luci-base: emit a warning if cbi() delegates a SimpleForm instance

Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>

diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/dispatcher.lua b/modules/luci-base/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
index 88f9440c5d7c13fef3c1dfabb807ad3d7cfb83b3..4866727572e67f2bb87ad563e65b3f039aba1127 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
+++ b/modules/luci-base/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
@@ -816,7 +816,16 @@ local function _cbi(self, ...)
 
        local state = nil
 
+       local i, res
        for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
+               if util.instanceof(res, cbi.SimpleForm) then
+                       io.stderr:write("Model %s returns SimpleForm but is dispatched via cbi(),\n"
+                               % self.model)
+
+                       io.stderr:write("please change %s to use the form() action instead.\n"
+                               % table.concat(context.request, "/"))
+               end
+
                res.flow = config
                local cstate = res:parse()
                if cstate and (not state or cstate < state) then
@@ -937,6 +946,7 @@ local function _form(self, ...)
        local maps = luci.cbi.load(self.model, ...)
        local state = nil
 
+       local i, res
        for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
                local cstate = res:parse()
                if cstate and (not state or cstate < state) then