local: local address
303#
304# Since: 1.5
305##
306{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdp',
307  'data': { 'remote': 'SocketAddressLegacy',
308            '*local': 'SocketAddressLegacy' },
309  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
310
311##
312# @ChardevMux:
313#
314# Configuration info for mux chardevs.
315#
316# @chardev: name of the base chardev.
317#
318# Since: 1.5
319##
320{ 'struct': 'ChardevMux',
321  'data': { 'chardev': 'str' },
322  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
323
324##
325# @ChardevStdio:
326#
327# Configuration info for stdio chardevs.
328#
329# @signal: Allow signals (such as SIGINT triggered by ^C) be delivered
330#     to qemu.  Default: true.
331#
332# Since: 1.5
333##
334{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdio',
335  'data': { '*signal': 'bool' },
336  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
337
338##
339# @ChardevSpiceChannel:
340#
341# Configuration info for spice vm channel chardevs.
342#
343# @type: kind of channel (for example vdagent).
344#
345# Since: 1.5
346##
347{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannel',
348  'data': { 'type': 'str' },
349  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
350  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
351
352##
353# @ChardevSpicePort:
354#
355# Configuration info for spice port chardevs.
356#
357# @fqdn: name of the channel (see docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
358#
359# Since: 1.5
360##
361{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePort',
362  'data': { 'fqdn': 'str' },
363  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
364  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
365
366##
367# @ChardevDBus:
368#
369# Configuration info for DBus chardevs.
370#
371# @name: name of the channel (following docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
372#
373# Since: 7.0
374##
375{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBus',
376  'data': { 'name': 'str' },
377  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
378  'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
379
380##
381# @ChardevVC:
382#
383# Configuration info for virtual console chardevs.
384#
385# @width: console width, in pixels
386#
387# @height: console height, in pixels
388#
389# @cols: console width, in chars
390#
391# @rows: console height, in chars
392#
393# Note: the options are only effective when the VNC or SDL graphical
394#     display backend is active.  They are ignored with the GTK,
395#     Spice, VNC and D-Bus display backends.
396#
397# Since: 1.5
398##
399{ 'struct': 'ChardevVC',
400  'data': { '*width': 'int',
401            '*height': 'int',
402            '*cols': 'int',
403            '*rows': 'int' },
404  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
405
406##
407# @ChardevRingbuf:
408#
409# Configuration info for ring buffer chardevs.
410#
411# @size: ring buffer size, must be power of two, default is 65536
412#
413# Since: 1.5
414##
415{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbuf',
416  'data': { '*size': 'int' },
417  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
418
419##
420# @ChardevQemuVDAgent:
421#
422# Configuration info for qemu vdagent implementation.
423#
424# @mouse: enable/disable mouse, default is enabled.
425#
426# @clipboard: enable/disable clipboard, default is disabled.
427#
428# Since: 6.1
429##
430{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
431  'data': { '*mouse': 'bool',
432            '*clipboard': 'bool' },
433  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
434  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
435
436##
437# @ChardevBackendKind:
438#
439# @pipe: Since 1.5
440#
441# @udp: Since 1.5
442#
443# @mux: Since 1.5
444#
445# @msmouse: Since 1.5
446#
447# @wctablet: Since 2.9
448#
449# @braille: Since 1.5
450#
451# @testdev: Since 2.2
452#
453# @stdio: Since 1.5
454#
455# @console: Since 1.5
456#
457# @spicevmc: Since 1.5
458#
459# @spiceport: Since 1.5
460#
461# @qemu-vdagent: Since 6.1
462#
463# @dbus: Since 7.0
464#
465# @vc: v1.5
466#
467# @ringbuf: Since 1.6
468#
469# @memory: Since 1.5
470#
471# Since: 1.4
472##
473{ 'enum': 'ChardevBackendKind',
474  'data': [ 'file',
475            'serial',
476            'parallel',
477            'pipe',
478            'socket',
479            'udp',
480            'pty',
481            'null',
482            'mux',
483            'msmouse',
484            'wctablet',
485            'braille',
486            'testdev',
487            'stdio',
488            'console',
489            { 'name': 'spicevmc', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
490            { 'name': 'spiceport', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
491            { 'name': 'qemu-vdagent', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
492            { 'name': 'dbus', 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
493            'vc',
494            'ringbuf',
495            # next one is just for compatibility
496            'memory' ] }
497
498##
499# @ChardevFileWrapper:
500#
501# Since: 1.4
502##
503{ 'struct': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
504  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevFile' } }
505
506##
507# @ChardevHostdevWrapper:
508#
509# Since: 1.4
510##
511{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
512  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevHostdev' } }
513
514##
515# @ChardevSocketWrapper:
516#
517# Since: 1.4
518##
519{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
520  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSocket' } }
521
522##
523# @ChardevUdpWrapper:
524#
525# Since: 1.5
526##
527{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
528  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevUdp' } }
529
530##
531# @ChardevCommonWrapper:
532#
533# Since: 2.6
534##
535{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
536  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevCommon' } }
537
538##
539# @ChardevMuxWrapper:
540#
541# Since: 1.5
542##
543{ 'struct': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
544  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevMux' } }
545
546##
547# @ChardevStdioWrapper:
548#
549# Since: 1.5
550##
551{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
552  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevStdio' } }
553
554##
555# @ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper:
556#
557# Since: 1.5
558##
559{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
560  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpiceChannel' },
561  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
562
563##
564# @ChardevSpicePortWrapper:
565#
566# Since: 1.5
567##
568{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
569  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpicePort' },
570  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
571
572##
573# @ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper:
574#
575# Since: 6.1
576##
577{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
578  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent' },
579  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
580
581##
582# @ChardevDBusWrapper:
583#
584# Since: 7.0
585##
586{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
587  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevDBus' },
588  'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
589
590##
591# @ChardevVCWrapper:
592#
593# Since: 1.5
594##
595{ 'struct': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
596  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevVC' } }
597
598##
599# @ChardevRingbufWrapper:
600#
601# Since: 1.5
602##
603{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
604  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevRingbuf' } }
605
606##
607# @ChardevBackend:
608#
609# Configuration info for the new chardev backend.
