Libvirt should not attempt to call a QMP command that has not been
documented in qemu.git - if future qemu introduces a command by the
same name but with subtly different semantics, then libvirt will be
broken when trying to use that command.
We also had some code that could never be reached - some of our
commands have an alternate for new vs. old qemu HMP commands; but
if we are new enough to support QMP, we only need a fallback to
the new HMP counterpart, and don't need to try for a QMP counterpart
for the old HMP version.
See also this attempt to convert the three snapshot commands to QMP:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-07/msg01597.html
although it looks like that will still not happen before qemu 1.3.
That thread eventually decided that qemu would use the name
'save-vm' rather than 'savevm', which mitigates the fact that
libvirt's attempt to use a QMP 'savevm' would be broken, but we
might not be as lucky on the other commands.
* src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c (qemuMonitorJSONSetCPU)
(qemuMonitorJSONAddDrive, qemuMonitorJSONDriveDel)
(qemuMonitorJSONCreateSnapshot, qemuMonitorJSONLoadSnapshot)
(qemuMonitorJSONDeleteSnapshot): Use only HMP fallback for now.
(qemuMonitorJSONAddHostNetwork, qemuMonitorJSONRemoveHostNetwork)
(qemuMonitorJSONAttachDrive, qemuMonitorJSONGetGuestDriveAddress):
Delete; QMP implies QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, which prefers AddNetdev,
RemoveNetdev, and AddDrive anyways (qemu_hotplug.c has all callers).
* src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c (qemuMonitorAddHostNetwork)
(qemuMonitorRemoveHostNetwork, qemuMonitorAttachDrive): Reflect
deleted commands.
* src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h (qemuMonitorJSONAddHostNetwork)
(qemuMonitorJSONRemoveHostNetwork, qemuMonitorJSONAttachDrive):
Likewise.