Re: [PATCH] qapi: make machine type deprecation a warning

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>  softmmu/vl.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
> index c2919579fd..fbef0f5c5f 100644
> --- a/softmmu/vl.c
> +++ b/softmmu/vl.c
> @@ -3723,7 +3723,7 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>  
>      machine_class = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(current_machine);
>      if (!qtest_enabled() && machine_class->deprecation_reason) {
> -        error_report("Machine type '%s' is deprecated: %s",
> +        warn_report("Machine type '%s' is deprecated: %s",
>                       machine_class->name, machine_class->deprecation_reason);
>      }

Anti-pattern: error_report() not followed by "fail function".

The commit only changes the message printed to stderr.  The commit
message made me expect it would change an actual (fatal?) error into a
mere warning.  It's too late in my day to come up with a clearer
phrasing, so

Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>