From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C268C433F5 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:01:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC27663210 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:00:59 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org BC27663210 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:40212 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmdTe-00013E-SB for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:00:58 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55082) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmdNU-0003rR-M8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:54:36 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([216.205.24.124]:27759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mmdNS-0007qL-1A for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:54:35 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1636988073; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=ax/J0cngJOyzUwkAz5FRH5HkX3+2Mw2inG8TjgLcLX4=; b=ZfFR/jTf6Az0N6JtUbgRv0ILsIVipt+eVZGCrriEQ9t6MmdUFHAPQiTQOAlUjf2/myPuK8 lTV2l1avJhP13dCDHj0Z2pzs4kfeUvSIA803uEcK1xeGqM5KsB5YXdXzW5o7t9Kv7ZxTXz l3qVrJ1yV/zXfASi4nfgxTfqLkJH3WQ= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-531-CSE1DePwNGusYLiCbDPX2w-1; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:54:30 -0500 X-MC-Unique: CSE1DePwNGusYLiCbDPX2w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1478315726; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:54:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merkur.fritz.box (unknown [10.39.193.157]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1961C19729; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:54:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Kevin Wolf To: qemu-block@nongnu.org Subject: [PULL 11/13] docs: Deprecate incorrectly typed device_add arguments Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:54:07 +0100 Message-Id: <20211115145409.176785-12-kwolf@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20211115145409.176785-1-kwolf@redhat.com> References: <20211115145409.176785-1-kwolf@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=kwolf@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=216.205.24.124; envelope-from=kwolf@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -34 X-Spam_score: -3.5 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.7, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, peter.maydell@linaro.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" While introducing a non-QemuOpts code path for device creation for JSON -device, we noticed that QMP device_add doesn't check its input correctly (accepting arguments that should have been rejected), and that users may be relying on this behaviour (libvirt did until it was fixed recently). Let's use a deprecation period before we fix this bug in QEMU to avoid nasty surprises for users. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf Message-Id: <20211111143530.18985-1-kwolf@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 600031210d..c03fcf951f 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -250,6 +250,20 @@ options are removed in favor of using explicit ``blockdev-create`` and ``blockdev-add`` calls. See :doc:`/interop/live-block-operations` for details. +Incorrectly typed ``device_add`` arguments (since 6.2) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Due to shortcomings in the internal implementation of ``device_add``, QEMU +incorrectly accepts certain invalid arguments: Any object or list arguments are +silently ignored. Other argument types are not checked, but an implicit +conversion happens, so that e.g. string values can be assigned to integer +device properties or vice versa. + +This is a bug in QEMU that will be fixed in the future so that previously +accepted incorrect commands will return an error. Users should make sure that +all arguments passed to ``device_add`` are consistent with the documented +property types. + System accelerators ------------------- -- 2.31.1