Re: [PATCH v5 7/8] qapi: Implement deprecated-input=reject for QMP command arguments

[Eric Blake]

On 9/14/20 3:48 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> This policy rejects deprecated input, and thus permits "testing the
> future".  Implement it for QMP command arguments: reject commands with
> deprecated ones.  Example: when QEMU is run with -compat
> deprecated-input=reject, then
>
>      {"execute": "eject", "arguments": {"device": "cd"}}
>
> fails like this
>
>      {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Deprecated parameter 'device' 
> disabled by policy"}}
>
> When the deprecated parameter is removed, the error will change to
>
>      {"error": {"class": "GenericError", "desc": "Parameter 'device' is 
> unexpected"}}
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

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