Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/jasowang/tags/net-pull-request' into staging

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* remotes/jasowang/tags/net-pull-request:
  tap: setting error appropriately when calling net_init_tap_one()
  hw/net: Remove unnecessary header includes
  net: Add a new convenience option "--nic" to configure default/on-board NICs
  net: Remove the deprecated 'host_net_add' and 'host_net_remove' HMP commands
  net: Remove the deprecated way of dumping network packets
  net: Make net_client_init() static
  net: Only show vhost-user in the help text if CONFIG_POSIX is defined
  net: List available netdevs with "-netdev help"
  net: Move error reporting from net_init_client/netdev to the calling site

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

21 files changed, 190 insertions, 391 deletions

diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index d26eb4119b..964eb515cf 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1291,36 +1291,6 @@ Inject PCIe AER error
 ETEXI
 
     {
-        .name       = "host_net_add",
-        .args_type  = "device:s,opts:s?",
-        .params     = "tap|user|socket|vde|netmap|bridge|vhost-user|dump [options]",
-        .help       = "add host VLAN client (deprecated, use netdev_add instead)",
-        .cmd        = hmp_host_net_add,
-        .command_completion = host_net_add_completion,
-    },
-
-STEXI
-@item host_net_add
-@findex host_net_add
-Add host VLAN client. Deprecated, please use @code{netdev_add} instead.
-ETEXI
-
-    {
-        .name       = "host_net_remove",
-        .args_type  = "vlan_id:i,device:s",
-        .params     = "vlan_id name",
-        .help       = "remove host VLAN client (deprecated, use netdev_del instead)",
-        .cmd        = hmp_host_net_remove,
-        .command_completion = host_net_remove_completion,
-    },
-
-STEXI
-@item host_net_remove
-@findex host_net_remove
-Remove host VLAN client. Deprecated, please use @code{netdev_del} instead.
-ETEXI
-
-    {
         .name       = "netdev_add",
         .args_type  = "netdev:O",
         .params     = "[user|tap|socket|vde|bridge|hubport|netmap|vhost-user],id=str[,prop=value][,...]",
diff --git a/hmp.h b/hmp.h
index 1143db44a7..b89733876d 100644
--- a/hmp.h
+++ b/hmp.h
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ void migrate_set_capability_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args,
                                        const char *str);
 void migrate_set_parameter_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args,
                                       const char *str);
-void host_net_add_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args, const char *str);
-void host_net_remove_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args,
-                                const char *str);
 void delvm_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args, const char *str);
 void loadvm_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args, const char *str);
 void hmp_rocker(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
diff --git a/hw/net/e1000.c b/hw/net/e1000.c
index 804ec08721..c7f1695f57 100644
--- a/hw/net/e1000.c
+++ b/hw/net/e1000.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "net/checksum.h"
-#include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
diff --git a/hw/net/lance.c b/hw/net/lance.c
index 0028bc525d..a08d5ac6a8 100644
--- a/hw/net/lance.c
+++ b/hw/net/lance.c
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "hw/sysbus.h"
-#include "net/net.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
-#include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "hw/sparc/sparc32_dma.h"
 #include "hw/net/lance.h"
 #include "trace.h"
diff --git a/hw/net/ne2000.c b/hw/net/ne2000.c
index 687ef84aac..3a9fc89e48 100644
--- a/hw/net/ne2000.c
+++ b/hw/net/ne2000.c
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@
  */
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
-#include "net/net.h"
 #include "net/eth.h"
 #include "ne2000.h"
-#include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 
 /* debug NE2000 card */
diff --git a/hw/net/pcnet-pci.c b/hw/net/pcnet-pci.c
index 0ae5ca4701..70dc8b3f0c 100644
--- a/hw/net/pcnet-pci.c
+++ b/hw/net/pcnet-pci.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
-#include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
diff --git a/hw/net/pcnet.c b/hw/net/pcnet.c
index 606b05c09f..0c44554168 100644
--- a/hw/net/pcnet.c
+++ b/hw/net/pcnet.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "net/eth.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
-#include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
diff --git a/hw/net/rtl8139.c b/hw/net/rtl8139.c
index 1cc95b8cba..46daa16202 100644
--- a/hw/net/rtl8139.c
+++ b/hw/net/rtl8139.c
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "net/eth.h"
-#include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
-#include "qemu/iov.h"
 
