[PATCH 1/4] docs/about: Belatedly document tightening of QMP device_add checking

Commit 4d8b0f0a9536 (v6.2.0) deprecate incorrectly typed device_add arguments. Commit be93fd53723c (qdev-monitor: avoid QemuOpts in QMP device_add) fixed them for v9.2.0, but neglected to update documentation. Do that now. Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha(a)redhat.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 14 -------------- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 44d3427e98..9665bc6fcf 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -187,20 +187,6 @@ threads (for example, it only reports source side of multifd threads, without reporting any destination threads, or non-multifd source threads). For debugging purpose, please use ``-name $VM,debug-threads=on`` instead. -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. - Host Architectures ------------------ diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 063284d4f8..92b5ba6218 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -722,6 +722,15 @@ Use ``multifd-channels`` instead. Use ``multifd-compression`` instead. +Incorrectly typed ``device_add`` arguments (since 9.2) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Due to shortcomings in the internal implementation of ``device_add``, +QEMU used to incorrectly accept certain invalid arguments. Any object +or list arguments were silently ignored. Other argument types were not +checked, but an implicit conversion happened, so that e.g. string +values could be assigned to integer device properties or vice versa. + QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) events ---------------------------------- -- 2.48.1