Note that this is not simply the inverse of monitor_cur_is_qmp(),
as both helpers require that monitor_cur() is first non-NULL.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
 include/monitor/monitor.h      |  1 +
 monitor/monitor.c              | 10 ++++++++++
 stubs/monitor-core.c           |  6 ++++++
 tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c |  1 +
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/monitor/monitor.h b/include/monitor/monitor.h
index 296690e1f1..9c71e6cf3c 100644
--- a/include/monitor/monitor.h
+++ b/include/monitor/monitor.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern QemuOptsList qemu_mon_opts;
 Monitor *monitor_cur(void);
 Monitor *monitor_set_cur(Coroutine *co, Monitor *mon);
 bool monitor_cur_is_qmp(void);
+bool monitor_cur_is_hmp(void);
 
 void monitor_init_globals(void);
 void monitor_init_globals_core(void);
diff --git a/monitor/monitor.c b/monitor/monitor.c
index e1e5dbfcbe..27be5d7c73 100644
--- a/monitor/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor/monitor.c
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ bool monitor_cur_is_qmp(void)
     return cur_mon && monitor_is_qmp(cur_mon);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Is the current monitor, if any, a HMP monitor?
+ */
+bool monitor_cur_is_hmp(void)
+{
+    Monitor *cur_mon = monitor_cur();
+
+    return cur_mon && !monitor_is_qmp(cur_mon);
+}
+
 /**
  * Is @mon is using readline?
  * Note: not all HMP monitors use readline, e.g., gdbserver has a
diff --git a/stubs/monitor-core.c b/stubs/monitor-core.c
index a7c32297c9..674211f48f 100644
--- a/stubs/monitor-core.c
+++ b/stubs/monitor-core.c
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Monitor *monitor_cur(void)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+bool monitor_cur_is_hmp(void)
+{
+    /* since monitor_cur() above returns NULL, this can't be true */
+    return false;
+}
+
 Monitor *monitor_set_cur(Coroutine *co, Monitor *mon)
 {
     return NULL;
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c b/tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c
index ee66d727c3..4b7f408902 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int monitor_get_fd(Monitor *mon, const char *fdname, Error **errp)
 Monitor *monitor_cur(void) { return cur_mon; }
 Monitor *monitor_set_cur(Coroutine *co, Monitor *mon) { abort(); }
 int monitor_vprintf(Monitor *mon, const char *fmt, va_list ap) { abort(); }
+bool monitor_cur_is_hmp(void) { return false; }
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 static void test_socket_fd_pass_name_good(void)
-- 
2.50.1

On 9/25/25 02:44, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> Note that this is not simply the inverse of monitor_cur_is_qmp(),
> as both helpers require that monitor_cur() is first non-NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> ---
>   include/monitor/monitor.h      |  1 +
>   monitor/monitor.c              | 10 ++++++++++
>   stubs/monitor-core.c           |  6 ++++++
>   tests/unit/test-util-sockets.c |  1 +
>   4 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>

r~