610#
611# Since: 1.4
612##
613{ 'union': 'ChardevBackend',
614  'base': { 'type': 'ChardevBackendKind' },
615  'discriminator': 'type',
616  'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
617            'serial': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
618            'parallel': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
619            'pipe': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
620            'socket': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
621            'udp': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
622            'pty': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
623            'null': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
624            'mux': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
625            'msmouse': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
626            'wctablet': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
627            'braille': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
628            'testdev': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
629            'stdio': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
630            'console': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
631            'spicevmc': { 'type': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
632                          'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
633            'spiceport': { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
634                           'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
635            'qemu-vdagent': { 'type': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
636                              'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
637            'dbus': { 'type': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
638                      'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
639            'vc': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
640            'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
641            # next one is just for compatibility
642            'memory': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper' } }
643
644##
645# @ChardevReturn:
646#
647# Return info about the chardev backend just created.
648#
649# @pty: name of the slave pseudoterminal device, present if and only
650#     if a chardev of type 'pty' was created
651#
652# Since: 1.4
653##
654{ 'struct' : 'ChardevReturn',
655  'data': { '*pty': 'str' } }
656
657##
658# @chardev-add:
659#
660# Add a character device backend
661#
662# @id: the chardev's ID, must be unique
663#
664# @backend: backend type and parameters
665#
666# Returns: ChardevReturn.
667#
668# Since: 1.4
669#
670# Examples:
671#
672# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
673#      "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
674#                      "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
675# <- { "return": {} }
676#
677# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
678#      "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
679#                      "backend" : { "type" : "file",
680#                                    "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
681# <- { "return": {} }
682#
683# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
684#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
685#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
686# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
687##
688{ 'command': 'chardev-add',
689  'data': { 'id': 'str',
690            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
691  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
692
693##
694# @chardev-change:
695#
696# Change a character device backend
697#
698# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
699#
700# @backend: new backend type and parameters
701#
702# Returns: ChardevReturn.
703#
704# Since: 2.10
705#
706# Examples:
707#
708# -> { "execute" : "chardev-change",
709#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
710#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
711# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
712#
713# -> {"execute" : "chardev-change",
714#     "arguments" : {
715#         "id" : "charchannel2",
716#         "backend" : {
717#             "type" : "socket",
718#             "data" : {
719#                 "addr" : {
720#                     "type" : "unix" ,
721#                     "data" : {
722#                         "path" : "/tmp/charchannel2.socket"
723#                     }
724#                  },
725#                  "server" : true,
726#                  "wait" : false }}}}
727# <- {"return": {}}
728##
729{ 'command': 'chardev-change',
730  'data': { 'id': 'str',
731            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
732  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
733
734##
735# @chardev-remove:
736#
737# Remove a character device backend
738#
739# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use
740#
741# Returns: Nothing on success
742#
743# Since: 1.4
744#
745# Example:
746#
747# -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
748# <- { "return": {} }
749##
750{ 'command': 'chardev-remove',
751  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
752
753##
754# @chardev-send-break:
755#
756# Send a break to a character device
757#
758# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
759#
760# Returns: Nothing on success
761#
762# Since: 2.10
763#
764# Example:
765#
766# -> { "execute": "chardev-send-break", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
767# <- { "return": {} }
768##
769{ 'command': 'chardev-send-break',
770  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
771
772##
773# @VSERPORT_CHANGE:
774#
775# Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
776#
777# @id: device identifier of the virtio-serial port
778#
779# @open: true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port
780#
781# Note: This event is rate-limited.
782#
783# Since: 2.1
784#
785# Example:
786#
787# <- { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
788#      "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
789#      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
790##
791{ 'event': 'VSERPORT_CHANGE',
792  'data': { 'id': 'str',
793            'open': 'bool' } }
794