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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# @ChardevSpiceChannel:
334#
335# Configuration info for spice vm channel chardevs.
336#
337# @type: kind of channel (for example vdagent).
338#
339# Since: 1.5
340##
341{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannel',
342  'data': { 'type': 'str' },
343  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
344  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
345
346##
347# @ChardevSpicePort:
348#
349# Configuration info for spice port chardevs.
350#
351# @fqdn: name of the channel (see docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
352#
353# Since: 1.5
354##
355{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePort',
356  'data': { 'fqdn': 'str' },
357  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
358  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
359
360##
361# @ChardevDBus:
362#
363# Configuration info for DBus chardevs.
364#
365# @name: name of the channel (following docs/spice-port-fqdn.txt)
366#
367# Since: 7.0
368##
369{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBus',
370  'data': { 'name': 'str' },
371  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
372  'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
373
374##
375# @ChardevVC:
376#
377# Configuration info for virtual console chardevs.
378#
379# @width: console width, in pixels
380# @height: console height, in pixels
381# @cols: console width, in chars
382# @rows: console height, in chars
383#
384# Since: 1.5
385##
386{ 'struct': 'ChardevVC',
387  'data': { '*width': 'int',
388            '*height': 'int',
389            '*cols': 'int',
390            '*rows': 'int' },
391  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
392
393##
394# @ChardevRingbuf:
395#
396# Configuration info for ring buffer chardevs.
397#
398# @size: ring buffer size, must be power of two, default is 65536
399#
400# Since: 1.5
401##
402{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbuf',
403  'data': { '*size': 'int' },
404  'base': 'ChardevCommon' }
405
406##
407# @ChardevQemuVDAgent:
408#
409# Configuration info for qemu vdagent implementation.
410#
411# @mouse: enable/disable mouse, default is enabled.
412# @clipboard: enable/disable clipboard, default is disabled.
413#
414# Since: 6.1
415##
416{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent',
417  'data': { '*mouse': 'bool',
418            '*clipboard': 'bool' },
419  'base': 'ChardevCommon',
420  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
421
422##
423# @ChardevBackendKind:
424#
425# @pipe: Since 1.5
426# @udp: Since 1.5
427# @mux: Since 1.5
428# @msmouse: Since 1.5
429# @wctablet: Since 2.9
430# @braille: Since 1.5
431# @testdev: Since 2.2
432# @stdio: Since 1.5
433# @console: Since 1.5
434# @spicevmc: Since 1.5
435# @spiceport: Since 1.5
436# @qemu-vdagent: Since 6.1
437# @dbus: Since 7.0
438# @vc: v1.5
439# @ringbuf: Since 1.6
440# @memory: Since 1.5
441#
442# Since: 1.4
443##
444{ 'enum': 'ChardevBackendKind',
445  'data': [ 'file',
446            'serial',
447            'parallel',
448            'pipe',
449            'socket',
450            'udp',
451            'pty',
452            'null',
453            'mux',
454            'msmouse',
455            'wctablet',
456            'braille',
457            'testdev',
458            'stdio',
459            'console',
460            { 'name': 'spicevmc', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
461            { 'name': 'spiceport', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
462            { 'name': 'qemu-vdagent', 'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
463            { 'name': 'dbus', 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
464            'vc',
465            'ringbuf',
466            # next one is just for compatibility
467            'memory' ] }
468
469##
470# @ChardevFileWrapper:
471#
472# Since: 1.4
473##
474{ 'struct': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
475  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevFile' } }
476
477##
478# @ChardevHostdevWrapper:
479#
480# Since: 1.4
481##
482{ 'struct': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
483  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevHostdev' } }
484
485##
486# @ChardevSocketWrapper:
487#
488# Since: 1.4
489##
490{ 'struct': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
491  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSocket' } }
492
493##
494# @ChardevUdpWrapper:
495#
496# Since: 1.5
497##
498{ 'struct': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
499  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevUdp' } }
500
501##
502# @ChardevCommonWrapper:
503#
504# Since: 2.6
505##
506{ 'struct': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
507  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevCommon' } }
508
509##
510# @ChardevMuxWrapper:
511#
512# Since: 1.5
513##
514{ 'struct': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
515  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevMux' } }
516
517##
518# @ChardevStdioWrapper:
519#
520# Since: 1.5
521##
522{ 'struct': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
523  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevStdio' } }
524
525##
526# @ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper:
527#
528# Since: 1.5
529##
530{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
531  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpiceChannel' },
532  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
533
534##
535# @ChardevSpicePortWrapper:
536#
537# Since: 1.5
538##
539{ 'struct': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
540  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevSpicePort' },
541  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' }
542
543##
544# @ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper:
545#
546# Since: 6.1
547##
548{ 'struct': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
549  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevQemuVDAgent' },
550  'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' }
551
552##
553# @ChardevDBusWrapper:
554#
555# Since: 7.0
556##
557{ 'struct': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
558  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevDBus' },
559  'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }
560
561##
562# @ChardevVCWrapper:
563#
564# Since: 1.5
565##
566{ 'struct': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
567  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevVC' } }
568
569##
570# @ChardevRingbufWrapper:
571#
572# Since: 1.5
573##
574{ 'struct': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
575  'data': { 'data': 'ChardevRingbuf' } }
576
577##
578# @ChardevBackend:
579#
580# Configuration info for the new chardev backend.
