Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 15/15] tap: Improve -netdev/netdev_add/-net/... tap error reporting

[Eric Blake]

On 05/12/2015 06:03 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> When -netdev tap fails, it first reports a specific error, then a
> generic one, like this:
> 
>     $ qemu-system-x86_64 -netdev tap,id=foo
>     qemu-system-x86_64: -netdev tap,id=foo: could not configure /dev/net/tun: 
> Operation not permitted
>     qemu-system-x86_64: -netdev tap,id=foo: Device 'tap' could not be 
> initialized
> 
> With the command line, the messages go to stderr.  In HMP, they go to
> the monitor.  In QMP, the second one becomes the error reply, and the
> first one goes to stderr.
> 
> Convert net_init_tap() to Error.  This suppresses the unwanted second
> message, and and makes the specific error the QMP error reply.

s/and and/and/

> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
>  net/tap.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 


> @@ -807,15 +807,15 @@ int net_init_tap(const NetClientOptions *opts, const 
> char *name,
>                               tap->has_vhostfds ? vhost_fds[i] : NULL,
>                               vnet_hdr, fd, &err);
>              if (err) {
> -                error_report_err(err);
> +                error_propagate(errp, err);
>                  return -1;
>              }
>          }
>      } else if (tap->has_helper) {
>          if (tap->has_ifname || tap->has_script || tap->has_downscript ||
>              tap->has_vnet_hdr || tap->has_queues || tap->has_vhostfds) {
> -            error_report("ifname=, script=, downscript=, and vnet_hdr= "
> -                         "queues=, and vhostfds= are invalid with helper=");
> +            error_setg(errp, "ifname=, script=, downscript=, and vnet_hdr= "
> +                       "queues=, and vhostfds= are invalid with helper=");

As long as you are touching this, s/and vnet_hdr=/vnet_hdr=,/

Minor enough that I'm okay with fixing it, and adding:
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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