libqtest: Work around a "QMP wants a newline" bug
The next commit is going to add a test that calls qmp("null").
Curiously, this hangs. Here's why.
qmp_fd_sendv() doesn't send newlines. Not even when @fmt contains
some. At first glance, the QMP parser seems to be fine with that.
However, it turns out that it fails to react to input until it sees
either a newline, an object or an array. To reproduce, feed to a QMP
monitor like this:
$ echo -n 'null' | socat UNIX:/work/armbru/images/test-qmp STDIO
{"QMP": {"version": {"qemu": {"micro": 50, "minor": 8, "major": 2}, "package": " (
v2.8.0-1195-gf84141e-dirty)"}, "capabilities": []}}
No output after the greeting.
Add a newline:
$ echo 'null' | socat UNIX:/work/armbru/images/test-qmp STDIO
{"QMP": {"version": {"qemu": {"micro": 50, "minor": 8, "major": 2}, "package": " (
v2.8.0-1195-gf84141e-dirty)"}, "capabilities": []}}
{"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Expected 'object' in QMP input"}}
Correct output for input 'null'.
Add an object instead:
$ echo -n 'null { "execute": "qmp_capabilities" }' | socat UNIX:qmp-socket STDIO
{"QMP": {"version": {"qemu": {"micro": 50, "minor": 8, "major": 2}, "package": " (
v2.8.0-1195-gf84141e-dirty)"}, "capabilities": []}}
{"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Expected 'object' in QMP input"}}
{"return": {}}
Also correct output.
Work around this QMP bug by having qmp_fd_sendv() append a newline.
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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