From: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Markus Armbruster" <armbru@redhat.com>,
"Pierrick Bouvier" <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>,
"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Michael Roth" <michael.roth@amd.com>,
"Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>,
"Eric Blake" <eblake@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/8] qapi: rename 'insecure-types' to 'insecure-input'
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:17:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261030141713.2841710-4-berrange@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261030141713.2841710-1-berrange@redhat.com>
This provides better conceptual naming alignment with other
-compat flags.
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
docs/system/security.rst | 2 +-
qapi/compat.json | 4 ++--
qapi/qapi-util.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/system/security.rst b/docs/system/security.rst
index 75e39caedea..e211fdd2344 100644
--- a/docs/system/security.rst
+++ b/docs/system/security.rst
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ eligible for CVE assignment. Annotations will be extended to other backend
and object types over time, to make their security status explicit.
It is possible to control or identify the usage of types that do not offer
-an explicit security boundary using the ``insecure-types`` parameter to the
+an explicit security boundary using the ``insecure-input`` parameter to the
``-compat`` argument, which accepts three values:
* accept: usage of any type will be permitted. This is the current
diff --git a/qapi/compat.json b/qapi/compat.json
index 60591468ec0..61a670e3cda 100644
--- a/qapi/compat.json
+++ b/qapi/compat.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
# @unstable-output: how to handle unstable output (default 'accept')
# (since 6.2)
#
-# @insecure-types: how to handle types that are not declared secure
+# @insecure-input: how to handle types that are not declared secure
# (default 'accept') (since 11.2)
#
# Since: 6.0
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@
'*deprecated-output': 'CompatPolicyOutput',
'*unstable-input': 'CompatPolicyInput',
'*unstable-output': 'CompatPolicyOutput',
- '*insecure-types': 'CompatPolicySecurity' } }
+ '*insecure-input': 'CompatPolicySecurity' } }
diff --git a/qapi/qapi-util.c b/qapi/qapi-util.c
index fe0a6a57c85..e5d8662f8bb 100644
--- a/qapi/qapi-util.c
+++ b/qapi/qapi-util.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ bool compat_policy_check_security(const CompatPolicy *policy,
return true;
}
- switch (policy->insecure_types) {
+ switch (policy->insecure_input) {
case COMPAT_POLICY_SECURITY_ACCEPT:
return true;
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-30 14:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-30 14:17 [PATCH v2 0/8] qapi: last minute improvements/changes to -compat insecure-types Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-10-30 14:17 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] qapi: make 'CompatPolicy' the first arg in compat_policy_input_ok Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-10-30 14:17 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] qapi: add 'warn' option to CompatPolicyInput Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-10-30 14:17 ` Daniel P. Berrangé [this message]
2026-10-30 14:17 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] qapi: drop CompatPolicySecurity and use CompatPolicyInput Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-10-30 14:17 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] qapi: rename compat_policy_check_security method Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-10-30 14:17 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] qapi: reverse arg order in compat_policy_security_ok Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-10-30 14:17 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] qemu-options: document -compat insecure-input parameter Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-10-30 14:17 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] qapi: print a message before aborting for -compat violations Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-10-30 15:09 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] qapi: last minute improvements/changes to -compat insecure-types Marc-André Lureau
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