6 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/qapi/compat-policy.h b/include/qapi/compat-policy.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1083f95122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/qapi/compat-policy.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Policy for handling "funny" management interfaces
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QAPI_COMPAT_POLICY_H
+#define QAPI_COMPAT_POLICY_H
+
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-compat.h"
+
+extern CompatPolicy compat_policy;
+
+/*
+ * Create a QObject input visitor for @obj for use with QMP
+ *
+ * This is like qobject_input_visitor_new(), except it obeys the
+ * policy for handling deprecated management interfaces set with
+ * -compat.
+ */
+Visitor *qobject_input_visitor_new_qmp(QObject *obj);
+
+/*
+ * Create a QObject output visitor for @obj for use with QMP
+ *
+ * This is like qobject_output_visitor_new(), except it obeys the
+ * policy for handling deprecated management interfaces set with
+ * -compat.
+ */
+Visitor *qobject_output_visitor_new_qmp(QObject **result);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
index 135dfdef71..075203dc67 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ typedef enum QmpCommandOptions
     QCO_ALLOW_OOB             =  (1U << 1),
     QCO_ALLOW_PRECONFIG       =  (1U << 2),
     QCO_COROUTINE             =  (1U << 3),
+    QCO_DEPRECATED            =  (1U << 4),
 } QmpCommandOptions;
 
 typedef struct QmpCommand
diff --git a/include/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h b/include/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h
index 95985e25e5..8d69388810 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #ifndef QOBJECT_INPUT_VISITOR_H
 #define QOBJECT_INPUT_VISITOR_H
 
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-compat.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 
 typedef struct QObjectInputVisitor QObjectInputVisitor;
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ typedef struct QObjectInputVisitor QObjectInputVisitor;
  */
 Visitor *qobject_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj);
 
+void qobject_input_visitor_set_policy(Visitor *v,
+                                      CompatPolicyInput deprecated);
+
 /*
  * Create a QObject input visitor for @obj for use with keyval_parse()
  *
diff --git a/include/qapi/qobject-output-visitor.h b/include/qapi/qobject-output-visitor.h
index 2b1726baf5..f2a2f92a00 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qobject-output-visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qobject-output-visitor.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define QOBJECT_OUTPUT_VISITOR_H
 
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-compat.h"
 
 typedef struct QObjectOutputVisitor QObjectOutputVisitor;
 
@@ -53,4 +54,7 @@ typedef struct QObjectOutputVisitor QObjectOutputVisitor;
  */
 Visitor *qobject_output_visitor_new(QObject **result);
 
+void qobject_output_visitor_set_policy(Visitor *v,
+                                       CompatPolicyOutput deprecated);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h b/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
index 7362c043be..3b950f6e3d 100644
--- a/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
+++ b/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ struct Visitor
        The core takes care of the return type in the public interface. */
     void (*optional)(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *present);
 
+    /* Optional */
+    bool (*deprecated_accept)(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp);
+
+    /* Optional */
+    bool (*deprecated)(Visitor *v, const char *name);
+
     /* Must be set */
     VisitorType type;
 
diff --git a/include/qapi/visitor.h b/include/qapi/visitor.h
index ebc19ede7f..b3c9ef7a81 100644
--- a/include/qapi/visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/visitor.h
@@ -460,6 +460,24 @@ void visit_end_alternate(Visitor *v, void **obj);
 bool visit_optional(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *present);
 
 /*
+ * Should we reject deprecated member @name?
+ *
+ * @name must not be NULL.  This function is only useful between
+ * visit_start_struct() and visit_end_struct(), since only objects
+ * have deprecated members.
+ */
+bool visit_deprecated_accept(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp);
+
+/*
+ * Should we visit deprecated member @name?
+ *
+ * @name must not be NULL.  This function is only useful between
+ * visit_start_struct() and visit_end_struct(), since only objects
+ * have deprecated members.
+ */
+bool visit_deprecated(Visitor *v, const char *name);
+
+/*
  * Visit an enum value.
  *
  * @name expresses the relationship of this enum to its parent