On 11/12/2013 09:33 AM, Corey Minyard wrote: > 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 <cminy...@mvista.com> > --- > include/sysemu/char.h | 3 ++ > qemu-char.c | 88 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- > qemu-options.hx | 11 +++++-- > 3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) >
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -1780,8 +1780,9 @@ 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"
> +@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.
Sounds cool. Are you planning on also adding the QMP counterpart for
specifying this option when doing hotplugs of a chardev? Does reconnect
make any sense when not using server mode?
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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