From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 899FCC433F5 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:47:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:44502 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nh47B-0006O4-Gh for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2022 02:47:03 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41098) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nh3pj-0003Bz-6m for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2022 02:29:06 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:46780) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nh3pf-0002K8-VN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 20 Apr 2022 02:28:57 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1650436123; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=7IiuA+RFYdBeL8dN4JvaOH9/zzMeyOg2LvnVUt4MSPQ=; b=dKsa3FIGSKQwztR+zPX7GSzKILJZMgY9CeQZY+cVMgRhP2QuvF+/tROQ75YtqnmUwYn7tt cAyquFNNApZnXZAz9/u8d7LUy8bwF3MMrvlwA6q/yyzhdz3muKmbBM7n3nclsdqwvfrm+o 2ew4e8D1mwPYUA/Stsy5A62vB7bInq4= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-250-EW3acgtYP8eW27ZKKut_hQ-1; Wed, 20 Apr 2022 02:28:41 -0400 X-MC-Unique: EW3acgtYP8eW27ZKKut_hQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A3D93C02B8A; Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:28:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blackfin.pond.sub.org (unknown [10.36.112.3]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E2F920296A6; Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:28:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blackfin.pond.sub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1231E21E6A1F; Wed, 20 Apr 2022 08:28:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: Daniel P. =?utf-8?Q?Berrang=C3=A9?= Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] python: add qmp-send program to send raw qmp commands to qemu References: <20220316095455.6473-1-damien.hedde@greensocs.com> <878rskccjv.fsf@pond.sub.org> <86b617c6-2cec-8570-5947-7e584fb1214b@greensocs.com> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 08:28:40 +0200 In-Reply-To: ("Daniel P. =?utf-8?Q?Berrang?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9=22's?= message of "Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:18:53 +0100") Message-ID: <87bkwwgtev.fsf@pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.11.54.4 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -28 X-Spam_score: -2.9 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.082, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Damien Hedde , Beraldo Leal , Markus Armbruster , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Cleber Rosa , John Snow Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 writes: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 02:45:14PM +0200, Damien Hedde wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >> On 4/5/22 07:41, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> > Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 writes: >> >=20 >> > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 10:54:55AM +0100, Damien Hedde wrote: >> > > > It takes an input file containing raw qmp commands (concatenated j= son >> > > > dicts) and send all commands one by one to a qmp server. When one >> > > > command fails, it exits. >> > > >=20 >> > > > As a convenience, it can also wrap the qemu process to avoid having >> > > > to start qemu in background. When wrapping qemu, the program retur= ns >> > > > only when the qemu process terminates. >> > > >=20 >> > > > Signed-off-by: Damien Hedde >> >=20 >> > [...] >> >=20 >> > > > I name that qmp-send as Daniel proposed, maybe qmp-test matches be= tter >> > > > what I'm doing there ? >> > >=20 >> > > 'qmp-test' is a use case specific name. I think it is better to >> > > name it based on functionality provided rather than anticipated >> > > use case, since use cases evolve over time, hence 'qmp-send'. >> >=20 >> > Well, it doesn't just send, it also receives. >> >=20 >> > qmpcat, like netcat and socat? >> >=20 >>=20 >> anyone against qmpcat ? > > Fine with me[1], though I would have slight preference for 'qmp-cat' > to have a common tab-completion prefix with existing qmp-shell command. No objections to the dash.. > > With regards, > Daniel > > [1] Especially if it displays a pretty ascii art cat when you pass > the --help flag ;-P A cat "singing" to an emu? Count me in!