From: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Add a reference to the expected format of commands used with
'virDomainQemuAgentCommand'.
Closes: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/work_items/891
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
---
src/libvirt-qemu.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/libvirt-qemu.c b/src/libvirt-qemu.c
index c4cbc49ef7..3df33609e9 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-qemu.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-qemu.c
@@ -278,6 +278,11 @@ virDomainQemuAttach(virConnectPtr conn,
* Execute an arbitrary Guest Agent command.
*
* Issue @cmd to the guest agent running in @domain.
+ *
+ * The QEMU guest agent expects the command @cmd to be in the QEMU Guest Agent
+ * Protocol format documented at:
+ * https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/interop/qemu-ga-ref.html
+ *
* @timeout must be -2, -1, 0 or positive.
* VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_BLOCK(-2): meaning to block forever waiting for
* a result.
@@ -285,7 +290,8 @@ virDomainQemuAttach(virConnectPtr conn,
* VIR_DOMAIN_QEMU_AGENT_COMMAND_NOWAIT(0): does not wait.
* positive value: wait for @timeout seconds
*
- * Returns strings if success, NULL in failure.
+ * Returns string containing the verbatim reply from the guest agent on
+ * success, NULL on failure.
*
* Since: 0.10.0
*/
--
2.55.0