 /* debug RTL8139 card */
 //#define DEBUG_RTL8139 1
diff --git a/hw/net/xgmac.c b/hw/net/xgmac.c
index 0843bf185c..fa001563d3 100644
--- a/hw/net/xgmac.c
+++ b/hw/net/xgmac.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
-#include "net/checksum.h"
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_XGMAC
 #define DEBUGF_BRK(message, args...) do { \
diff --git a/include/net/net.h b/include/net/net.h
index 727643032c..a943e968a3 100644
--- a/include/net/net.h
+++ b/include/net/net.h
@@ -204,9 +204,8 @@ extern const char *host_net_devices[];
 extern const char *legacy_tftp_prefix;
 extern const char *legacy_bootp_filename;
 
-int net_client_init(QemuOpts *opts, bool is_netdev, Error **errp);
 int net_client_parse(QemuOptsList *opts_list, const char *str);
-int net_init_clients(void);
+int net_init_clients(Error **errp);
 void net_check_clients(void);
 void net_cleanup(void);
 void hmp_host_net_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
@@ -228,7 +227,6 @@ void qdev_set_nic_properties(DeviceState *dev, NICInfo *nd);
 #define POLYNOMIAL_LE 0xedb88320
 uint32_t net_crc32(const uint8_t *p, int len);
 uint32_t net_crc32_le(const uint8_t *p, int len);
-unsigned compute_mcast_idx(const uint8_t *ep);
 
 #define vmstate_offset_macaddr(_state, _field)                       \
     vmstate_offset_array(_state, _field.a, uint8_t,                \
diff --git a/include/net/vhost_net.h b/include/net/vhost_net.h
index afc1499eb9..77e47398c4 100644
--- a/include/net/vhost_net.h
+++ b/include/net/vhost_net.h
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include "net/net.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/vhost-backend.h"
 
+#define VHOST_NET_INIT_FAILED \
+    "vhost-net requested but could not be initialized"
+
 struct vhost_net;
 typedef struct vhost_net VHostNetState;
 
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index bfbef9e69c..d24ad09f37 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ extern QemuOptsList bdrv_runtime_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_chardev_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_device_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_netdev_opts;
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_nic_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_net_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_global_opts;
 extern QemuOptsList qemu_mon_opts;
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 57957b3969..a4417f26cd 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -3581,67 +3581,6 @@ void migrate_set_parameter_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args,
     }
 }
 
-void host_net_add_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args, const char *str)
-{
-    int i;
-    size_t len;
-    if (nb_args != 2) {
-        return;
-    }
-    len = strlen(str);
-    readline_set_completion_index(rs, len);
-    for (i = 0; host_net_devices[i]; i++) {
-        if (!strncmp(host_net_devices[i], str, len)) {
-            readline_add_completion(rs, host_net_devices[i]);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-void host_net_remove_completion(ReadLineState *rs, int nb_args, const char *str)
-{
-    NetClientState *ncs[MAX_QUEUE_NUM];
-    int count, i, len;
-
-    len = strlen(str);
-    readline_set_completion_index(rs, len);
-    if (nb_args == 2) {
-        count = qemu_find_net_clients_except(NULL, ncs,
-                                             NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NONE,
-                                             MAX_QUEUE_NUM);
-        for (i = 0; i < MIN(count, MAX_QUEUE_NUM); i++) {
-            int id;
-            char name[16];
-
-            if (net_hub_id_for_client(ncs[i], &id)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%d", id);
-            if (!strncmp(str, name, len)) {
-                readline_add_completion(rs, name);
-            }
-        }
-        return;
-    } else if (nb_args == 3) {
-        count = qemu_find_net_clients_except(NULL, ncs,
-                                             NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NIC,
-                                             MAX_QUEUE_NUM);
-        for (i = 0; i < MIN(count, MAX_QUEUE_NUM); i++) {
-            int id;
-            const char *name;
-
-            if (ncs[i]->info->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_HUBPORT ||
-                net_hub_id_for_client(ncs[i], &id)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            name = ncs[i]->name;
-            if (!strncmp(str, name, len)) {
-                readline_add_completion(rs, name);
-            }
-        }
-        return;
-    }
-}
-
 static void vm_completion(ReadLineState *rs, const char *str)
 {
     size_t len;
diff --git a/net/dump.c b/net/dump.c
index 15df9a4973..f16c3545e9 100644
--- a/net/dump.c
+++ b/net/dump.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int net_dump_state_init(DumpState *s, const char *filename,
 
     fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY | O_BINARY, 0644);
     if (fd < 0) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "-net dump: can't open %s", filename);
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "net dump: can't open %s", filename);
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static int net_dump_state_init(DumpState *s, const char *filename,
     hdr.linktype = 1;
 
     if (write(fd, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)) < sizeof(hdr)) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "-net dump write error");
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "net dump write error");
         close(fd);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -136,104 +136,6 @@ static int net_dump_state_init(DumpState *s, const char *filename,
     return 0;
 }
 
-/* Dumping via VLAN netclient */
-
-struct DumpNetClient {
-    NetClientState nc;
-    DumpState ds;
-};
-typedef struct DumpNetClient DumpNetClient;
-
-static ssize_t dumpclient_receive(NetClientState *nc, const uint8_t *buf,
-                                  size_t size)
-{
-    DumpNetClient *dc = DO_UPCAST(DumpNetClient, nc, nc);
-    struct iovec iov = {
-        .iov_base = (void *)buf,
-        .iov_len = size
-    };
-
-    return dump_receive_iov(&dc->ds, &iov, 1);
-}
-
-static ssize_t dumpclient_receive_iov(NetClientState *nc,
-                                      const struct iovec *iov, int cnt)
-{
-    DumpNetClient *dc = DO_UPCAST(DumpNetClient, nc, nc);
-
-    return dump_receive_iov(&dc->ds, iov, cnt);
-}
-
-static void dumpclient_cleanup(NetClientState *nc)
-{
-    DumpNetClient *dc = DO_UPCAST(DumpNetClient, nc, nc);
-
-    dump_cleanup(&dc->ds);
-}
-
-static NetClientInfo net_dump_info = {
-    .type = NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_DUMP,
-    .size = sizeof(DumpNetClient),
-    .receive = dumpclient_receive,
-    .receive_iov = dumpclient_receive_iov,
-    .cleanup = dumpclient_cleanup,
-};
-
-int net_init_dump(const Netdev *netdev, const char *name,
-                  NetClientState *peer, Error **errp)
-{
-    int len, rc;
-    const char *file;
-    char def_file[128];
-    const NetdevDumpOptions *dump;
-    NetClientState *nc;
-    DumpNetClient *dnc;
-
-    assert(netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_DUMP);
-    dump = &netdev->u.dump;
-
-    assert(peer);
-
-    error_report("'-net dump' is deprecated. "
-                 "Please use '-object filter-dump' instead.");
-
-    if (dump->has_file) {
-        file = dump->file;
-    } else {
-        int id;
-        int ret;
-
-        ret = net_hub_id_for_client(peer, &id);
-        assert(ret == 0); /* peer must be on a hub */
-
-        snprintf(def_file, sizeof(def_file), "qemu-vlan%d.pcap", id);
-        file = def_file;
-    }
-
-    if (dump->has_len) {
-        if (dump->len > INT_MAX) {
-            error_setg(errp, "invalid length: %"PRIu64, dump->len);
-            return -1;
-        }
-        len = dump->len;
-    } else {
-        len = 65536;
-    }
-
-    nc = qemu_new_net_client(&net_dump_info, peer, "dump", name);
-    snprintf(nc->info_str, sizeof(nc->info_str),
-             "dump to %s (len=%d)", file, len);
-
-    dnc = DO_UPCAST(DumpNetClient, nc, nc);
-    rc = net_dump_state_init(&dnc->ds, file, len, errp);
-    if (rc) {
-        qemu_del_net_client(nc);
-    }
-    return rc;
-}
-
-/* Dumping via filter */
-
 #define TYPE_FILTER_DUMP "filter-dump"
 
