Functions that use an Error **errp parameter to return errors should
not also report them to the user, because reporting is the caller's
job. The principle is violated by machine_run_board_init() because
it calls error_report(), error_printf(), and exit(1) when the machine
doesn't support the requested CPU type.
Clean this up by using error_setg() and error_append_hint() instead.
No functional change, as the only caller passes &error_fatal.
Suggested-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
---
v9: Improved change log (Markus)
---
hw/core/machine.c | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 0c17398141..bde7f4af6d 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -1466,15 +1466,16 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine, const char *mem_path, Error *
if (!machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]) {
/* The user specified CPU is not valid */
- error_report("Invalid CPU type: %s", machine->cpu_type);
- error_printf("The valid types are: %s",
- machine_class->valid_cpu_types[0]);
+ error_setg(errp, "Invalid CPU type: %s", machine->cpu_type);
+ error_append_hint(errp, "The valid types are: %s",
+ machine_class->valid_cpu_types[0]);
for (i = 1; machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]; i++) {
- error_printf(", %s", machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]);
+ error_append_hint(errp, ", %s",
+ machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]);
}
- error_printf("\n");
- exit(1);
+ error_append_hint(&errp, "\n");
+ return;
}
}
--
2.42.0
On 4/12/23 01:47, Gavin Shan wrote:
> Functions that use an Error **errp parameter to return errors should
> not also report them to the user, because reporting is the caller's
> job. The principle is violated by machine_run_board_init() because
> it calls error_report(), error_printf(), and exit(1) when the machine
> doesn't support the requested CPU type.
>
> Clean this up by using error_setg() and error_append_hint() instead.
> No functional change, as the only caller passes &error_fatal.
>
> Suggested-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---
> v9: Improved change log (Markus)
> ---
> hw/core/machine.c | 13 +++++++------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
> index 0c17398141..bde7f4af6d 100644
> --- a/hw/core/machine.c
> +++ b/hw/core/machine.c
> @@ -1466,15 +1466,16 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine, const char *mem_path, Error *
>
> if (!machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]) {
> /* The user specified CPU is not valid */
> - error_report("Invalid CPU type: %s", machine->cpu_type);
> - error_printf("The valid types are: %s",
> - machine_class->valid_cpu_types[0]);
> + error_setg(errp, "Invalid CPU type: %s", machine->cpu_type);
> + error_append_hint(errp, "The valid types are: %s",
> + machine_class->valid_cpu_types[0]);
> for (i = 1; machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]; i++) {
> - error_printf(", %s", machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]);
> + error_append_hint(errp, ", %s",
> + machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]);
> }
> - error_printf("\n");
>
> - exit(1);
> + error_append_hint(&errp, "\n");
This doesn't build:
hw/core/machine.c:1488:31: error: incompatible pointer types passing
'Error ***' (aka 'struct Error ***') to parameter of type 'Error *const
*' (aka 'struct Error *const *'); remove &
[-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
error_append_hint(&errp, "\n");
^~~~~
> + return;
> }
> }
>
Squashing:
-- >8 --
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 021044aaaf..1898d1d1d7 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -1487,3 +1487,3 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine,
const char *mem_path, Error *
- error_append_hint(&errp, "\n");
+ error_append_hint(errp, "\n");
return;
---
On 1/5/24 21:00, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 4/12/23 01:47, Gavin Shan wrote:
>> Functions that use an Error **errp parameter to return errors should
>> not also report them to the user, because reporting is the caller's
>> job. The principle is violated by machine_run_board_init() because
>> it calls error_report(), error_printf(), and exit(1) when the machine
>> doesn't support the requested CPU type.
>>
>> Clean this up by using error_setg() and error_append_hint() instead.
>> No functional change, as the only caller passes &error_fatal.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> v9: Improved change log (Markus)
>> ---
>> hw/core/machine.c | 13 +++++++------
>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
>> index 0c17398141..bde7f4af6d 100644
>> --- a/hw/core/machine.c
>> +++ b/hw/core/machine.c
>> @@ -1466,15 +1466,16 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine, const char *mem_path, Error *
>> if (!machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]) {
>> /* The user specified CPU is not valid */
>> - error_report("Invalid CPU type: %s", machine->cpu_type);
>> - error_printf("The valid types are: %s",
>> - machine_class->valid_cpu_types[0]);
>> + error_setg(errp, "Invalid CPU type: %s", machine->cpu_type);
>> + error_append_hint(errp, "The valid types are: %s",
>> + machine_class->valid_cpu_types[0]);
>> for (i = 1; machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]; i++) {
>> - error_printf(", %s", machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]);
>> + error_append_hint(errp, ", %s",
>> + machine_class->valid_cpu_types[i]);
>> }
>> - error_printf("\n");
>> - exit(1);
>> + error_append_hint(&errp, "\n");
>
> This doesn't build:
>
> hw/core/machine.c:1488:31: error: incompatible pointer types passing 'Error ***' (aka 'struct Error ***') to parameter of type 'Error *const *' (aka 'struct Error *const *'); remove & [-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
> error_append_hint(&errp, "\n");
> ^~~~~
>
Yes, &errp should have been errp. The problematic code was carried from
previous revisions and has been corrected by PATCH[2/9]. It's how I missed
the building error. Thanks for fixing it up!
Thanks,
Gavin
>> + return;
>> }
>> }
>
> Squashing:
> -- >8 --
> diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
> index 021044aaaf..1898d1d1d7 100644
> --- a/hw/core/machine.c
> +++ b/hw/core/machine.c
> @@ -1487,3 +1487,3 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine, const char *mem_path, Error *
>
> - error_append_hint(&errp, "\n");
> + error_append_hint(errp, "\n");
> return;
> ---
>
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