Commit 767abe7 ("chardev: forbid 'wait' option with client sockets") is a bit too strict. Current libvirt always set wait=false, and will thus fail to add client chardev. Make the code more permissive, allowing wait=false with client socket chardevs. Deprecate usage of 'wait' with client sockets. Fixes: 767abe7f49e8be14d29da5db3527817b5d696a52 Cc: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau(a)redhat.com&gt; --- chardev/char-socket.c | 10 +++++++--- qemu-deprecated.texi | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/chardev/char-socket.c b/chardev/char-socket.c index 3916505d67..ebc1adb83e 100644 --- a/chardev/char-socket.c +++ b/chardev/char-socket.c @@ -1263,9 +1263,13 @@ static bool qmp_chardev_validate_socket(ChardevSocket *sock, return false; } if (sock->has_wait) { - error_setg(errp, "%s", - "'wait' option is incompatible with " - "socket in client connect mode"); + warn_report("'wait' option is deprecated with " + "socket in client connect mode"); + if (sock->wait) { + error_setg(errp, "%s", + "'wait' option is incompatible with " + "socket in client connect mode"); + } return false; } } diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi index 2219386769..842e71b11d 100644 --- a/qemu-deprecated.texi +++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi @@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ details. The ``query-events'' command has been superseded by the more powerful and accurate ``query-qmp-schema'' command. +@subsection chardev client socket with 'wait' option (since 4.0) + +Character devices creating sockets in client mode should not specify +the 'wait' field, which is only applicable to sockets in server mode + @section Human Monitor Protocol (HMP) commands @subsection The hub_id parameter of 'hostfwd_add' / 'hostfwd_remove' (since 3.1) -- 2.21.0.313.ge35b8cb8e2