From: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "reviewer:Incompatible changes" <libvir-list@redhat.com>,
Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>,
cota@braap.org
Subject: [PATCH 13/13] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through `arg=`
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 12:09:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210717100920.240793-14-ma.mandourr@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210717100920.240793-1-ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
---
docs/system/deprecated.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index e2e0090878..aaf0ee5777 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ other options have been processed. This will either have no effect (if
if they were not given. The property is therefore useless and should not be
specified.
+Plugin argument passing through ``arg=<string>`` (since 6.1)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Passing arguments through ``arg=`` is redundant is makes the command-line less
+readable, especially when the argument itself consist of a name and a value,
+e.g. ``arg="arg_name=arg_value"``. Therefore, the usage of ``arg`` is redundant.
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
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2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-17 10:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-17 10:09 [PATCH 00/13] new plugin argument passing scheme Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 01/13] plugins: allow plugin arguments to be passed directly Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 13:31 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 02/13] plugins/api: added a boolean parsing plugin api Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 14:11 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 03/13] plugins/hotpages: introduce sortby arg and parsed bool args correctly Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 14:23 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 04/13] plugins/hotblocks: Added correct boolean argument parsing Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 14:24 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-19 14:26 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 05/13] plugins/lockstep: make socket path not positional & parse bool arg Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 14:25 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 06/13] plugins/hwprofile: adapt to the new plugin arguments scheme Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 07/13] plugins/howvec: Adapting to the new argument passing scheme Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 14:57 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 08/13] docs/tcg-plugins: new passing parameters scheme for cache docs Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 14:58 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 09/13] tests/plugins/bb: adapt to the new arg passing scheme Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 14:58 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 10/13] tests/plugins/insn: made arg inline not positional and parse it as bool Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 14:59 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 11/13] tests/plugins/mem: introduce "track" arg and make args not positional Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 15:31 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` [PATCH 12/13] tests/plugins/syscalls: adhere to new arg-passing scheme Mahmoud Mandour
2021-07-19 15:32 ` Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 10:09 ` Mahmoud Mandour [this message]
2021-07-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 13/13] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through `arg=` Peter Krempa
2021-07-17 13:29 ` [PATCH 00/13] new plugin argument passing scheme Alex Bennée
2021-07-17 13:48 ` Mahmoud Mandour
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