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[74.87.59.234]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d198-20020a621dcf000000b00593225b379dsm7474997pfd.106.2023.02.06.10.18.37 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:18:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8225a961-c59e-041e-41e4-a885b417b9aa@linaro.org> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 08:18:34 -1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.4.2 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Deprecate/rename singlestep command line option Content-Language: en-US To: Peter Maydell , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Paolo Bonzini , "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" , Laurent Vivier , Thomas Huth , Warner Losh , Kyle Evans , Markus Armbruster References: <20230206171359.1327671-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> From: Richard Henderson In-Reply-To: <20230206171359.1327671-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::434; envelope-from=richard.henderson@linaro.org; helo=mail-pf1-x434.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -31 X-Spam_score: -3.2 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-1.148, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On 2/6/23 07:13, Peter Maydell wrote: > So, questions: > > (1) is this worth bothering with at all? We could just > name our global variable etc better, and document what > -singlestep actually does, and not bother with the new > names for the options/commands. > (2) if we do do it, do we retain the old name indefinitely, > or actively put it on the deprecate-and-drop list? > (3) what should we do about the HMP StatusInfo object? > I'm not sure how we handle compatibility for HMP. I was thinking that a better place to put this is within -d, akin to nochain. I would deprecate and drop. I dunno what to do about HMP. r~