char-file already supports distinct paths for input/output but it was
only possible to specify a distinct input through QMP. With this change,
we can also specify a distinct input with the -chardev file argument:
qemu -chardev file,id=char1,path=/out/file,pathin=/in/file
Signed-off-by: Alexander Bulekov <alx...@bu.edu>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <darren.ke...@oracle.com>
---
chardev/char-file.c | 5 +++++
chardev/char.c | 3 +++
qemu-options.hx | 7 +++++--
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/chardev/char-file.c b/chardev/char-file.c
index 2fd80707e5..031f2aa7d7 100644
--- a/chardev/char-file.c
+++ b/chardev/char-file.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static void qemu_chr_parse_file_out(QemuOpts *opts,
ChardevBackend *backend,
Error **errp)
{
const char *path = qemu_opt_get(opts, "path");
+ const char *pathin = qemu_opt_get(opts, "pathin");
ChardevFile *file;
backend->type = CHARDEV_BACKEND_KIND_FILE;
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ static void qemu_chr_parse_file_out(QemuOpts *opts,
ChardevBackend *backend,
file = backend->u.file.data = g_new0(ChardevFile, 1);
qemu_chr_parse_common(opts, qapi_ChardevFile_base(file));
file->out = g_strdup(path);
+ if (pathin) {
+ file->has_in = true;
+ file->in = g_strdup(pathin);
+ }
file->has_append = true;
file->append = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "append", false);
diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c
index e77564060d..97e03a8e48 100644
--- a/chardev/char.c
+++ b/chardev/char.c
@@ -849,6 +849,9 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_chardev_opts = {
},{
.name = "path",
.type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+ },{
+ .name = "pathin",
+ .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
},{
.name = "host",
.type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 292d4e7c0c..488961099b 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2938,7 +2938,7 @@ DEF("chardev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chardev,
"-chardev
vc,id=id[[,width=width][,height=height]][[,cols=cols][,rows=rows]]\n"
" [,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
"-chardev ringbuf,id=id[,size=size][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
- "-chardev
file,id=id,path=path[,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
+ "-chardev
file,id=id,path=path[,pathin=PATH][,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
"-chardev
pipe,id=id,path=path[,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
#ifdef _WIN32
"-chardev console,id=id[,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
@@ -3137,13 +3137,16 @@ The available backends are:
Create a ring buffer with fixed size ``size``. size must be a power
of two and defaults to ``64K``.
-``-chardev file,id=id,path=path``
+``-chardev file,id=id,path=path[,pathin=pathin]``
Log all traffic received from the guest to a file.
``path`` specifies the path of the file to be opened. This file will
be created if it does not already exist, and overwritten if it does.
``path`` is required.
+ ``pathin`` specifies a separate file as the input to the chardev. If
+ ``pathin`` is omitted, ``path`` is used for both input and output
+
``-chardev pipe,id=id,path=path``
Create a two-way connection to the guest. The behaviour differs
slightly between Windows hosts and other hosts:
--
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