In the case that we receive a reply but are unable to understand it, use
this exception name to indicate that case.
Signed-off-by: John Snow <address@hidden>
---
python/qemu/lib/qmp.py | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/python/qemu/lib/qmp.py b/python/qemu/lib/qmp.py
index e460234f2e..5fb16f4b42 100644
--- a/python/qemu/lib/qmp.py
+++ b/python/qemu/lib/qmp.py
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ class QMPTimeoutError(QMPError):
"""
+class QMPProtocolError(QMPError):
+ """
+ QMP protocol error; unexpected response
+ """
+
+
class QMPResponseError(QMPError):
"""
Represents erroneous QMP monitor reply
@@ -265,6 +271,10 @@ def command(self, cmd, **kwds):
ret = self.cmd(cmd, kwds)
if 'error' in ret:
raise QMPResponseError(ret)
+ if 'return' not in ret:
+ raise QMPProtocolError(
+ "'return' key not found in QMP response '{}'".format(str(ret))
+ )
return cast(QMPReturnValue, ret['return'])
def pull_event(self, wait=False):