Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add chardev-send-break monitor command

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> writes:

> On 05/06/2017 14:24, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 06/05/2017 03:52 AM, Stefan Fritsch wrote:
>>> Sending a break on a serial console can be useful for debugging the
>>> guest. But not all chardev backends support sending breaks (only telnet
>>> and mux do). The chardev-send-break command allows to send a break even
>>> if using other backends.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>
>>> ---
>>>  chardev/char.c   | 12 ++++++++++++
>>>  hmp-commands.hx  | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>>  hmp.c            |  8 ++++++++
>>>  hmp.h            |  1 +
>>>  qapi-schema.json | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  5 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
>> 
>> Is there an obvious test that we can enhance to add coverage of the new
>> QMP command?
>
> You could have a new test covering hw/char/serial.c, but I wouldn't let
> that hold the patch.

Holding patches is pretty much the only leverage I have to get tests for
new stuff :)

Asking for tests that cover all of serial.c wouldn't be fair.  But I am
asking for basic test coverage of new QMP commands.


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