docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ---------- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++ bsd-user/main.c | 8 -------- linux-user/main.c | 12 ------------ 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
The user-mode '-p' option has been deprecated since 9.0 and
doesn't do anything except emit a warning. We are well past
our minimum deprecation period, so drop the option.
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ----------
docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++
bsd-user/main.c | 8 --------
linux-user/main.c | 12 ------------
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 58bce715f9c..dfb7882e3da 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -68,16 +68,6 @@ configurations (e.g. -smp drawers=1,books=1,clusters=1 for x86 PC machine) is
marked deprecated since 9.0, users have to ensure that all the topology members
described with -smp are supported by the target machine.
-User-mode emulator command line arguments
------------------------------------------
-
-``-p`` (since 9.0)
-''''''''''''''''''
-
-The ``-p`` option pretends to control the host page size. However,
-it is not possible to change the host page size, and using the
-option only causes failures.
-
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index b1b3d1b1b3f..06f186991ac 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -583,6 +583,14 @@ The ``-singlestep`` option has been given a name that better reflects
what it actually does. For both linux-user and bsd-user, use the
``-one-insn-per-tb`` option instead.
+``-p`` (removed in 10.2)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ``-p`` option pretends to control the host page size. However,
+it is not possible to change the host page size; we stopped trying
+to do anything with the option except print a warning from 9.0,
+and now the option is removed entirely.
+
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
------------------------------------
diff --git a/bsd-user/main.c b/bsd-user/main.c
index 7e5d4bbce09..9ba69642f50 100644
--- a/bsd-user/main.c
+++ b/bsd-user/main.c
@@ -367,14 +367,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
}
} else if (!strcmp(r, "L")) {
interp_prefix = argv[optind++];
- } else if (!strcmp(r, "p")) {
- unsigned size, want = qemu_real_host_page_size();
-
- r = argv[optind++];
- if (qemu_strtoui(r, NULL, 10, &size) || size != want) {
- warn_report("Deprecated page size option cannot "
- "change host page size (%u)", want);
- }
} else if (!strcmp(r, "g")) {
gdbstub = g_strdup(argv[optind++]);
} else if (!strcmp(r, "r")) {
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 6edeeecef38..7b0ccb6fd60 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -340,16 +340,6 @@ static void handle_arg_ld_prefix(const char *arg)
interp_prefix = strdup(arg);
}
-static void handle_arg_pagesize(const char *arg)
-{
- unsigned size, want = qemu_real_host_page_size();
-
- if (qemu_strtoui(arg, NULL, 10, &size) || size != want) {
- warn_report("Deprecated page size option cannot "
- "change host page size (%u)", want);
- }
-}
-
static void handle_arg_seed(const char *arg)
{
seed_optarg = arg;
@@ -522,8 +512,6 @@ static const struct qemu_argument arg_table[] = {
"range[,...]","filter logging based on address range"},
{"D", "QEMU_LOG_FILENAME", true, handle_arg_log_filename,
"logfile", "write logs to 'logfile' (default stderr)"},
- {"p", "QEMU_PAGESIZE", true, handle_arg_pagesize,
- "pagesize", "deprecated change to host page size"},
{"one-insn-per-tb",
"QEMU_ONE_INSN_PER_TB", false, handle_arg_one_insn_per_tb,
"", "run with one guest instruction per emulated TB"},
--
2.43.0On 28/8/25 18:20, Peter Maydell wrote: > The user-mode '-p' option has been deprecated since 9.0 and > doesn't do anything except emit a warning. We are well past > our minimum deprecation period, so drop the option. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ---------- > docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++ > bsd-user/main.c | 8 -------- > linux-user/main.c | 12 ------------ > 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
On 8/29/25 02:20, Peter Maydell wrote: > The user-mode '-p' option has been deprecated since 9.0 and > doesn't do anything except emit a warning. We are well past > our minimum deprecation period, so drop the option. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell<peter.maydell@linaro.org> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ---------- > docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++ > bsd-user/main.c | 8 -------- > linux-user/main.c | 12 ------------ > 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> r~
Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> writes: > The user-mode '-p' option has been deprecated since 9.0 and > doesn't do anything except emit a warning. We are well past > our minimum deprecation period, so drop the option. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> -- Alex Bennée Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro
On 28/08/2025 18.20, Peter Maydell wrote: > The user-mode '-p' option has been deprecated since 9.0 and > doesn't do anything except emit a warning. We are well past > our minimum deprecation period, so drop the option. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ---------- > docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++ > bsd-user/main.c | 8 -------- > linux-user/main.c | 12 ------------ > 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:20, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> wrote:
>The user-mode '-p' option has been deprecated since 9.0 and
>doesn't do anything except emit a warning. We are well past
>our minimum deprecation period, so drop the option.
