Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-3.1?] 9p: remove support for the "handle" backend

[Greg Kurz]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:52:18 -0600
Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 11/30/18 2:49 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > The "handle" fsdev backend was deprecated in QEMU 2.12.0 with:
> > 
> > commit db3b3c7281ca82e2647e072a1f97db111313dd73
> > Author: Greg Kurz <address@hidden>
> > Date:   Mon Jan 8 11:18:23 2018 +0100
> > 
> >      9pfs: deprecate handle backend  
> 
> > It has passed the two release cooling period without any complaint.
> > 
> > Remove it now.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <address@hidden>
> > ---
> > 
> > It could have been removed for 3.1.0, but I woke up too late, so moving
> > this to 4.0.
> > 
> > ---
> >   fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c    |    3
> >   hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c   |  710 
> > -------------------------------------------------
> >   hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs |    1
> >   qemu-deprecated.texi  |    8 -
> >   qemu-options.hx       |    8 -
> >   5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 726 deletions(-)
> >   delete mode 100644 hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c  
> 
> Well, it certainly doesn't drive -rc4 on its own, but as we may have an 
> -rc4 for other reasons, maybe it could still be argued that this is 3.1 
> material on the grounds of removing questionable code for less attack 
> exposure?
> 

Makes sense, as this is precisely the reason that led me to
deprecate this in the first place.

Peter,

Any thoughts ?

Cheers,

--
Greg