From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>
To: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/18] tests/qtest/migration: Add a test for HMP completion
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:50:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aqgJxF3BYe0Nmqgu@gallifrey> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a4pjubyw.fsf@suse.de>
* Fabiano Rosas (farosas@suse.de) wrote:
> "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org> writes:
>
> > * Fabiano Rosas (farosas@suse.de) wrote:
> >> The following patches will touch HMP readline completion for migration
> >> parameters, add a test case.
> >>
> >> The test puts the monitor on a chardev via socket and bypasses qtest
> >> facilities because it needs to emit raw codes to readline. It
> >> therefore requires a couple of new helpers to read/write to the
> >> monitor socket.
> >>
> >> Usage:
> >> QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=./qemu-system-x86_64 \
> >> ./tests/qtest/migration-test --full -p /x86_64/migration/hmp/completion
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
> >> ---
> >
> >> +static void hmp_sock_read(int fd, char *buf, size_t buf_sz)
> >> +{
> >> + char *p = buf;
> >> + size_t sz = buf_sz - 1;
> >> +
> >> + assert(fd >= 0);
> >> + memset(buf, 0, buf_sz);
> >> +
> >> + while (sz > 0) {
> >> + ssize_t r = read(fd, p, sz);
> >> + char *prompt;
> >> +
> >> + if (!r) {
> >> + break;
> >> + } else if (r < 0) {
> >> + if (errno == EINTR) {
> >> + continue;
> >> + }
> >> + g_assert_not_reached();
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + p += r;
> >> + sz -= r;
> >> +
> >> + prompt = strstr(buf, "(qemu) ");
> >> + if (prompt) {
> >> + *prompt = '\0';
> >
> > I'm a bit confused by what you want the output to look like after this,
> > are you assuming this is the end of the string you're reading so truncation
> > is OK?
> >
>
> Yes, it's how I'm detecting the end of input. Here's a printf("%s|\n", buf)
> before the truncation:
>
> 1) Read banner:
>
> QEMU 11.1.50 monitor - type 'help' for more information
> (qemu) |
Oh right, that makes sense - please add a comment above the function something like
'read the output until we hit the next (qemu) prompt'
Dave
> 2) Write completion input 'migra\t'. Then read back:
>
> migra
> migrate migrate_cancel migrate_continue
> migrate_incoming migrate_pause migrate_recover
> migrate_set_capability migrate_set_parameter migrate_start_postcopy
> (qemu) |
>
> 3) Write completion input 'info migra\t'. Then read back:
>
> info migra
> migrate migrate_capabilities migrate_parameters
> (qemu) |
>
> I think this is correct? Let me know if I missed something.
>
> >> + break;
> >> + }
> >> + }
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static int comp(const void *a, const void *b)
> >> +{
> >> + return strcmp(*(const char **) a, *(const char **) b);
> >> +}
> >
> > Can you use qemu_pstrcmp0 there? (Maybe with g_ptr_array and g_ptr_array_sort is
> > what adds to some of the other questions below?)
> >
>
> Good idea, specially the g_ptr_array. I'll update the code.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-14 14:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-09 21:44 [PATCH v2 00/18] migration: MigrationParameters changes Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 01/18] checkpatch: Fix checking of newlines in error messages Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 02/18] migration/options.c: Don't export migrate_tls_opts_free Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 03/18] migration: Rename variables in qmp_migrate_set_parameters Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 04/18] migration: Use QAPI_CLONE_MEMBERS in migrate_params_apply Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 05/18] migration: Merge parameter structs instead of assigning one by one Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 12:28 ` Peter Xu
2026-09-09 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 06/18] migration: Open code migrate_params_apply Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 07/18] migration: Stop freeing s->parameters members individually Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 08/18] migration: Use migrate_params_free during finalize Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:44 ` [PATCH v2 09/18] tests/qtest/migration: Add a test for HMP Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 14:02 ` Peter Xu
2026-09-13 20:30 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2026-09-14 14:50 ` Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-14 15:34 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2026-09-09 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 10/18] tests/qtest/migration: Add a test for HMP completion Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 17:36 ` Peter Xu
2026-09-13 20:58 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2026-09-14 14:47 ` Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-14 14:50 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert [this message]
2026-09-09 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 11/18] migration: HMP: Fix bandwidth parameters Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 6:05 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-10 12:37 ` Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-11 6:19 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-10 13:20 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2026-09-10 13:26 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2026-09-10 17:38 ` Peter Xu
2026-09-09 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 12/18] migration: Change HMP 'info migrate_parameters' output Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 7:32 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-10 13:02 ` Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-11 6:46 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-09 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 13/18] migration: Use keyval input visitor in HMP set command Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 11:07 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-10 14:15 ` Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 22:10 ` Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-11 8:22 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-11 12:54 ` Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-11 8:12 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-09 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 14/18] migration: Use output visitor in info command Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 15/18] migration: Rewrite migrate_set_parameter_completion using QDict Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 11:17 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-10 13:09 ` Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-11 7:15 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-09 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 16/18] migration: Add capabilities into MigrationParameters Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 11:22 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-09 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 17/18] migration: Remove s->capabilities Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-09 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 18/18] qapi/migration: Deprecate capabilities commands Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-10 17:35 ` [PATCH v2 00/18] migration: MigrationParameters changes Peter Xu
2026-09-10 19:27 ` Fabiano Rosas
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