[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1 1/1] qmp: remove qmp_cpu

[Daniel Henrique Barboza]

'qmp_cpu' was implemented in commit 755f196898 ("qapi: Convert the cpu
command") as a functional no-op, a QMP call that does nothing and
return success. The idea, apparently, was to provide a counterpart
for the HMP 'hmp_cpu' command, introduced in the same commit.

After 6 years of its creation, qmp_cpu remains a functional no-op
that does nothing, having no value for any caller/user. A proposal
was sent to implement qmp_cpu like hmp_cpu works, but it was denied
[1]. The reason is that QMP must be as stateless as possible and a
function that changes its state (the current CPU monitor in the case
of qmp_cpu) goes against it. Any QMP command that needs a specific
monitor CPU setup must provide it in its arguments, instead of relying
in the current QMP monitor state.

After discussions that happened in [2] it was decided that a command
that does nothing since its birth, no one uses for anything and will
not be implemented, should be deprecated and erased. Given that we will
*not* provide any replacement for qmp_cpu and we believe that there
is no user relying on it, there is no point in adding a deprecation
delay for it.

So, this patch nukes qmp_cpu from QEMU code, removing both its blank
implementation in qmp.c and its doc in qapi-schema.json.

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-12/msg02283.html
[2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-12/msg03696.html

Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <address@hidden>
CC: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
CC: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
CC: Daniel P. Berrange <address@hidden>
---
 qapi-schema.json | 11 -----------
 qmp.c            |  5 -----
 2 files changed, 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 18457954a8..5c29bcd27f 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -1046,17 +1046,6 @@
 { 'command': 'system_powerdown' }
 
 ##
-# @cpu:
-#
-# This command is a nop that is only provided for the purposes of 
compatibility.
-#
-# Since: 0.14.0
-#
-# Notes: Do not use this command.
-##
-{ 'command': 'cpu', 'data': {'index': 'int'} }
-
-##
 # @cpu-add:
 #
 # Adds CPU with specified ID
diff --git a/qmp.c b/qmp.c
index e8c303116a..52cfd2d81c 100644
--- a/qmp.c
+++ b/qmp.c
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ void qmp_system_powerdown(Error **erp)
     qemu_system_powerdown_request();
 }
 
-void qmp_cpu(int64_t index, Error **errp)
-{
-    /* Just do nothing */
-}
-
 void qmp_cpu_add(int64_t id, Error **errp)
 {
     MachineClass *mc;
-- 
2.13.6