[libvirt] [PATCH 02/19] virsh: Allow extracting 'return' section of QMP command in 'qemu-monitor-command'

[Eric Blake]

On 12/12/19 11:18 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> Simplify gathering the actual return value from a passed-through QMP
> command when using 'qemu-monitor-command' by adding '--return-value'
> switch which just extracts the 'return' section and alternatively
> reports an error if the section is not present.
> 
> This simplifies gathering of some test data where the full reply would
> need to be trimmed just for the actual return value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>
> ---
>   docs/manpages/virsh.rst |  5 ++++-
>   tools/virsh-domain.c    | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>   2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Nice use-case.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com>

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