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1 files changed, 33 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/python/qemu/qmp/legacy.py b/python/qemu/qmp/legacy.py
index 22a2b5616e..060ed0eb9d 100644
--- a/python/qemu/qmp/legacy.py
+++ b/python/qemu/qmp/legacy.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from typing import (
 from .error import QMPError
 from .protocol import Runstate, SocketAddrT
 from .qmp_client import QMPClient
+from .util import get_or_create_event_loop
 
 
 #: QMPMessage is an entire QMP message of any kind.
@@ -86,10 +87,13 @@ class QEMUMonitorProtocol:
                 "server argument should be False when passing a socket")
 
         self._qmp = QMPClient(nickname)
-        self._aloop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
         self._address = address
         self._timeout: Optional[float] = None
 
+        # This is a sync shim intended for use in fully synchronous
+        # programs. Create and set an event loop if necessary.
+        self._aloop = get_or_create_event_loop()
+
         if server:
             assert not isinstance(self._address, socket.socket)
             self._sync(self._qmp.start_server(self._address))
@@ -231,6 +235,9 @@ class QEMUMonitorProtocol:
 
         :return: The first available QMP event, or None.
         """
+        # Kick the event loop to allow events to accumulate
+        self._sync(asyncio.sleep(0))
+
         if not wait:
             # wait is False/0: "do not wait, do not except."
             if self._qmp.events.empty():
@@ -286,8 +293,8 @@ class QEMUMonitorProtocol:
         """
         Set the timeout for QMP RPC execution.
 
-        This timeout affects the `cmd`, `cmd_obj`, and `command` methods.
-        The `accept`, `pull_event` and `get_event` methods have their
+        This timeout affects the `cmd`, `cmd_obj`, and `cmd_raw` methods.
+        The `accept`, `pull_event` and `get_events` methods have their
         own configurable timeouts.
 
         :param timeout:
@@ -303,17 +310,30 @@ class QEMUMonitorProtocol:
         self._qmp.send_fd_scm(fd)
 
     def __del__(self) -> None:
-        if self._qmp.runstate == Runstate.IDLE:
-            return
+        if self._qmp.runstate != Runstate.IDLE:
+            self._qmp.logger.warning(
+                "QEMUMonitorProtocol object garbage collected without a prior "
+                "call to close()"
+            )
 
         if not self._aloop.is_running():
-            self.close()
-        else:
-            # Garbage collection ran while the event loop was running.
-            # Nothing we can do about it now, but if we don't raise our
-            # own error, the user will be treated to a lot of traceback
-            # they might not understand.
+            if self._qmp.runstate != Runstate.IDLE:
+                # If the user neglected to close the QMP session and we
+                # are not currently running in an asyncio context, we
+                # have the opportunity to close the QMP session. If we
+                # do not do this, the error messages presented over
+                # dangling async resources may not make any sense to the
+                # user.
+                self.close()
+
+        if self._qmp.runstate != Runstate.IDLE:
+            # If QMP is still not quiesced, it means that the garbage
+            # collector ran from a context within the event loop and we
+            # are simply too late to take any corrective action. Raise
+            # our own error to give meaningful feedback to the user in
+            # order to prevent pages of asyncio stacktrace jargon.
             raise QMPError(
-                "QEMUMonitorProtocol.close()"
-                " was not called before object was garbage collected"
+                "QEMUMonitorProtocol.close() was not called before object was "
+                "garbage collected, and could not be closed due to GC running "
+                "in the event loop"
             )