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 <gr...@kaod.org> 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 <gr...@kaod.org> --- 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?
-- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3266 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org
