[Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/4] qemu-doc: deprecate query-cpus and info cpus

[Viktor Mihajlovski <mihajlov@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Start the deprecation period for QAPI query-cpus (replaced by
query-cpus-fast) and HMP 'info cpus' (replaced by 'info cpus_fast')
beginning with 2.12.0.

Signed-off-by: Viktor Mihajlovski <mihajlov@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 hmp-commands-info.hx |  4 ++--
 qapi-schema.json     |  4 ++++
 qemu-doc.texi        | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hmp-commands-info.hx b/hmp-commands-info.hx
index 16ac602..2ccb9c7 100644
--- a/hmp-commands-info.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands-info.hx
@@ -149,14 +149,14 @@ ETEXI
         .name       = "cpus",
         .args_type  = "",
         .params     = "",
-        .help       = "show infos for each CPU",
+        .help       = "show infos for each CPU (deprecated, use info cpus_fast instead)",
         .cmd        = hmp_info_cpus,
     },
 
 STEXI
 @item info cpus
 @findex info cpus
-Show infos for each CPU.
+Show infos for each CPU. Deprecated, please use @code{info cpus_fast} instead.
 ETEXI
 
     {
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index e6ca63f..cd98a94 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -587,6 +587,10 @@
 #       ]
 #    }
 #
+# Notes: This interface is deprecated (since 2.12.0), and it is strongly
+#        recommended that you avoid using it. Use @query-cpus-fast to
+#        obtain information about virtual CPUs.
+#
 ##
 { 'command': 'query-cpus', 'returns': ['CpuInfo'] }
 
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 769968a..46aacb6 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -2757,6 +2757,12 @@ used and it will be removed with no replacement.
 The ``convert -s snapshot_id_or_name'' argument is obsoleted
 by the ``convert -l snapshot_param'' argument instead.
 
+@section System emulator monitor commands
+
+@subsection query-cpus (since 2.12.0)
+
+The ``query-cpus'' command is replaced by the ``query-cpus-fast'' command.
+
 @section System emulator human monitor commands
 
 @subsection host_net_add (since 2.10.0)
@@ -2767,6 +2773,10 @@ The ``host_net_add'' command is replaced by the ``netdev_add'' command.
 
 The ``host_net_remove'' command is replaced by the ``netdev_del'' command.
 
+@subsection info cpus (since 2.12.0)
+
+The ``info cpus'' command is replaced by the ``info cpus_fast'' command.
+
 @section System emulator devices
 
 @subsection ivshmem (since 2.6.0)
-- 
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