1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 76e0b3a946..57c5e93c1a 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_sandbox_opts = {
             .name = "enable",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
         },
+        {
+            .name = "obsolete",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },
         { /* end of list */ }
     },
 };
@@ -1034,7 +1038,25 @@ static int parse_sandbox(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
 {
     if (qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "enable", false)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP
-        if (seccomp_start() < 0) {
+        uint32_t seccomp_opts = QEMU_SECCOMP_SET_DEFAULT
+                | QEMU_SECCOMP_SET_OBSOLETE;
+        const char *value = NULL;
+
+        value = qemu_opt_get(opts, "obsolete");
+        if (value) {
+            if (g_str_equal(value, "allow")) {
+                seccomp_opts &= ~QEMU_SECCOMP_SET_OBSOLETE;
+            } else if (g_str_equal(value, "deny")) {
+                /* this is the default option, this if is here
+                 * to provide a little bit of consistency for
+                 * the command line */
+            } else {
+                error_report("invalid argument for obsolete");
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (seccomp_start(seccomp_opts) < 0) {
             error_report("failed to install seccomp syscall filter "
                          "in the kernel");
             return -1;