[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/20] qemu-char: Allow a chardev to reconnect if disconnected

[minyard@acm.org]

From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>

Allow a socket that connects to reconnect on a periodic basis if it
fails to connect at startup or if the connection drops while in use.

Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
---
 include/sysemu/char.h |    3 ++
 qemu-char.c           |   84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 qemu-options.hx       |   11 +++++--
 3 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/sysemu/char.h b/include/sysemu/char.h
index a8931c6..122193b 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/char.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/char.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ struct CharDriverState {
     int avail_connections;
     QemuOpts *opts;
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(CharDriverState) next;
+    GSList *backend;
+    QEMUTimer *recon_timer;
+    uint64_t recon_time;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 8dc1e0d..2c34224 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -98,9 +98,22 @@ void qemu_chr_be_event(CharDriverState *s, int event)
     /* Keep track if the char device is open */
     switch (event) {
         case CHR_EVENT_OPENED:
+            if (s->recon_timer) {
+                qemu_del_timer(s->recon_timer);
+            }
             s->be_open = 1;
             break;
         case CHR_EVENT_CLOSED:
+            if (s->recon_timer) {
+                void (*chr_close)(struct CharDriverState *chr) = s->chr_close;
+                if (chr_close) {
+                    s->chr_close = NULL;
+                    chr_close(s);
+                }
+                qemu_mod_timer(s->recon_timer,
+                               (qemu_get_clock_ns(vm_clock) +
+                                (s->recon_time * 1000000000ULL)));
+            }
             s->be_open = 0;
             break;
     }
@@ -2649,6 +2662,7 @@ static void tcp_chr_close(CharDriverState *chr)
         closesocket(s->listen_fd);
     }
     g_free(s);
+    chr->opaque = NULL;
     qemu_chr_be_event(chr, CHR_EVENT_CLOSED);
 }
 
@@ -2788,8 +2802,9 @@ static CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_socket(CharDriverState *chr,
     if (fd >= 0) {
         closesocket(fd);
     }
-    if (chr) {
+    if (chr && chr->opaque) {
         g_free(chr->opaque);
+        chr->opaque = NULL;
     }
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -3214,6 +3229,21 @@ void register_char_driver_qapi(const char *name, int kind,
     backends = g_slist_append(backends, s);
 }
 
+static void recon_timeout(void *opaque)
+{
+    CharDriverState *chr = opaque;
+    CharDriver *cd = chr->backend->data;
+
+    if (chr->be_open) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qemu_mod_timer(chr->recon_timer,
+                   (qemu_get_clock_ns(vm_clock) +
+                    (chr->recon_time * 1000000000ULL)));
+    cd->open(chr, chr->opts);
+}
+
 CharDriverState *qemu_chr_new_from_opts(QemuOpts *opts,
                                     void (*init)(struct CharDriverState *s),
                                     Error **errp)
@@ -3293,11 +3323,36 @@ CharDriverState *qemu_chr_new_from_opts(QemuOpts *opts,
     }
 
     chr = g_malloc0(sizeof(CharDriverState));
-    chr = cd->open(chr, opts);
-    if (!chr) {
-        error_setg(errp, "chardev: opening backend \"%s\" failed",
-                   qemu_opt_get(opts, "backend"));
-        goto err;
+
+    chr->backend = i;
+    chr->recon_time = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "reconnect", 0);
+    if (chr->recon_time) {
+        if (strcmp(qemu_opt_get(opts, "backend"), "socket") != 0) {
+            g_free(chr);
+            fprintf(stderr, "chardev: reconnect only supported on sockets\n");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "server", 0)) {
+            g_free(chr);
+            fprintf(stderr, "chardev: server device cannot reconnect\n");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        chr->opts = opts;
+        chr->recon_timer = qemu_new_timer_ns(vm_clock, recon_timeout, chr);
+
+        /* Make sure it connects in time. */
+        qemu_mod_timer(chr->recon_timer,
+                       (qemu_get_clock_ns(vm_clock) +
+                        (chr->recon_time * 1000000000ULL)));
+    }
+
+    if (!cd->open(chr, opts)) {
+        if (!chr->recon_time) {
+            /* Reconnect is not enabled, give up */
+            fprintf(stderr, "chardev: opening backend \"%s\" failed\n",
+                    qemu_opt_get(opts, "backend"));
+            return NULL;
+        }
     }
 
