From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1CFDCC4345F for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:22:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s1kby-00018P-Os; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:21:22 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s1kbw-00017K-Ib for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:21:20 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s1kbt-00043p-GB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:21:20 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1714472475; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=U4lKWZzDWugm1dHWAmR/3vEfsQYmA3iVl1bRbOmmAsI=; b=HItOlNhzLRZGeaMtV5ZE7gM1bau1j5fq8MJVJ0Tu7fJsuenZkuryPwUQT6vPF5LvB3k2Dr wfDiP0LjWMzs/hc3LObqJBialN7iyCwgOETb7SZEAdkwzTkZNemPWRBxksZ5wNnJBV+TAl CP/LNVE62HvyDxYBDQaSwM2uUjV4z0c= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-551-jlJx2V0qNMq6cZzOXoqiNg-1; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:21:12 -0400 X-MC-Unique: jlJx2V0qNMq6cZzOXoqiNg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.7]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 724FA88E922; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:21:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.42.28.59]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A51871C060D0; Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:21:09 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:21:07 +0100 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Thomas Huth , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell , devel@lists.libvirt.org, Alex =?utf-8?Q?Benn=C3=A9e?= , Laurent Vivier , qemu-s390x@nongnu.org, qemu-arm@nongnu.org, qemu-ppc@nongnu.org, Peter Xu , Fabiano Rosas Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/about: Automatically deprecate versioned machine types older than 6 years Message-ID: References: <20240430064529.411699-1-thuth@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.12 (2023-09-09) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.7 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -30 X-Spam_score: -3.1 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.987, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable 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: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 10:55:38AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 08:45:29AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > > Old machine types often have bugs or work-arounds that affect our > > possibilities to move forward with the QEMU code base (see for example > > https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2213 for a bug that likely > > cannot be fixed without breaking live migration with old machine types, > > or https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-12/msg04516.html or > > commit ea985d235b86). So instead of going through the process of manually > > deprecating old machine types again and again, let's rather add an entry > > that can stay, which declares that machine types older than 6 years are > > considered as deprecated automatically. Six years should be sufficient to > > support the release cycles of most Linux distributions. > > Reading this again, I think we're mixing two concepts here. > > With this 6 year cut off, we're declaring the actual *removal* date, > not the deprecation date. > > A deprecation is something that happens prior to removal normally, > to give people a warning of /future/ removal, as a suggestion > that they stop using it. > > If we never set the 'deprecation_reason' on a machine type, then > unless someone reads this doc, they'll never realize they are on > a deprecated machine. > > When it comes to machine types, I see deprecation as a way to tell > people they should not deploy a /new/ VM on a machine type, only > use it for back compat (incoming migration / restore from saved > image) with existing deployed VMs. > > If we delete a machine on the 6 year anniversary, then users > don't want to be deploying /new/ VMs using that on the > 5 year anniversary as it only gives a 1 year upgrade window. > > So how long far back do we consider it reasonable for a user > to deploy a /new/ VM on an old machine type ? 1 year, 2 years, > 3 years ? > > > How about picking the half way point ? 3 years ? > > ie, set deprecation_reason for any machine that is 3 years > old, but declare that our deprecation cycle lasts for > 3 years, instead of the normal 1 year, when applied to > machine types. > > This would give a strong hint that users should get off the > old machine type, several years before its finally deleted. The m68k/arm archs have a nice macro for defining versions that exposes major/minor directly. That would let us automatically set the deprecation flag after 3 years, avoiding manually writing patches for each release: diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c index 3c93c0c0a6..e40209f60a 100644 --- a/hw/arm/virt.c +++ b/hw/arm/virt.c @@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ static void arm_virt_compat_set(MachineClass *mc) arm_virt_compat_len); } +#define MACHINE_IS_DEPRECATED(major, minor) \ + ((QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR - major) > 3 || \ + ((QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR - major) == 3 && \ + (QEMU_VERSION_MINOR - minor) > 0)) + #define DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE_LATEST(major, minor, latest) \ static void virt_##major##_##minor##_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, \ void *data) \ @@ -109,6 +114,9 @@ static void arm_virt_compat_set(MachineClass *mc) arm_virt_compat_set(mc); \ virt_machine_##major##_##minor##_options(mc); \ mc->desc = "QEMU " # major "." # minor " ARM Virtual Machine"; \ + if (MACHINE_IS_DEPRECATED(major, minor)) { \ + mc->deprecation_reason = "machine virt-" # major "." # minor " is not recommended for newly deployed VMs"; \ + } \ if (latest) { \ mc->alias = "virt"; \ } \ we could easily change other arches to enable the same thing. Then all we need do manually is the actual deletion. We would make it a BUILD_BUG_ON after say 20 releases to force us to remember the actual deletion at the 6 year point, without creating an immediate build fail in that exact 18th release cycle. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|