--- /dev/null
+From 7e58a86c836514745590e4f4d280841c4808a022 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Wolfgang Bumiller <w.bumiller@proxmox.com>
+Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 16:34:41 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 24/41] qmp: add get_link_status
+
+---
+ net/net.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ qapi-schema.json | 15 +++++++++++++++
+ qmp-commands.hx | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
+ scripts/qapi.py | 2 ++
+ 4 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
+index d51cb29..c94d93d 100644
+--- a/net/net.c
++++ b/net/net.c
+@@ -1362,6 +1362,33 @@ void hmp_info_network(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+ }
+ }
+
++int64_t qmp_get_link_status(const char *name, Error **errp)
++{
++ NetClientState *ncs[MAX_QUEUE_NUM];
++ NetClientState *nc;
++ int queues;
++ bool ret;
++
++ queues = qemu_find_net_clients_except(name, ncs,
++ NET_CLIENT_DRIVER__MAX,
++ MAX_QUEUE_NUM);
++
++ if (queues == 0) {
++ error_set(errp, ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND,
++ "Device '%s' not found", name);
++ return (int64_t) -1;
++ }
++
++ nc = ncs[0];
++ ret = ncs[0]->link_down;
++
++ if (nc->peer->info->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NIC) {
++ ret = ncs[0]->peer->link_down;
++ }
++
++ return (int64_t) ret ? 0 : 1;
++}
++
+ void qmp_set_link(const char *name, bool up, Error **errp)
+ {
+ NetClientState *ncs[MAX_QUEUE_NUM];
+diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
+index 0c0faf7..d75e932 100644
+--- a/qapi-schema.json
++++ b/qapi-schema.json
+@@ -1786,6 +1786,21 @@
+ { 'command': 'set_link', 'data': {'name': 'str', 'up': 'bool'} }
+
+ ##
++# @get_link_status
++#
++# Get the current link state of the nics or nic.
++#
++# @name: name of the nic you get the state of
++#
++# Return: If link is up 1
++# If link is down 0
++# If an error occure an empty string.
++#
++# Notes: this is an Proxmox VE extension and not offical part of Qemu.
++##
++{ 'command': 'get_link_status', 'data': {'name': 'str'}, 'returns': 'int'}
++
++##
+ # @balloon:
+ #
+ # Request the balloon driver to change its balloon size.
+diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
+index 6342cd2..a84932a 100644
+--- a/qmp-commands.hx
++++ b/qmp-commands.hx
+@@ -1883,6 +1883,29 @@ Example:
+ EQMP
+
+ {
++ .name = "get_link_status",
++ .args_type = "name:s",
++ .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_get_link_status,
++ },
++
++SQMP
++get_link_status
++--------
++
++Get the link status of a network adapter.
++
++Arguments:
++
++- "name": network device name (json-string)
++
++Example:
++
++-> { "execute": "get_link_status", "arguments": { "name": "e1000.0" } }
++<- { "return": {1} }
++
++EQMP
++
++ {
+ .name = "getfd",
+ .args_type = "fdname:s",
+ .params = "getfd name",
+diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
+index 21bc32f..f900659 100644
+--- a/scripts/qapi.py
++++ b/scripts/qapi.py
+@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ builtin_types = {
+
+ # Whitelist of commands allowed to return a non-dictionary
+ returns_whitelist = [
++ 'get_link_status',
++
+ # From QMP:
+ 'human-monitor-command',
+ 'qom-get',
+--
+2.1.4
+