"Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)" <dgilb...@redhat.com> writes:
> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilb...@redhat.com>
>
> Add a qmp command that can trigger guest announcements.
>
> It uses its own announce-timer instance, and parameters
> passed to it explicitly in the command.
>
> Like most qmp commands, it's in the main thread/bql, so
> there's no racing with any outstanding timer.
>
> Based on work of Germano Veit Michel <germ...@redhat.com> and
> Vladislav Yasevich <vyase...@redhat.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilb...@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com>
> ---
[...]
> diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
> index 5face0c14b..c093087278 100644
> --- a/qapi/net.json
> +++ b/qapi/net.json
> @@ -707,3 +707,23 @@
> 'max': 'int',
> 'rounds': 'int',
> 'step': 'int' } }
> +
> +##
> +# @announce-self:
> +#
> +# Trigger generation of broadcast RARP frames to update network switches.
> +# This can be useful when network bonds fail-over the active slave.
> +#
> +# @params: AnnounceParameters giving timing and repetition count of announce
> +#
> +# Example:
> +#
> +# -> { "execute": "announce-self"
> +# "arguments": { "params:" {
> +# "initial": 50, "max": 550, "rounds": 10, "step": 50 } } }
> +# <- { "return": {} }
> +#
> +# Since: 4.0
> +##
> +{ 'command': 'announce-self',
> + 'data' : {'params': 'AnnounceParameters'} }
Any particular reason for the additional level of nesting within
"arguments"?
Here's how to avoid it:
{ 'command': 'announce-self', 'boxed': true,
'data' : 'AnnounceParameters' }
