Re: [PATCH 2/2] qapi/ui: introduce change-vnc-listen

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 05:27:08PM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 04:44:18PM +0100, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> >> Add command that can change addresses where VNC server listens for new
> >> connections. Prior to 6.0 this functionality was available through
> >> 'change' qmp command which was deleted.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
> >> ---
> >>  docs/about/removed-features.rst |  3 ++-
> >>  qapi/ui.json                    | 12 ++++++++++++
> >>  ui/vnc.c                        | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
> >> index d42c3341de..20e6901a82 100644
> >> --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
> >> +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
> >> @@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ documentation of ``query-hotpluggable-cpus`` for additional details.
> >>  ``change`` (removed in 6.0)
> >>  '''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> >>  
> >> -Use ``blockdev-change-medium`` or ``change-vnc-password`` instead.
> >> +Use ``blockdev-change-medium`` or ``change-vnc-password`` or
> >> +``change-vnc-listen`` instead.
> >>  
> >>  ``query-events`` (removed in 6.0)
> >>  '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> >> diff --git a/qapi/ui.json b/qapi/ui.json
> >> index d7567ac866..14e6fe0b4c 100644
> >> --- a/qapi/ui.json
> >> +++ b/qapi/ui.json
> >> @@ -1304,3 +1304,15 @@
> >>  { 'command': 'display-reload',
> >>    'data': 'DisplayReloadOptions',
> >>    'boxed' : true }
> >> +
> >> +##
> >> +# @change-vnc-listen:
> >> +#
> >> +# Change set of addresses to listen for connections.
> >> +#
> >> +# Since: 7.0
> >> +#
> >> +##
> >> +{ 'command': 'change-vnc-listen',
> >> +  'data': { 'id': 'str', 'addresses': ['SocketAddress'],
> >> +            '*websockets': ['SocketAddress'] } }
> >
> > We already have a general purpose command above 'display-reload'
> > for doing live changes to the display backends.
> >
> > THis should instead be
> >
> > { 'struct': 'DisplayReloadOptionsVNC',
> >   'data': { '*tls-certs': 'bool',
> >             '*addresses': ['SocketAddress'],
> > 	    '*websockets': ['SocketAddress'] } }
> >
> > if 'addresses' is non-null then the listener can be updated.
> 
> Good point.  Gerd, what do you think?

I guess you could argue that 'display-reload' is more about reloading
state, rather than changing configuration.  If we want to make such a
distinction, then we could have a very similar 'display-update' command
for configuration changes.

Regards,
Daniel
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