5 files changed, 32 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/qapi/compat-policy.h b/include/qapi/compat-policy.h
index 1083f95122..8b7b25c0b5 100644
--- a/include/qapi/compat-policy.h
+++ b/include/qapi/compat-policy.h
@@ -13,10 +13,17 @@
 #ifndef QAPI_COMPAT_POLICY_H
 #define QAPI_COMPAT_POLICY_H
 
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-types-compat.h"
 
 extern CompatPolicy compat_policy;
 
+bool compat_policy_input_ok(unsigned special_features,
+                            const CompatPolicy *policy,
+                            ErrorClass error_class,
+                            const char *kind, const char *name,
+                            Error **errp);
+
 /*
  * Create a QObject input visitor for @obj for use with QMP
  *
diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
index 075203dc67..1e4240fd0d 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ typedef void (QmpCommandFunc)(QDict *, QObject **, Error **);
 
 typedef enum QmpCommandOptions
 {
-    QCO_NO_OPTIONS            =  0x0,
     QCO_NO_SUCCESS_RESP       =  (1U << 0),
     QCO_ALLOW_OOB             =  (1U << 1),
     QCO_ALLOW_PRECONFIG       =  (1U << 2),
     QCO_COROUTINE             =  (1U << 3),
-    QCO_DEPRECATED            =  (1U << 4),
 } QmpCommandOptions;
 
 typedef struct QmpCommand
@@ -35,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct QmpCommand
     /* Runs in coroutine context if QCO_COROUTINE is set */
     QmpCommandFunc *fn;
     QmpCommandOptions options;
+    unsigned special_features;
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(QmpCommand) node;
     bool enabled;
     const char *disable_reason;
@@ -43,7 +42,8 @@ typedef struct QmpCommand
 typedef QTAILQ_HEAD(QmpCommandList, QmpCommand) QmpCommandList;
 
 void qmp_register_command(QmpCommandList *cmds, const char *name,
-                          QmpCommandFunc *fn, QmpCommandOptions options);
+                          QmpCommandFunc *fn, QmpCommandOptions options,
+                          unsigned special_features);
 const QmpCommand *qmp_find_command(const QmpCommandList *cmds,
                                    const char *name);
 void qmp_disable_command(QmpCommandList *cmds, const char *name,
diff --git a/include/qapi/util.h b/include/qapi/util.h
index 257c600f99..81a2b13a33 100644
--- a/include/qapi/util.h
+++ b/include/qapi/util.h
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@
 #ifndef QAPI_UTIL_H
 #define QAPI_UTIL_H
 
-/* QEnumLookup flags */
-#define QAPI_ENUM_DEPRECATED 1
+typedef enum {
+    QAPI_DEPRECATED,
+    QAPI_UNSTABLE,
+} QapiSpecialFeature;
 
 typedef struct QEnumLookup {
     const char *const *array;
-    const unsigned char *const flags;
+    const unsigned char *const special_features;
     const int size;
 } QEnumLookup;
 
diff --git a/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h b/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
index 72b6537bef..2badec5ba4 100644
--- a/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
+++ b/include/qapi/visitor-impl.h
@@ -114,10 +114,12 @@ struct Visitor
     void (*optional)(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *present);
 
     /* Optional */
-    bool (*deprecated_accept)(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp);
+    bool (*policy_reject)(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                          unsigned special_features, Error **errp);
 
     /* Optional */
-    bool (*deprecated)(Visitor *v, const char *name);
+    bool (*policy_skip)(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                        unsigned special_features);
 
     /* Must be set */
     VisitorType type;
diff --git a/include/qapi/visitor.h b/include/qapi/visitor.h
index dcb96018a9..d53a84c9ba 100644
--- a/include/qapi/visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/visitor.h
@@ -461,22 +461,31 @@ void visit_end_alternate(Visitor *v, void **obj);
 bool visit_optional(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *present);
 
 /*
- * Should we reject deprecated member @name?
+ * Should we reject member @name due to policy?
+ *
+ * @special_features is the member's special features encoded as a
+ * bitset of QapiSpecialFeature.
  *
  * @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);
+bool visit_policy_reject(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                         unsigned special_features, Error **errp);
 
 /*
- * Should we visit deprecated member @name?
+ *
+ * Should we skip member @name due to policy?
+ *
+ * @special_features is the member's special features encoded as a
+ * bitset of QapiSpecialFeature.
  *
  * @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);
+bool visit_policy_skip(Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                       unsigned special_features);
 
 /*
  * Set policy for handling deprecated management interfaces.