Re: [PATCH 0/4] hw/s390x: Alias @dump-skeys -> @dump-s390-skey and deprecate

[Thomas Huth]

On 30/05/2024 09.45, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> We are trying to unify all qemu-system-FOO to a single binary.
> In order to do that we need to remove QAPI target specific code.
>
> @dump-skeys is only available on qemu-system-s390x. This series
> rename it as @dump-s390-skey, making it available on other
> binaries. We take care of backward compatibility via deprecation.
>
> Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (4):
>    hw/s390x: Introduce the @dump-s390-skeys QMP command
>    hw/s390x: Introduce the 'dump_s390_skeys' HMP command
>    hw/s390x: Deprecate the HMP 'dump_skeys' command
>    hw/s390x: Deprecate the QMP @dump-skeys command

Why do we have to rename the command? Just for the sake of it? I think 
renaming HMP commands is maybe ok, but breaking the API in QMP is something 
you should consider twice.

And even if we decide to rename ... maybe we should discuss whether it makes 
sense to come up with a generic command instead: As far as I know, ARM also 
has something similar, called MTE. Maybe we also want to dump MTE keys one 
day? So the new command should maybe be called "dump-memory-keys" instead? 
Or should it maybe rather be an option to the existing "dump-guest-memory" 
command instead?

 Thomas