* Markus Armbruster (arm...@redhat.com) wrote:
> "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"?
I'd just copied one of the other places; boxed doesn't seem to be used
that often.
Dave
> Here's how to avoid it:
>
> { 'command': 'announce-self', 'boxed': true,
> 'data' : 'AnnounceParameters' }
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