Tested with QEMU version: qemu-system-x86-2.3.1-3.fc22.x86_64 Start QEMU in QMP mode with unix socket: $ qemu-system-x86_64 [. . .] -qmp unix:./qmp-sock,server --monitor stdio Then traverse to QEMU source: qemu/scripts/qmp: $ ./qmp-shell /export/qemu-drive-mirror-crash-test/qmp-sock Welcome to the QMP low-level shell! Connected to QEMU 2.3.1 (QEMU) (QEMU) query- query-acpi-ospm-status query-commands query-machines query-named-block-nodes query-tpm-types query-balloon query-cpu-definitions query-memdev query-pci query-uuid query-block query-cpus query-memory-devices query-rx-filter query-version query-block-jobs query-dump-guest-memory-capability query-mice query-spice query-vnc query-blockstats query-events query-migrate query-status query-vnc-servers query-chardev query-fdsets query-migrate-cache-size query-target query-chardev-backends query-iothreads query-migrate-capabilities query-tpm query-command-line-options query-kvm query-name query-tpm-models (QEMU) (QEMU) Display all 117 possibilities? (y or n) add-fd device_add qom-set query-target add_client device_del query-acpi-ospm-status query-tpm balloon drive-backup query-balloon query-tpm-models block-commit drive-mirror query-block query-tpm-types block-job-cancel dump-guest-memory query-block-jobs query-uuid block-job-complete eject query-blockstats query-version block-job-pause expire_password query-chardev query-vnc block-job-resume getfd query-chardev-backends query-vnc-servers block-job-set-speed human-monitor-command query-command-line-options quit block-set-write-threshold inject-nmi query-commands remove-fd block-stream memsave query-cpu-definitions ringbuf-read block_passwd migrate query-cpus ringbuf-write block_resize migrate-incoming query-dump-guest-memory-capability rtc-reset-reinjection block_set_io_throttle migrate-set-cache-size query-events screendump blockdev-add migrate-set-capabilities query-fdsets send-key blockdev-backup migrate_cancel query-iothreads set_link blockdev-snapshot-delete-internal-sync migrate_set_downtime query-kvm set_password blockdev-snapshot-internal-sync migrate_set_speed query-machines stop blockdev-snapshot-sync nbd-server-add query-memdev system_powerdown change nbd-server-start query-memory-devices system_reset change-backing-file nbd-server-stop query-mice system_wakeup change-vnc-password netdev_add query-migrate trace-event-get-state chardev-add netdev_del query-migrate-cache-size trace-event-set-state chardev-remove object-add query-migrate-capabilities transaction client_migrate_info object-del query-name x-input-send-event closefd pmemsave query-named-block-nodes xen-save-devices-state cont qmp_capabilities query-pci xen-set-global-dirty-log cpu qom-get query-rx-filter cpu-add qom-list query-spice device-list-properties qom-list-types query-status (QEMU)