>
>Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
>---
> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ----------
> docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++
> bsd-user/main.c | 8 --------
> linux-user/main.c | 12 ------------
> 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
What about docs/user/main.rst?
>
>diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
>index 58bce715f9c..dfb7882e3da 100644
>--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
>+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
>@@ -68,16 +68,6 @@ configurations (e.g. -smp drawers=1,books=1,clusters=1 for x86 PC machine) is
> marked deprecated since 9.0, users have to ensure that all the topology members
> described with -smp are supported by the target machine.
>
>-User-mode emulator command line arguments
>------------------------------------------
>-
>-``-p`` (since 9.0)
>-''''''''''''''''''
>-
>-The ``-p`` option pretends to control the host page size. However,
>-it is not possible to change the host page size, and using the
>-option only causes failures.
>-
> QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
> ------------------------------------
>
>diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
>index b1b3d1b1b3f..06f186991ac 100644
>--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
>+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
>@@ -583,6 +583,14 @@ The ``-singlestep`` option has been given a name that better reflects
> what it actually does. For both linux-user and bsd-user, use the
> ``-one-insn-per-tb`` option instead.
>
>+``-p`` (removed in 10.2)
>+''''''''''''''''''''''''
>+
>+The ``-p`` option pretends to control the host page size. However,
>+it is not possible to change the host page size; we stopped trying
>+to do anything with the option except print a warning from 9.0,
>+and now the option is removed entirely.
>+
>
> QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
> ------------------------------------
>diff --git a/bsd-user/main.c b/bsd-user/main.c
>index 7e5d4bbce09..9ba69642f50 100644
>--- a/bsd-user/main.c
>+++ b/bsd-user/main.c
>@@ -367,14 +367,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> }
> } else if (!strcmp(r, "L")) {
> interp_prefix = argv[optind++];
>- } else if (!strcmp(r, "p")) {
>- unsigned size, want = qemu_real_host_page_size();
>-
>- r = argv[optind++];
>- if (qemu_strtoui(r, NULL, 10, &size) || size != want) {
>- warn_report("Deprecated page size option cannot "
>- "change host page size (%u)", want);
>- }
> } else if (!strcmp(r, "g")) {
> gdbstub = g_strdup(argv[optind++]);
> } else if (!strcmp(r, "r")) {
>diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
>index 6edeeecef38..7b0ccb6fd60 100644
>--- a/linux-user/main.c
>+++ b/linux-user/main.c
>@@ -340,16 +340,6 @@ static void handle_arg_ld_prefix(const char *arg)
> interp_prefix = strdup(arg);
> }
>
>-static void handle_arg_pagesize(const char *arg)
>-{
>- unsigned size, want = qemu_real_host_page_size();
>-
>- if (qemu_strtoui(arg, NULL, 10, &size) || size != want) {
>- warn_report("Deprecated page size option cannot "
>- "change host page size (%u)", want);
>- }
>-}
>-
> static void handle_arg_seed(const char *arg)
> {
> seed_optarg = arg;
>@@ -522,8 +512,6 @@ static const struct qemu_argument arg_table[] = {
> "range[,...]","filter logging based on address range"},
> {"D", "QEMU_LOG_FILENAME", true, handle_arg_log_filename,
> "logfile", "write logs to 'logfile' (default stderr)"},
>- {"p", "QEMU_PAGESIZE", true, handle_arg_pagesize,
>- "pagesize", "deprecated change to host page size"},
> {"one-insn-per-tb",
> "QEMU_ONE_INSN_PER_TB", false, handle_arg_one_insn_per_tb,
> "", "run with one guest instruction per emulated TB"},
>--
>2.43.0
>
>
On 8/29/25 17:44, Manos Pitsidianakis wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:20, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> wrote: >> The user-mode '-p' option has been deprecated since 9.0 and >> doesn't do anything except emit a warning. We are well past >> our minimum deprecation period, so drop the option. >> >> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> >> --- >> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ---------- >> docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++ >> bsd-user/main.c | 8 -------- >> linux-user/main.c | 12 ------------ >> 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) > > What about docs/user/main.rst? Thanks. I've squashed that removal while applying. r~
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