@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ Chardev *qemu_chr_new_from_opts(QemuOpts *opts,
void qemu_chr_parse_common(QemuOpts *opts, ChardevCommon *backend);
/**
+ * @qemu_chr_parse_opts:
+ *
+ * Parse the options to the ChardevBackend struct.
+ *
+ * Returns: a new backend or NULL on error
+ */
+ChardevBackend *qemu_chr_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts,
+ Error **errp);
+
+/**
* @qemu_chr_new:
*
* Create a new character backend from a URI.
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ void hmp_nbd_server_start(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
void hmp_nbd_server_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
void hmp_nbd_server_stop(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
void hmp_chardev_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
+void hmp_chardev_change(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
void hmp_chardev_remove(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
void hmp_chardev_send_break(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
void hmp_qemu_io(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static const char *chardev_alias_translate(const char *name)
return name;
}
-static ChardevBackend *qemu_chr_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
+ChardevBackend *qemu_chr_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
{
Error *local_err = NULL;
const ChardevClass *cc;
@@ -1724,7 +1724,23 @@ ETEXI
STEXI
@item chardev-add args
@findex chardev-add
-chardev_add accepts the same parameters as the -chardev command line switch.
+chardev-add accepts the same parameters as the -chardev command line switch.
+
+ETEXI
+
+ {
+ .name = "chardev-change",
+ .args_type = "id:s,args:s",
+ .params = "id args",
+ .help = "change chardev",
+ .cmd = hmp_chardev_change,
+ },
+
+STEXI
+@item chardev-change args
+@findex chardev-change
+chardev-change accepts existing chardev @var{id} and then the same arguments
+as the -chardev command line switch (except for "id").
ETEXI
@@ -2228,6 +2228,40 @@ void hmp_chardev_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
}
+void hmp_chardev_change(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+ const char *args = qdict_get_str(qdict, "args");
+ const char *id;
+ Error *err = NULL;
+ ChardevBackend *backend = NULL;
+ ChardevReturn *ret = NULL;
+ QemuOpts *opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("chardev"), args,
+ true);
+ if (!opts) {
+ error_setg(&err, "Parsing chardev args failed");
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ id = qdict_get_str(qdict, "id");
+ if (qemu_opts_id(opts)) {
+ error_setg(&err, "Unexpected 'id' parameter");
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ backend = qemu_chr_parse_opts(opts, &err);
+ if (!backend) {
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ ret = qmp_chardev_change(id, backend, &err);
+
+end:
+ qapi_free_ChardevReturn(ret);
+ qapi_free_ChardevBackend(backend);
+ qemu_opts_del(opts);
+ hmp_handle_error(mon, &err);
+}
+
void hmp_chardev_remove(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
{
Error *local_err = NULL;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ static const char *hmp_cmds[] = {
"boot_set ndc",
"chardev-add null,id=testchardev1",
"chardev-send-break testchardev2",
+ "chardev-change testchardev1 ringbuf",
"chardev-remove testchardev1",
"commit all",
"cpu-add 1",