From: Laurent Vivier <lviv...@redhat.com> "-netdev stream" supports a reconnect parameter that attempts to reconnect automatically the socket if it is disconnected. The code has been added but the man page has not been updated.
Fixes: 148fbf0d58a6 ("net: stream: add a new option to automatically reconnect" Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <lviv...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasow...@redhat.com> --- qemu-options.hx | 22 +++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 23a53a7190..cee0da2014 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -3353,7 +3353,7 @@ SRST -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \\ -netdev socket,id=n1,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102,localaddr=1.2.3.4 -``-netdev stream,id=str[,server=on|off],addr.type=inet,addr.host=host,addr.port=port[,to=maxport][,numeric=on|off][,keep-alive=on|off][,mptcp=on|off][,addr.ipv4=on|off][,addr.ipv6=on|off]`` +``-netdev stream,id=str[,server=on|off],addr.type=inet,addr.host=host,addr.port=port[,to=maxport][,numeric=on|off][,keep-alive=on|off][,mptcp=on|off][,addr.ipv4=on|off][,addr.ipv6=on|off][,reconnect=seconds]`` Configure a network backend to connect to another QEMU virtual machine or a proxy using a TCP/IP socket. ``server=on|off`` @@ -3380,6 +3380,10 @@ SRST ``ipv6=on|off`` whether to accept IPv6 addresses, default to try both IPv4 and IPv6 + ``reconnect=seconds`` + for a client socket, if a socket is disconnected, then attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds. + Setting this to zero disables this function. (default: 0) + Example (two guests connected using a TCP/IP socket): .. parsed-literal:: @@ -3391,9 +3395,9 @@ SRST # second VM |qemu_system| linux.img \\ -device virtio-net,netdev=net0,mac=52:54:00:12:34:57 \\ - -netdev stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=inet,addr.host=localhost,addr.port=1234 + -netdev stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=inet,addr.host=localhost,addr.port=1234,reconnect=5 -``-netdev stream,id=str[,server=on|off],addr.type=unix,addr.path=path[,abstract=on|off][,tight=on|off]`` +``-netdev stream,id=str[,server=on|off],addr.type=unix,addr.path=path[,abstract=on|off][,tight=on|off][,reconnect=seconds]`` Configure a network backend to connect to another QEMU virtual machine or a proxy using a stream oriented unix domain socket. ``server=on|off`` @@ -3408,6 +3412,10 @@ SRST ``tight=on|off`` if false, pad an abstract socket address with enough null bytes to make it fill struct sockaddr_un member sun_path. + ``reconnect=seconds`` + for a client socket, if a socket is disconnected, then attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds. + Setting this to zero disables this function. (default: 0) + Example (using passt as a replacement of -netdev user): .. parsed-literal:: @@ -3431,9 +3439,9 @@ SRST # second VM |qemu_system| linux.img \\ -device virtio-net,netdev=net0,mac=52:54:00:12:34:57 \\ - -netdev stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/tmp/qemu0 + -netdev stream,id=net0,server=off,addr.type=unix,addr.path=/tmp/qemu0,reconnect=5 -``-netdev stream,id=str[,server=on|off],addr.type=fd,addr.str=file-descriptor`` +``-netdev stream,id=str[,server=on|off],addr.type=fd,addr.str=file-descriptor[,reconnect=seconds]`` Configure a network backend to connect to another QEMU virtual machine or a proxy using a stream oriented socket file descriptor. ``server=on|off`` @@ -3442,6 +3450,10 @@ SRST ``addr.str=file-descriptor`` file descriptor number to use as a socket + ``reconnect=seconds`` + for a client socket, if a socket is disconnected, then attempt a reconnect after the given number of seconds. + Setting this to zero disables this function. (default: 0) + ``-netdev dgram,id=str,remote.type=inet,remote.host=maddr,remote.port=port[,local.type=inet,local.host=addr]`` Configure a network backend to connect to a multicast address. -- 2.42.0