[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] util/error: Save errno from clobbering

[Max Reitz]

There may be calls to error_setg() and especially error_setg_errno()
which blindly (and until now wrongly) assume these functions not to
clobber errno (e.g., they pass errno to error_setg_errno() and return
-errno afterwards). Instead of trying to find and fix all of these
constructs, just make sure error_setg() and error_setg_errno() indeed do
not clobber errno.

Suggested-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
---
 util/error.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/util/error.c b/util/error.c
index ec0faa6..3ee362a 100644
--- a/util/error.c
+++ b/util/error.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ void error_set(Error **errp, ErrorClass err_class, const char 
*fmt, ...)
 {
     Error *err;
     va_list ap;
+    int saved_errno = errno;
 
     if (errp == NULL) {
         return;
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ void error_set(Error **errp, ErrorClass err_class, const char 
*fmt, ...)
     err->err_class = err_class;
 
     *errp = err;
+
+    errno = saved_errno;
 }
 
 void error_set_errno(Error **errp, int os_errno, ErrorClass err_class,
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ void error_set_errno(Error **errp, int os_errno, ErrorClass 
err_class,
     Error *err;
     char *msg1;
     va_list ap;
+    int saved_errno = errno;
 
     if (errp == NULL) {
         return;
@@ -69,6 +73,8 @@ void error_set_errno(Error **errp, int os_errno, ErrorClass 
err_class,
     err->err_class = err_class;
 
     *errp = err;
+
+    errno = saved_errno;
 }
 
 void error_setg_file_open(Error **errp, int os_errno, const char *filename)
-- 
1.8.4.2