 #define FILTER_DUMP(obj) \
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 547c499110..5222e45069 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -60,26 +60,6 @@
 static VMChangeStateEntry *net_change_state_entry;
 static QTAILQ_HEAD(, NetClientState) net_clients;
 
-const char *host_net_devices[] = {
-    "tap",
-    "socket",
-    "dump",
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_BRIDGE
-    "bridge",
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_NETMAP
-    "netmap",
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
-    "user",
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_VDE
-    "vde",
-#endif
-    "vhost-user",
-    NULL,
-};
-
 /***********************************************************/
 /* network device redirectors */
 
@@ -967,7 +947,6 @@ static int (* const net_client_init_fun[NET_CLIENT_DRIVER__MAX])(
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETMAP
         [NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NETMAP]    = net_init_netmap,
 #endif
-        [NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_DUMP]      = net_init_dump,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_BRIDGE
         [NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_BRIDGE]    = net_init_bridge,
 #endif
@@ -993,8 +972,7 @@ static int net_client_init1(const void *object, bool is_netdev, Error **errp)
         netdev = object;
         name = netdev->id;
 
-        if (netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_DUMP ||
-            netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NIC ||
+        if (netdev->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NIC ||
             !net_client_init_fun[netdev->type]) {
             error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE, "type",
                        "a netdev backend type");
@@ -1036,10 +1014,6 @@ static int net_client_init1(const void *object, bool is_netdev, Error **errp)
             legacy.type = NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_VDE;
             legacy.u.vde = opts->u.vde;
             break;
-        case NET_LEGACY_OPTIONS_TYPE_DUMP:
-            legacy.type = NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_DUMP;
-            legacy.u.dump = opts->u.dump;
-            break;
         case NET_LEGACY_OPTIONS_TYPE_BRIDGE:
             legacy.type = NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_BRIDGE;
             legacy.u.bridge = opts->u.bridge;
@@ -1086,15 +1060,50 @@ static int net_client_init1(const void *object, bool is_netdev, Error **errp)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static void show_netdevs(void)
+{
+    int idx;
+    const char *available_netdevs[] = {
+        "socket",
+        "hubport",
+        "tap",
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
+        "user",
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_L2TPV3
+        "l2tpv3",
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_VDE
+        "vde",
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_BRIDGE
+        "bridge",
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETMAP
+        "netmap",
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
+        "vhost-user",
+#endif
+    };
 
-int net_client_init(QemuOpts *opts, bool is_netdev, Error **errp)
+    printf("Available netdev backend types:\n");
+    for (idx = 0; idx < ARRAY_SIZE(available_netdevs); idx++) {
+        puts(available_netdevs[idx]);
+    }
+}
+
+static int net_client_init(QemuOpts *opts, bool is_netdev, Error **errp)
 {
     void *object = NULL;
     Error *err = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
     Visitor *v = opts_visitor_new(opts);
 
-    {
+    if (is_netdev && is_help_option(qemu_opt_get(opts, "type"))) {
+        show_netdevs();
+        exit(0);
+    } else {
         /* Parse convenience option format ip6-net=fec0::0[/64] */
         const char *ip6_net = qemu_opt_get(opts, "ipv6-net");
 