581#
582# Since: 1.4
583##
584{ 'union': 'ChardevBackend',
585  'base': { 'type': 'ChardevBackendKind' },
586  'discriminator': 'type',
587  'data': { 'file': 'ChardevFileWrapper',
588            'serial': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
589            'parallel': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
590            'pipe': 'ChardevHostdevWrapper',
591            'socket': 'ChardevSocketWrapper',
592            'udp': 'ChardevUdpWrapper',
593            'pty': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
594            'null': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
595            'mux': 'ChardevMuxWrapper',
596            'msmouse': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
597            'wctablet': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
598            'braille': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
599            'testdev': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
600            'stdio': 'ChardevStdioWrapper',
601            'console': 'ChardevCommonWrapper',
602            'spicevmc': { 'type': 'ChardevSpiceChannelWrapper',
603                          'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
604            'spiceport': { 'type': 'ChardevSpicePortWrapper',
605                           'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE' },
606            'qemu-vdagent': { 'type': 'ChardevQemuVDAgentWrapper',
607                              'if': 'CONFIG_SPICE_PROTOCOL' },
608            'dbus': { 'type': 'ChardevDBusWrapper',
609                      'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' },
610            'vc': 'ChardevVCWrapper',
611            'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper',
612            # next one is just for compatibility
613            'memory': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper' } }
614
615##
616# @ChardevReturn:
617#
618# Return info about the chardev backend just created.
619#
620# @pty: name of the slave pseudoterminal device, present if
621#       and only if a chardev of type 'pty' was created
622#
623# Since: 1.4
624##
625{ 'struct' : 'ChardevReturn',
626  'data': { '*pty': 'str' } }
627
628##
629# @chardev-add:
630#
631# Add a character device backend
632#
633# @id: the chardev's ID, must be unique
634# @backend: backend type and parameters
635#
636# Returns: ChardevReturn.
637#
638# Since: 1.4
639#
640# Example:
641#
642# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
643#      "arguments" : { "id" : "foo",
644#                      "backend" : { "type" : "null", "data" : {} } } }
645# <- { "return": {} }
646#
647# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
648#      "arguments" : { "id" : "bar",
649#                      "backend" : { "type" : "file",
650#                                    "data" : { "out" : "/tmp/bar.log" } } } }
651# <- { "return": {} }
652#
653# -> { "execute" : "chardev-add",
654#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
655#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
656# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
657#
658##
659{ 'command': 'chardev-add',
660  'data': { 'id': 'str',
661            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
662  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
663
664##
665# @chardev-change:
666#
667# Change a character device backend
668#
669# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
670# @backend: new backend type and parameters
671#
672# Returns: ChardevReturn.
673#
674# Since: 2.10
675#
676# Example:
677#
678# -> { "execute" : "chardev-change",
679#      "arguments" : { "id" : "baz",
680#                      "backend" : { "type" : "pty", "data" : {} } } }
681# <- { "return": { "pty" : "/dev/pty/42" } }
682#
683# -> {"execute" : "chardev-change",
684#     "arguments" : {
685#         "id" : "charchannel2",
686#         "backend" : {
687#             "type" : "socket",
688#             "data" : {
689#                 "addr" : {
690#                     "type" : "unix" ,
691#                     "data" : {
692#                         "path" : "/tmp/charchannel2.socket"
693#                     }
694#                  },
695#                  "server" : true,
696#                  "wait" : false }}}}
697# <- {"return": {}}
698#
699##
700{ 'command': 'chardev-change',
701  'data': { 'id': 'str',
702            'backend': 'ChardevBackend' },
703  'returns': 'ChardevReturn' }
704
705##
706# @chardev-remove:
707#
708# Remove a character device backend
709#
710# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist and not be in use
711#
712# Returns: Nothing on success
713#
714# Since: 1.4
715#
716# Example:
717#
718# -> { "execute": "chardev-remove", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
719# <- { "return": {} }
720#
721##
722{ 'command': 'chardev-remove',
723  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
724
725##
726# @chardev-send-break:
727#
728# Send a break to a character device
729#
730# @id: the chardev's ID, must exist
731#
732# Returns: Nothing on success
733#
734# Since: 2.10
735#
736# Example:
737#
738# -> { "execute": "chardev-send-break", "arguments": { "id" : "foo" } }
739# <- { "return": {} }
740#
741##
742{ 'command': 'chardev-send-break',
743  'data': { 'id': 'str' } }
744
745##
746# @VSERPORT_CHANGE:
747#
748# Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
749#
750# @id: device identifier of the virtio-serial port
751#
752# @open: true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port
753#
754# Note: This event is rate-limited.
755#
756# Since: 2.1
757#
758# Example:
759#
760# <- { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
761#      "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
762#      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
763#
764##
765{ 'event': 'VSERPORT_CHANGE',
766  'data': { 'id': 'str',
767            'open': 'bool' } }
768