Merge pull request #49255 from thaJeztah/27.x_backport_ioutils_more_deprecations

[27.x backport] pkg/ioutils: deprecate NopWriter, NopWriteClose

container/stream/streams.go

@@ -87,9 +87,15 @@ func (c *Config) NewInputPipes() {
 
 // NewNopInputPipe creates a new input pipe that will silently drop all messages in the input.
 func (c *Config) NewNopInputPipe() {
-	c.stdinPipe = ioutils.NopWriteCloser(io.Discard)
+	c.stdinPipe = &nopWriteCloser{io.Discard}
 }
 
+type nopWriteCloser struct {
+	io.Writer
+}
+
+func (w *nopWriteCloser) Close() error { return nil }
+
 // CloseStreams ensures that the configured streams are properly closed.
 func (c *Config) CloseStreams() error {
 	var errs []string

pkg/ioutils/writers.go

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // NopWriter represents a type which write operation is nop.
+//
+// Deprecated: use [io.Discard] instead. This type will be removed in the next release.
 type NopWriter struct{}
 
 func (*NopWriter) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ type nopWriteCloser struct {
 func (w *nopWriteCloser) Close() error { return nil }
 
 // NopWriteCloser returns a nopWriteCloser.
+//
+// Deprecated: This function is no longer used and will be removed in the next release.
 func NopWriteCloser(w io.Writer) io.WriteCloser {
 	return &nopWriteCloser{w}
 }