@@ -1146,81 +1155,6 @@ int net_client_init(QemuOpts *opts, bool is_netdev, Error **errp)
     return ret;
 }
 
-
-static int net_host_check_device(const char *device)
-{
-    int i;
-    for (i = 0; host_net_devices[i]; i++) {
-        if (!strncmp(host_net_devices[i], device,
-                     strlen(host_net_devices[i]))) {
-            return 1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-void hmp_host_net_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
-{
-    const char *device = qdict_get_str(qdict, "device");
-    const char *opts_str = qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "opts");
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-    QemuOpts *opts;
-    static bool warned;
-
-    if (!warned && !qtest_enabled()) {
-        error_report("host_net_add is deprecated, use netdev_add instead");
-        warned = true;
-    }
-
-    if (!net_host_check_device(device)) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "invalid host network device %s\n", device);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("net"),
-                                   opts_str ? opts_str : "", false);
-    if (!opts) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    qemu_opt_set(opts, "type", device, &error_abort);
-
-    net_client_init(opts, false, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
-        monitor_printf(mon, "adding host network device %s failed\n", device);
-    }
-}
-
-void hmp_host_net_remove(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
-{
-    NetClientState *nc;
-    int vlan_id = qdict_get_int(qdict, "vlan_id");
-    const char *device = qdict_get_str(qdict, "device");
-    static bool warned;
-
-    if (!warned && !qtest_enabled()) {
-        error_report("host_net_remove is deprecated, use netdev_del instead");
-        warned = true;
-    }
-
-    nc = net_hub_find_client_by_name(vlan_id, device);
-    if (!nc) {
-        error_report("Host network device '%s' on hub '%d' not found",
-                     device, vlan_id);
-        return;
-    }
-    if (nc->info->type == NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_NIC) {
-        error_report("invalid host network device '%s'", device);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    qemu_del_net_client(nc->peer);
-    qemu_del_net_client(nc);
-    qemu_opts_del(qemu_opts_find(qemu_find_opts("net"), device));
-}
-
 void netdev_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
     net_client_init(opts, true, errp);
@@ -1520,46 +1454,92 @@ void net_check_clients(void)
 
 static int net_init_client(void *dummy, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-
-    net_client_init(opts, false, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
+    return net_client_init(opts, false, errp);
 }
 
 static int net_init_netdev(void *dummy, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
-    int ret;
+    return net_client_init(opts, true, errp);
+}
 
-    ret = net_client_init(opts, true, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
-        error_report_err(local_err);
+/* For the convenience "--nic" parameter */
+static int net_param_nic(void *dummy, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
+{
+    char *mac, *nd_id;
+    int idx, ret;
+    NICInfo *ni;
+    const char *type;
+
+    type = qemu_opt_get(opts, "type");
+    if (type && g_str_equal(type, "none")) {
+        return 0;    /* Nothing to do, default_net is cleared in vl.c */
+    }
+
+    idx = nic_get_free_idx();
+    if (idx == -1 || nb_nics >= MAX_NICS) {
+        error_setg(errp, "no more on-board/default NIC slots available");
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (!type) {
+        qemu_opt_set(opts, "type", "user", &error_abort);
+    }
+
+    ni = &nd_table[idx];
+    memset(ni, 0, sizeof(*ni));
+    ni->model = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, "model");
+
+    /* Create an ID if the user did not specify one */
+    nd_id = g_strdup(qemu_opts_id(opts));
+    if (!nd_id) {
+        nd_id = g_strdup_printf("__org.qemu.nic%i\n", idx);
+        qemu_opts_set_id(opts, nd_id);
+    }
+
+    /* Handle MAC address */
+    mac = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, "mac");
+    if (mac) {
+        ret = net_parse_macaddr(ni->macaddr.a, mac);
+        g_free(mac);
+        if (ret) {
+            error_setg(errp, "invalid syntax for ethernet address");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ni->macaddr.a)) {
+            error_setg(errp, "NIC cannot have multicast MAC address");
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+    qemu_macaddr_default_if_unset(&ni->macaddr);
+
+    ret = net_client_init(opts, true, errp);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        ni->netdev = qemu_find_netdev(nd_id);
+        ni->used = true;
+        nb_nics++;
+    }
+
+    g_free(nd_id);
     return ret;
 }
 
