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| author | Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> | 2021-10-29 19:42:36 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> | 2021-10-29 19:42:36 -0700 |
| commit | dd61b91c080cdfba1360a5ea1e4693fffb3445b0 (patch) | |
| tree | f5b3cec0b0af415826cdf979ba49fe7e6fc0f8dc /docs | |
| parent | a856cce31b48ef1b04ea80893458766ec16e7194 (diff) | |
| parent | 57df0dff1a1f4c846aa74a082bfd595a8a990015 (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/armbru/tags/pull-qapi-2021-10-29' into staging
QAPI patches patches for 2021-10-29
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* remotes/armbru/tags/pull-qapi-2021-10-29:
qapi: Extend -compat to set policy for unstable interfaces
qapi: Factor out compat_policy_input_ok()
qapi: Generalize enum member policy checking
qapi: Generalize command policy checking
qapi: Generalize struct member policy checking
qapi: Tools for sets of special feature flags in generated code
qapi: Eliminate QCO_NO_OPTIONS for a slight simplification
qapi: Mark unstable QMP parts with feature 'unstable'
qapi: New special feature flag "unstable"
Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst index 4071c90..38f2d7a 100644 --- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst +++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst @@ -713,6 +713,10 @@ member as deprecated. It is not supported elsewhere so far. Interfaces so marked may be withdrawn in future releases in accordance with QEMU's deprecation policy. +Feature "unstable" marks a command, event, enum value, or struct +member as unstable. It is not supported elsewhere so far. Interfaces +so marked may be withdrawn or changed incompatibly in future releases. + Naming rules and reserved names ------------------------------- @@ -746,9 +750,8 @@ Member name ``u`` and names starting with ``has-`` or ``has_`` are reserved for the generator, which uses them for unions and for tracking optional members. -Any name (command, event, type, member, or enum value) beginning with -``x-`` is marked experimental, and may be withdrawn or changed -incompatibly in a future release. +Names beginning with ``x-`` used to signify "experimental". This +convention has been replaced by special feature "unstable". Pragmas ``command-name-exceptions`` and ``member-name-exceptions`` let you violate naming rules. Use for new code is strongly discouraged. See |