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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] utils: Deprecate inexact fractional suffix sizes Message-ID: Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 14:02:54 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210204190708.1306296-4-eblake@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=eblake@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=63.128.21.124; envelope-from=eblake@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -32 X-Spam_score: -3.3 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.351, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.182, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, 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: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: vsementsov@virtuozzo.com, berrange@redhat.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org, tao3.xu@intel.com, armbru@redhat.com, "libvirt-list@redhat.com" Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On 2/4/21 1:07 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > The value '1.1k' is inexact; 1126.4 bytes is not possible, so we > happen to truncate it to 1126. Our use of fractional sizes is > intended for convenience, but when a user specifies a fraction that is > not a clean translation to binary, truncating/rounding behind their > backs can cause confusion. Better is to deprecate inexact values, > which still leaves '1.5k' as valid, but alerts the user to spell out > their values as a precise byte number in cases where they are > currently being rounded. And I promptly forgot to save my changes in my editor. Consider this squashed in: diff --git i/docs/system/deprecated.rst w/docs/system/deprecated.rst index c404c3926e6f..8e5e05a10642 100644 --- i/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ w/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -154,6 +154,15 @@ Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix the value is hexadecimal. That is, '0x20M' is deprecated, and should be written either as '32M' or as '0x2000000'. +inexact sizes via scaled fractions (since 6.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Input parameters that take a size value should only use a fractional +size (such as '1.5M') that will result in an exact byte value. The +use of inexact values (such as '1.1M') that require truncation or +rounding is deprecated, and you should instead consider writing your +unusual size in bytes (here, '1153433' or '1153434' as desired). + QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org