-int net_init_clients(void)
+int net_init_clients(Error **errp)
 {
-    QemuOptsList *net = qemu_find_opts("net");
-
     net_change_state_entry =
         qemu_add_vm_change_state_handler(net_vm_change_state_handler, NULL);
 
     QTAILQ_INIT(&net_clients);
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("netdev"),
-                          net_init_netdev, NULL, NULL)) {
+                          net_init_netdev, NULL, errp)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("nic"), net_param_nic, NULL, errp)) {
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (qemu_opts_foreach(net, net_init_client, NULL, NULL)) {
+    if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("net"), net_init_client, NULL, errp)) {
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1634,6 +1614,19 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_netdev_opts = {
     },
 };
 
+QemuOptsList qemu_nic_opts = {
+    .name = "nic",
+    .implied_opt_name = "type",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_nic_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        /*
+         * no elements => accept any params
+         * validation will happen later
+         */
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
 QemuOptsList qemu_net_opts = {
     .name = "net",
     .implied_opt_name = "type",
diff --git a/net/tap.c b/net/tap.c
index 979e622e60..2b3a36f9b5 100644
--- a/net/tap.c
+++ b/net/tap.c
@@ -686,14 +686,23 @@ static void net_init_tap_one(const NetdevTapOptions *tap, NetClientState *peer,
         if (vhostfdname) {
             vhostfd = monitor_fd_param(cur_mon, vhostfdname, &err);
             if (vhostfd == -1) {
-                error_propagate(errp, err);
+                if (tap->has_vhostforce && tap->vhostforce) {
+                    error_propagate(errp, err);
+                } else {
+                    warn_report_err(err);
+                }
                 return;
             }
         } else {
             vhostfd = open("/dev/vhost-net", O_RDWR);
             if (vhostfd < 0) {
-                error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
-                                 "tap: open vhost char device failed");
+                if (tap->has_vhostforce && tap->vhostforce) {
+                    error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
+                                     "tap: open vhost char device failed");
+                } else {
+                    warn_report("tap: open vhost char device failed: %s",
+                                strerror(errno));
+                }
                 return;
             }
             fcntl(vhostfd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
@@ -702,8 +711,11 @@ static void net_init_tap_one(const NetdevTapOptions *tap, NetClientState *peer,
 
         s->vhost_net = vhost_net_init(&options);
         if (!s->vhost_net) {
-            error_setg(errp,
-                       "vhost-net requested but could not be initialized");
+            if (tap->has_vhostforce && tap->vhostforce) {
+                error_setg(errp, VHOST_NET_INIT_FAILED);
+            } else {
+                warn_report(VHOST_NET_INIT_FAILED);
+            }
             return;
         }
     } else if (vhostfdname) {
diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
index 1238ba5de1..9117c56972 100644
--- a/qapi/net.json
+++ b/qapi/net.json
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 #
 # Add a network backend.
 #
-# @type: the type of network backend.  Current valid values are 'user', 'tap',
-#        'vde', 'socket', 'dump' and 'bridge'
+# @type: the type of network backend. Possible values are listed in
+#        NetClientDriver (excluding 'none' and 'nic')
 #
 # @id: the name of the new network backend
 #
@@ -372,23 +372,6 @@
     '*mode':  'uint16' } }
 
