[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] [trivial] print meaningful error message in case of --disable-vhost-net

[Michael Tokarev]

When qemu gets compiled without support of vhost-net, any attempt
to use it fails with a very clear error message:

 qemu-system-x86_64: -netdev ...,vhost=on: vhost-net requested but could not be 
initialized

there's absolutely no reason given _why_ it coult not be
initialized, and even strace'ing the process in question
does not reveal any errors.  So print a message telling
what's going on.

Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <address@hidden>
---
 hw/vhost_net.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/vhost_net.c b/hw/vhost_net.c
index 420e05f..33ba402 100644
--- a/hw/vhost_net.c
+++ b/hw/vhost_net.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "virtio-net.h"
 #include "vhost_net.h"
+#include "qemu-error.h"
 
 #include "config.h"
 
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ void vhost_net_cleanup(struct vhost_net *net)
 struct vhost_net *vhost_net_init(VLANClientState *backend, int devfd,
                                  bool force)
 {
+    error_report("vhost-net support is not compiled in");
     return NULL;
 }
 
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1.7.2.5