Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/qmp/qom-set: Allow setting integer value

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@redhat.com>]

On 10/4/20 1:55 AM, John Snow wrote:
> On 10/3/20 1:33 PM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> Hi Jonatan,
>>
>> On 10/2/20 10:52 PM, Jonatan Pålsson wrote:
>>> If the value appears to be an integer, parse it as such.
>>>
>>> This allows the following:
>>>
>>>      qmp/qom-set -s ~/qmp.sock sensor.temperature 20000
>>
>> Maybe instead:
>>
>> Fix the following error:
>>
>>    $ scripts/qmp/qom-set -s ~/qmp.sock sensor.temperature 20000
>>    Traceback (most recent call last):
>>      File "scripts/qmp/qom-set", line 66, in <module>
>>        print(srv.command('qom-set', path=path, property=prop,
>> value=value))
>>      File "scripts/qmp/../../python/qemu/qmp.py", line 274, in command
>>        raise QMPResponseError(ret)
>>    qemu.qmp.QMPResponseError: Invalid parameter type for 'temperature',
>> expected: integer
>>
> 
> No, this is just relaying the error that QMP returned. QMP is telling
> you it doesn't want string data for this parameter. His diagnosis of the
> problem is accurate.

OK.

> 
>>>
>>> .. where sensor is a tmp105 device, and temperature is an integer
>>> property.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jonatan Pålsson <jonatan.p@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>   scripts/qmp/qom-set | 5 ++++-
>>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/scripts/qmp/qom-set b/scripts/qmp/qom-set
>>> index 240a78187f..49eebe4924 100755
>>> --- a/scripts/qmp/qom-set
>>> +++ b/scripts/qmp/qom-set
>>> @@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ if len(args) > 1:
>>>           path, prop = args[0].rsplit('.', 1)
>>>       except:
>>>           usage_error("invalid format for path/property/value")
>>> -    value = args[1]
>>> +    try:
>>> +        value = int(args[1])
>>
>> Maybe 'long' is safer?
>>
> 
> This is a Python patch, what's a "long"?

I haven't finished the mental 2 -> 3 switch yet :/

> 
>>> +    except ValueError:
>>> +        value = args[1]
>>>   else:
>>>       usage_error("not enough arguments")
>>>  
>>
>