Bug 647447

Summary: QMP: provide a hmp_passthrough command to allow execution of non-converted commands
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino>
Component: qemu-kvmAssignee: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity: urgent Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 6.1CC: berrange, eblake, ehabkost, gcosta, gleb, hbrock, juzhang, lcapitulino, lihuang, mkenneth, tburke, virt-maint, xen-maint, xtian
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: 6.1   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.132.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
IMPORTANT: this is an internal interface consumed only by libvirt. Users should only know about libvirt related impact and new functionality (which is not described here). Cause: hmp_passthrough command is needed so libvirt can use some qemu-kvm features such as savevm/loadvm. Consequence: libvirt can't use savevm/loadvm through QMP withou hmp_passthrough command. Change: htmp_passthrough command was implemented in qemu-kvm. Result: libvirt can use the hmp_passthrough QMP command to execute legacy commands such as loadvm/savevm.
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Clone Of: 644819 Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 11:23:03 UTC Type: ---
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oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks: 559201, 580487, 580951, 589076    

Description Luiz Capitulino 2010-10-28 12:12:44 UTC
Cloning this bug for RHEl6.1 as it's also going to get this feature, so that we can have things like savevm/loadvm working under QMP.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #644819 +++

It is impossible to debug qemu instance without human qemu monitor.

Comment 2 Luiz Capitulino 2010-11-02 11:59:55 UTC
Submitted upstream:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-10/msg02232.html

Comment 4 Steve Neuner 2010-11-11 02:57:52 UTC
Approved by Development for targeting RHEL 6.1.

Comment 5 Luiz Capitulino 2010-11-24 15:54:26 UTC
After a few revisions and some upstream discussion, the final version has been submitted for inclusion as part of a Monitor queue pull request:

 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-11/msg01577.html

This should be merged in the next days.

Comment 10 Luiz Capitulino 2011-01-26 12:19:26 UTC
*** Bug 644819 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14 Eduardo Habkost 2011-05-05 17:06:48 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Cause: hmp_passthrough command is needed so libvirt can use some qemu-kvm features such as savevm/loadvm.

Consequence: libvirt can't use savevm/loadvm through QMP withou hmp_passthrough command.

Change: htmp_passthrough command was implemented in qemu-kvm.

Result: libvirt can use the hmp_passthrough QMP command to execute legacy commands such as loadvm/savevm.

Comment 15 Luiz Capitulino 2011-05-05 17:41:07 UTC
    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+IMPORTANT: this is an internal interface consumed only by libvirt. Users should only know about libvirt related impact and new functionality (which is not described here).
+
 Cause: hmp_passthrough command is needed so libvirt can use some qemu-kvm features such as savevm/loadvm.
 
 Consequence: libvirt can't use savevm/loadvm through QMP withou hmp_passthrough command.

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 11:23:03 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 12:49:48 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html