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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2023-02-15 18:37:27 +0000
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Merge tag 'misc-next-pull-request' of https://gitlab.com/berrange/qemu into staging
 * Document 'password-secret' option for -iscsi
 * Deprecate iSCSI 'password' in favour of 'password-secret'
 * Remove deprecated 'password' option for SPICE
 * Fix handling of cached read buffers with TLS

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* tag 'misc-next-pull-request' of https://gitlab.com/berrange/qemu:
  ui: remove deprecated 'password' option for SPICE
  block: deprecate iSCSI 'password' in favour of 'password-secret'
  block: mention 'password-secret' option for -iscsi
  io/channel-tls: fix handling of bigger read buffers
  crypto: TLS: introduce `check_pending`

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/about/deprecated.rst16
-rw-r--r--docs/about/removed-features.rst7
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index cb1ec72347..2827b0c0be 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ and will cause a warning.
 The replacement for the ``nodelay`` short-form boolean option is ``nodelay=on``
 rather than ``delay=off``.
 
-``-spice password=string`` (since 6.0)
-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-This option is insecure because the SPICE password remains visible in
-the process listing. This is replaced by the new ``password-secret``
-option which lets the password be securely provided on the command
-line using a ``secret`` object instance.
-
 ``-smp`` ("parameter=0" SMP configurations) (since 6.2)
 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
@@ -301,6 +293,14 @@ The above, converted to the current supported format::
 
   json:{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.pool":"rbd", "file.image":"name"}
 
+``iscsi,password=xxx`` (since 8.0)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the
+``password`` option is insecure. The ``password-secret`` option should be
+used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides
+a password via a file, or encrypted.
+
 Backwards compatibility
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index 4a84e6174f..e901637ce5 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -428,6 +428,13 @@ respectively. The actual backend names should be used instead.
 Use ``-drive if=pflash`` to configure the OTP device of the sifive_u
 RISC-V machine instead.
 
+``-spice password=string`` (removed in 8.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+This option was insecure because the SPICE password remained visible in
+the process listing. This was replaced by the new ``password-secret``
+option which lets the password be securely provided on the command
+line using a ``secret`` object instance.
 
 QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
 ------------------------------------