 ##
-# @NetdevDumpOptions:
-#
-# Dump VLAN network traffic to a file.
-#
-# @len: per-packet size limit (64k default). Understands [TGMKkb]
-# suffixes.
-#
-# @file: dump file path (default is qemu-vlan0.pcap)
-#
-# Since: 1.2
-##
-{ 'struct': 'NetdevDumpOptions',
-  'data': {
-    '*len':  'size',
-    '*file': 'str' } }
-
-##
 # @NetdevBridgeOptions:
 #
 # Connect a host TAP network interface to a host bridge device.
@@ -466,9 +449,11 @@
 # Available netdev drivers.
 #
 # Since: 2.7
+#
+# 'dump' - removed with 2.12
 ##
 { 'enum': 'NetClientDriver',
-  'data': [ 'none', 'nic', 'user', 'tap', 'l2tpv3', 'socket', 'vde', 'dump',
+  'data': [ 'none', 'nic', 'user', 'tap', 'l2tpv3', 'socket', 'vde',
             'bridge', 'hubport', 'netmap', 'vhost-user' ] }
 
 ##
@@ -495,7 +480,6 @@
     'l2tpv3':   'NetdevL2TPv3Options',
     'socket':   'NetdevSocketOptions',
     'vde':      'NetdevVdeOptions',
-    'dump':     'NetdevDumpOptions',
     'bridge':   'NetdevBridgeOptions',
     'hubport':  'NetdevHubPortOptions',
     'netmap':   'NetdevNetmapOptions',
@@ -530,7 +514,7 @@
 ##
 { 'enum': 'NetLegacyOptionsType',
   'data': ['none', 'nic', 'user', 'tap', 'l2tpv3', 'socket', 'vde',
-           'dump', 'bridge', 'netmap', 'vhost-user'] }
+           'bridge', 'netmap', 'vhost-user'] }
 
 ##
 # @NetLegacyOptions:
@@ -550,7 +534,6 @@
     'l2tpv3':   'NetdevL2TPv3Options',
     'socket':   'NetdevSocketOptions',
     'vde':      'NetdevVdeOptions',
-    'dump':     'NetdevDumpOptions',
     'bridge':   'NetdevBridgeOptions',
     'netmap':   'NetdevNetmapOptions',
     'vhost-user': 'NetdevVhostUserOptions' } }
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index b3c2763624..4fcc85acc7 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -2707,12 +2707,6 @@ that can be specified with the ``-device'' parameter.
 The drive addr argument is replaced by the the addr argument
 that can be specified with the ``-device'' parameter.
 
-@subsection -net dump (since 2.10.0)
-
-The ``--net dump'' argument is now replaced with the
-``-object filter-dump'' argument which works in combination
-with the modern ``-netdev`` backends instead.
-
 @subsection -usbdevice (since 2.10.0)
 
 The ``-usbdevice DEV'' argument is now a synonym for setting
@@ -2766,16 +2760,6 @@ from qcow2 images.
 
 The ``query-cpus'' command is replaced by the ``query-cpus-fast'' command.
 
-@section System emulator human monitor commands
-
-@subsection host_net_add (since 2.10.0)
-
-The ``host_net_add'' command is replaced by the ``netdev_add'' command.
-
-@subsection host_net_remove (since 2.10.0)
-
-The ``host_net_remove'' command is replaced by the ``netdev_del'' command.
-
 @section System emulator devices
 
