Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/6] Warn on obsolete and deprecated devices.

[Markus Armbruster]

Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> writes:

> Print a warning for deprecated and obsolete devices.
> Also add support state to device listing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hw/core/qdev.c | 8 +++++++-
>  qdev-monitor.c | 9 +++++++++
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
> index 6b3cc55b27..6205522c3e 100644
> --- a/hw/core/qdev.c
> +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
> @@ -133,11 +133,17 @@ DeviceState *qdev_create(BusState *bus, const char 
> *name)
>  
>  DeviceState *qdev_try_create(BusState *bus, const char *type)
>  {
> +    ObjectClass *oc;
>      DeviceState *dev;
>  
> -    if (object_class_by_name(type) == NULL) {
> +    oc = object_class_by_name(type);
> +    if (oc == NULL) {
>          return NULL;
>      }
> +    if (qemu_is_deprecated(oc) ||
> +        qemu_is_obsolete(oc)) {
> +        qemu_warn_support_state("device", type, oc);

Looks like this:

    $ qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults -S -display none -device cirrus-vga
    qemu-system-x86_64: -device cirrus-vga: warning: device cirrus-vga is 
obsolete (use "-vga std" instead, see 
https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/)

I'd prefer:

    $ qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults -S -display none -device cirrus-vga
    qemu-system-x86_64: -device cirrus-vga: warning: device cirrus-vga is 
obsolete
    Use "-vga std" instead, see
    https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2014/10/qemu-using-cirrus-considered-harmful/

The obvious way to get it:

   void warn_support_state(const char *type, const char *name,
                           ObjectClass *oc)
   {
       const char *help = oc->supported.help;

       warn_report("%s %s is %s", type, name,
                   SupportState_str(oc->supported.state));
       if (help) {
           error_printf("%s\n", help);
       }
   }

with the ->help suitably capitalized and formatted.

That should make qemu_warn_support_state() usable for the previous
patch, too.

Note I scratched the qemu_ prefix.  Matter of taste, I guess.


> +    }
>      dev = DEVICE(object_new(type));
>      if (!dev) {
>          return NULL;
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