This adds documentation for the previously added 'insecure-input'
parameter to -compat, which controls policy for insecure
configuration requests.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]>
---
 qemu-options.hx | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 16d9c6c9072..0487e74bb3e 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -4696,7 +4696,9 @@ DEF("compat", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_compat,
     "-compat 
[deprecated-input=accept|reject|crash|warn][,deprecated-output=accept|hide]\n"
     "                Policy for handling deprecated management interfaces\n"
     "-compat 
[unstable-input=accept|reject|crash|warn][,unstable-output=accept|hide]\n"
-    "                Policy for handling unstable management interfaces\n",
+    "                Policy for handling unstable management interfaces\n"
+    "-compat [insecure-input=accept|reject|crash|warn]\n"
+    "                Policy for handling requests for insecure configuration 
requests\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
 ``-compat 
[deprecated-input=<input-policy>][,deprecated-output=<output-policy>]``
@@ -4734,6 +4736,24 @@ SRST
         Suppress unstable command results and events
 
     Limitation: covers only syntactic aspects of QMP.
+
+``-compat [insecure-input=<input-policy>]
+    Set policy for handling requests for insecure configuration
+    requests:
+
+    ``insecure-input=accept`` (default)
+        Accept insecure configurations requests silently
+    ``insecure-input=warn``
+        Accept insecure configuration requests with warning on stderr
+    ``insecure-input=reject``
+        Reject insecure configuration requests
+    ``insecure-input=crash``
+        Crash on insecure configuration requests
+
+    Limitation: an insecure configuration is one where QEMU has
+    not intended to provide a security boundary to protect against
+    malicious usage. Covers only QOM types for devices, machine types
+    and accelerators.
 ERST
 
 DEF("fw_cfg", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fwcfg,
-- 
2.56.0


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