Re: [PATCH v12] qapi: introduce 'query-x86-cpuid' QMP command.

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 9:44 AM Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/08/2021 15.40, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 2:10 AM Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 10/08/2021 20.56, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>> >>> On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 04:22:42PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> >>>> Is this intended to be a stable interface?  Interfaces intended just for
>> >>>> debugging usually aren't.
>> >>>
>> >>> I don't think we need to make it a stable interface, but I won't
>> >>> mind if we declare it stable.
>> >>
>> >> If we don't feel 100% certain yet, it's maybe better to introduce this with
>> >> a "x-" prefix first, isn't it? I.e. "x-query-x86-cpuid" ... then it's clear
>> >> that this is only experimental/debugging/not-stable yet. Just my 0.02 €.
>> >
>> > That would be my expectation. Is this a documented policy?
>> >
>>
>> According to docs/interop/qmp-spec.txt :
>>
>>   Any command or member name beginning with "x-" is deemed
>>   experimental, and may be withdrawn or changed in an incompatible
>>   manner in a future release.
>
> Thanks! I had looked at other QMP docs, but not qmp-spec.txt.
>
> In my reply above, please read "make it a stable interface" as
> "declare it as supported by not using the 'x-' prefix".
>
> I don't think we have to make it stable, but I won't argue against it
> if the current proposal is deemed acceptable by other maintainers.
>
> Personally, I'm still frustrated by the complexity of the current
> proposal, but I don't want to block it just because of my frustration.

Is this a case of "there must be a simpler way", or did you actually
propose a simpler way?  I don't remember...