Re: [PATCH v9] qapi: introduce 'query-kvm-cpuid' action

[Markus Armbruster]

Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 05:53:11PM +0200, Claudio Fontana wrote:
>> On 6/17/21 5:39 PM, Valeriy Vdovin wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 04:14:17PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> >> Claudio Fontana <cfontana@suse.de> writes:
>> >>
>> >>> On 6/17/21 1:09 PM, Markus Armbruster wrote:

[...]

>> >>>> If it just isn't implemented for anything but KVM, then putting "kvm"
>> >>>> into the command name is a bad idea.  Also, the commit message should
>> >>>> briefly note the restriction to KVM.
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps this one is closer to reality.
>> >>
>> > I agree.
>> > What command name do you suggest?
>> 
>> query-exposed-cpuid?
>
> Pasting the reply I sent at [1]:
>
>   I don't really mind how the command is called, but I would prefer
>   to add a more complex abstraction only if maintainers of other
>   accelerators are interested and volunteer to provide similar
>   functionality.  I don't want to introduce complexity for use
>   cases that may not even exist.
>
> I'm expecting this to be just a debugging mechanism, not a stable
> API to be maintained and supported for decades.  (Maybe a "x-"
> prefix should be added to indicate that?)
>
> [1] 
> 20210602204604.crsxvqixkkll4ef4@habkost.net">https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20210602204604.crsxvqixkkll4ef4@habkost.net

x-query-x86_64-cpuid?