Supporting '0x20M' looks odd, particularly since we have a 'B' suffix
that is ambiguous for bytes, as well as a less-frequently-used 'E'
suffix for extremely large exibytes. In practice, people using hex
inputs are specifying values in bytes (and would have written
0x200, or possibly relied on default_suffix in the case of
qemu_strtosz_MiB), and the use of scaling suffixes makes the most
sense for inputs in decimal (where the user would write 32M). But
rather than outright dropping support for hex-with-suffix, let's
follow our deprecation policy. Sadly, since qemu_strtosz() does not
have an Err** parameter, and plumbing that in would be a much larger
task, we instead go with just directly emitting the deprecation
warning to stderr.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake
---
docs/system/deprecated.rst | 8
util/cutils.c | 10 +-
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index 2fcac7861e07..113c2e933f1b 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ library enabled as a cryptography provider.
Neither the ``nettle`` library, or the built-in cryptography provider are
supported on FIPS enabled hosts.
+hexadecimal sizes with scaling multipliers (since 6.0)
+''
+
+Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix
+(such as 'k' or 'M') when the base is written in decimal, and not when
+the value is hexadecimal. That is, '0x20M' is deprecated, and should
+be written either as '32M' or as '0x200'.
+
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
diff --git a/util/cutils.c b/util/cutils.c
index 22d27b0fd21b..6a8a175e0d71 100644
--- a/util/cutils.c
+++ b/util/cutils.c
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ static int64_t suffix_mul(char suffix, int64_t unit)
* fractional portion is truncated to byte
* - 0x7fEE - hexadecimal, unit determined by @default_suffix
*
+ * The following cause a deprecation warning, and may be removed in the future
+ * - 0xabc{kKmMgGtTpP} - hex with scaling suffix
+ *
* The following are intentionally not supported
* - octal, such as 08
* - fractional hex, such as 0x1.8
@@ -272,7 +275,7 @@ static int do_strtosz(const char *nptr, const char **end,
int retval;
const char *endptr, *f;
unsigned char c;
-bool mul_required = false;
+bool mul_required = false, hex = false;
uint64_t val;
int64_t mul;
double fraction = 0.0;
@@ -298,6 +301,7 @@ static int do_strtosz(const char *nptr, const char **end,
retval = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
+hex = true;
} else if (*endptr == '.') {
/*
* Input looks like a fraction. Make sure even 1.k works
@@ -320,6 +324,10 @@ static int do_strtosz(const char *nptr, const char **end,
c = *endptr;
mul = suffix_mul(c, unit);
if (mul > 0) {
+if (hex) {
+warn_report("Using a multiplier suffix on hex numbers "
+"is deprecated: %s", nptr);
+}
endptr++;
} else {
mul = suffix_mul(default_suffix, unit);
--
2.30.1