     if (!chr->filename)
@@ -3310,7 +3365,8 @@ CharDriverState *qemu_chr_new_from_opts(QemuOpts *opts,
         int len = strlen(qemu_opts_id(opts)) + 6;
         base->label = g_malloc(len);
         snprintf(base->label, len, "%s-base", qemu_opts_id(opts));
-        chr = qemu_chr_open_mux(chr, base);
+        chr = g_malloc0(sizeof(CharDriverState));
+        qemu_chr_open_mux(chr, base);
         chr->filename = base->filename;
         chr->avail_connections = MAX_MUX;
         QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&chardevs, chr, next);
@@ -3318,7 +3374,6 @@ CharDriverState *qemu_chr_new_from_opts(QemuOpts *opts,
         chr->avail_connections = 1;
     }
     chr->label = g_strdup(qemu_opts_id(opts));
-    chr->opts = opts;
     return chr;
 
 err:
@@ -3414,9 +3469,15 @@ void qemu_chr_fe_release(CharDriverState *s)
 
 void qemu_chr_delete(CharDriverState *chr)
 {
+    void (*chr_close)(struct CharDriverState *chr) = chr->chr_close;
+
     QTAILQ_REMOVE(&chardevs, chr, next);
-    if (chr->chr_close) {
-        chr->chr_close(chr);
+    if (chr_close) {
+        chr->chr_close = NULL;
+        chr_close(chr);
+    }
+    if (chr->recon_timer) {
+        qemu_free_timer(chr->recon_timer);
     }
     g_free(chr->filename);
     g_free(chr->label);
@@ -3532,6 +3593,9 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_chardev_opts = {
             .name = "mux",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
         },{
+            .name = "reconnect",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },{
             .name = "signal",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
         },{
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index bf94862..df5488f 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1772,8 +1772,9 @@ ETEXI
 DEF("chardev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chardev,
     "-chardev null,id=id[,mux=on|off]\n"
     "-chardev socket,id=id[,host=host],port=host[,to=to][,ipv4][,ipv6][,nodelay]\n"
-    "         [,server][,nowait][,telnet][,mux=on|off] (tcp)\n"
-    "-chardev socket,id=id,path=path[,server][,nowait][,telnet],[mux=on|off] (unix)\n"
+    "         [,server][,nowait][,telnet][,mux=on|off][,reconnect=seconds] (tcp)\n"
+    "-chardev socket,id=id,path=path[,server][,nowait][,telnet][,mux=on|off]\n"
+    "         [,reconnect=seconds] (unix)\n"
     "-chardev udp,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,localaddr=localaddr]\n"
     "         [,localport=localport][,ipv4][,ipv6][,mux=on|off]\n"
     "-chardev msmouse,id=id[,mux=on|off]\n"
@@ -1845,7 +1846,7 @@ Options to each backend are described below.
 A void device. This device will not emit any data, and will drop any data it
 receives. The null backend does not take any options.
 
-@item -chardev socket ,id=@var{id} [@var{TCP options} or @var{unix options}] [,server] [,nowait] [,telnet]
+@item -chardev socket ,id=@var{id} [@var{TCP options} or @var{unix options}] [,server] [,nowait] [,telnet] [,reconnect=@var{seconds}]
 
 Create a two-way stream socket, which can be either a TCP or a unix socket. A
 unix socket will be created if @option{path} is specified. Behaviour is
@@ -1859,6 +1860,10 @@ connect to a listening socket.
 @option{telnet} specifies that traffic on the socket should interpret telnet
 escape sequences.
 
+@option{reconnect} specifies that if the socket does not come up at startup,
+or if the socket is closed for some reason (like the other end exited),
+wait the given number of seconds and attempt to reconnect.
+
 TCP and unix socket options are given below:
 
 @table @option
-- 
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