Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-3.1?] 9p: remove support for the "handle" backend

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

On 11/30/18 2:49 AM, Greg Kurz wrote:
> The "handle" fsdev backend was deprecated in QEMU 2.12.0 with:
> 
> commit db3b3c7281ca82e2647e072a1f97db111313dd73
> Author: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
> Date:   Mon Jan 8 11:18:23 2018 +0100
> 
>      9pfs: deprecate handle backend

> It has passed the two release cooling period without any complaint.
> 
> Remove it now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
> ---
> 
> It could have been removed for 3.1.0, but I woke up too late, so moving
> this to 4.0.
> 
> ---
>   fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c    |    3
>   hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c   |  710 -------------------------------------------------
>   hw/9pfs/Makefile.objs |    1
>   qemu-deprecated.texi  |    8 -
>   qemu-options.hx       |    8 -
>   5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 726 deletions(-)
>   delete mode 100644 hw/9pfs/9p-handle.c

Well, it certainly doesn't drive -rc4 on its own, but as we may have an 
-rc4 for other reasons, maybe it could still be argued that this is 3.1 
material on the grounds of removing questionable code for less attack 
exposure?

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