Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vl: Error messages need to go to stderr, fix some

[Marcel Apfelbaum]

On 05/31/2016 11:31 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> We print a few fatal error messages to stdout instead of stderr.
> Reproducer:
>
>      $ qemu-system-x86_64 -g 1024x768
>      Option g not supported for this target
>      $ qemu-system-x86_64 -g 1024x768 >/dev/null
>
> Fix by printing them with error_report().  This also improves the messages.
> The above one becomes
>
>      qemu-system-x86_64: -g 1024x768: Option not supported for this target
>
> Reported-by: Tobi {github.com/tobimensch}
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
>   vl.c | 8 ++++----
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index 18d1423..7800b31 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -3075,7 +3075,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>
>               popt = lookup_opt(argc, argv, &optarg, &optind);
>               if (!(popt->arch_mask & arch_type)) {
> -                printf("Option %s not supported for this target\n", 
> popt->name);
> +                error_report("Option not supported for this target");
>                   exit(1);
>               }
>               switch(popt->index) {
> @@ -3849,21 +3849,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>                   break;
>               case QEMU_OPTION_xen_domid:
>                   if (!(xen_available())) {
> -                    printf("Option %s not supported for this target\n", 
> popt->name);
> +                    error_report("Option not supported for this target");
>                       exit(1);
>                   }
>                   xen_domid = atoi(optarg);
>                   break;
>               case QEMU_OPTION_xen_create:
>                   if (!(xen_available())) {
> -                    printf("Option %s not supported for this target\n", 
> popt->name);
> +                    error_report("Option not supported for this target");
>                       exit(1);
>                   }
>                   xen_mode = XEN_CREATE;
>                   break;
>               case QEMU_OPTION_xen_attach:
>                   if (!(xen_available())) {
> -                    printf("Option %s not supported for this target\n", 
> popt->name);
> +                    error_report("Option not supported for this target");
>                       exit(1);
>                   }
>                   xen_mode = XEN_ATTACH;


Reviewed-by: Marcel Apfelbaum <address@hidden>


Thanks,
Marcel