This makes typing the qmp library difficult, as it necessitates wrapping
Optional[] around the type for every return type up the stack. At some
point, it becomes difficult to discern or remember why it's None instead
of the expected object.

Use the python exception system to tell us exactly why we didn't get an
object. Remove this special-cased return.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
---
 python/qemu/lib/qmp.py | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/qemu/lib/qmp.py b/python/qemu/lib/qmp.py
index 82f86b4e45..0036204218 100644
--- a/python/qemu/lib/qmp.py
+++ b/python/qemu/lib/qmp.py
@@ -224,22 +224,18 @@ def accept(self, timeout=15.0):
         self.__sockfile = self.__sock.makefile(mode='r')
         return self.__negotiate_capabilities()
 
-    def cmd_obj(self, qmp_cmd):
+    def cmd_obj(self, qmp_cmd: QMPMessage) -> QMPMessage:
         """
         Send a QMP command to the QMP Monitor.
 
         @param qmp_cmd: QMP command to be sent as a Python dict
-        @return QMP response as a Python dict or None if the connection has
-                been closed
+        @return QMP response as a Python dict
         """
         self.logger.debug(">>> %s", qmp_cmd)
-        try:
-            self.__sock.sendall(json.dumps(qmp_cmd).encode('utf-8'))
-        except OSError as err:
-            if err.errno == errno.EPIPE:
-                return None
-            raise err
+        self.__sock.sendall(json.dumps(qmp_cmd).encode('utf-8'))
         resp = self.__json_read()
+        if resp is None:
+            raise QMPConnectError("Unexpected empty reply from server")
         self.logger.debug("<<< %s", resp)
         return resp
 
-- 
2.21.1