 @subsection ivshmem (since 2.6.0)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index fea949dd56..2a22a62f74 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1998,19 +1998,40 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
     "                VALE port (created on the fly) called 'name' ('nmname' is name of the \n"
     "                netmap device, defaults to '/dev/netmap')\n"
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
     "-netdev vhost-user,id=str,chardev=dev[,vhostforce=on|off]\n"
     "                configure a vhost-user network, backed by a chardev 'dev'\n"
+#endif
     "-netdev hubport,id=str,hubid=n[,netdev=nd]\n"
     "                configure a hub port on QEMU VLAN 'n'\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+DEF("nic", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_nic,
+    "--nic [tap|bridge|"
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
+    "user|"
+#endif
+#ifdef __linux__
+    "l2tpv3|"
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_VDE
+    "vde|"
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETMAP
+    "netmap|"
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
+    "vhost-user|"
+#endif
+    "socket][,option][,...][mac=macaddr]\n"
+    "                initialize an on-board / default host NIC (using MAC address\n"
+    "                macaddr) and connect it to the given host network backend\n"
+    "--nic none      use it alone to have zero network devices (the default is to\n"
+    "                provided a 'user' network connection)\n",
+    QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 DEF("net", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_net,
     "-net nic[,vlan=n][,netdev=nd][,macaddr=mac][,model=type][,name=str][,addr=str][,vectors=v]\n"
     "                configure or create an on-board (or machine default) NIC and\n"
     "                connect it either to VLAN 'n' or the netdev 'nd' (for pluggable\n"
     "                NICs please use '-device devtype,netdev=nd' instead)\n"
-    "-net dump[,vlan=n][,file=f][,len=n]\n"
-    "                dump traffic on vlan 'n' to file 'f' (max n bytes per packet)\n"
-    "-net none       use it alone to have zero network devices. If no -net option\n"
-    "                is provided, the default is '-net nic -net user'\n"
     "-net ["
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
     "user|"
@@ -2456,16 +2477,17 @@ qemu -m 512 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,sha
      -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0
 @end example
 
-@item -net dump[,vlan=@var{n}][,file=@var{file}][,len=@var{len}]
-Dump network traffic on VLAN @var{n} to file @var{file} (@file{qemu-vlan0.pcap} by default).
-At most @var{len} bytes (64k by default) per packet are stored. The file format is
-libpcap, so it can be analyzed with tools such as tcpdump or Wireshark.
-Note: For devices created with '-netdev', use '-object filter-dump,...' instead.
+@item --nic [tap|bridge|user|l2tpv3|vde|netmap|vhost-user|socket][,...][,mac=macaddr]
+
+This option is a shortcut for setting both, the on-board (default) guest NIC
+hardware and the host network backend in one go. The host backend options are
+the same as with the corresponding @option{--netdev} option. The guest NIC
+hardware MAC address can be set with @option{mac=@var{macaddr}}.
 
-@item -net none
-Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
-override the default configuration (@option{-net nic -net user}) which
-is activated if no @option{-net} options are provided.
+@item --nic none
+Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to override
+the default configuration (default NIC with @option{--net user} backend) which
+is activated if no other networking options are provided.
 ETEXI
 
 STEXI
diff --git a/tests/test-hmp.c b/tests/test-hmp.c
index 5b7e447b6a..5352c9c088 100644
--- a/tests/test-hmp.c
+++ b/tests/test-hmp.c
@@ -37,10 +37,8 @@ static const char *hmp_cmds[] = {
     "dump-guest-memory /dev/null 0 4096",
     "dump-guest-memory /dev/null",
     "gdbserver",
-    "host_net_add user id=net0",
     "hostfwd_add tcp::43210-:43210",
     "hostfwd_remove tcp::43210-:43210",
-    "host_net_remove 0 net0",
     "i /w 0",
     "log all",
     "log none",
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 2149a9abea..f98ec983e8 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3093,6 +3093,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_chardev_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_device_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_netdev_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_nic_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_net_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_rtc_opts);
     qemu_add_opts(&qemu_global_opts);
@@ -3313,6 +3314,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                     exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_nic:
+                default_net = 0;
+                if (net_client_parse(qemu_find_opts("nic"), optarg) == -1) {
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+                break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_net:
                 default_net = 0;
                 if (net_client_parse(qemu_find_opts("net"), optarg) == -1) {
@@ -4491,7 +4498,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     colo_info_init();
 
-    if (net_init_clients() < 0) {
+    if (net_init_clients(&err) < 0) {
+        error_report_err(err);
         exit(1);
     }