A quick coredump on an incomplete command line:
./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -mon mode=control,pretty=on
#0 0x00007ffff723d9e4 in g_str_hash () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#1 0x00007ffff723ce38 in g_hash_table_lookup () at /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0x0000555555cc0073 in object_class_property_find (klass=0x5555566a94b0,
name=0x0, errp=0x0) at qom/object.c:1135
#3 0x0000555555cc004b in object_class_property_find (klass=0x5555566a9440,
name=0x0, errp=0x0) at qom/object.c:1129
#4 0x0000555555cbfe6e in object_property_find (obj=0x5555568348c0, name=0x0,
errp=0x0) at qom/object.c:1080
#5 0x0000555555cc183d in object_resolve_path_component
(parent=0x5555568348c0, part=0x0) at qom/object.c:1762
#6 0x0000555555d82071 in qemu_chr_find (name=0x0) at chardev/char.c:802
#7 0x00005555559d77cb in mon_init_func (opaque=0x0, opts=0x5555566b65a0,
errp=0x0) at vl.c:2291
Fix it to instead fail gracefully.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
---
vl.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 4e25c78bff0..2ed8672eb79 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2288,6 +2288,10 @@ static int mon_init_func(void *opaque, QemuOpts *opts,
Error **errp)
}
chardev = qemu_opt_get(opts, "chardev");
+ if (!chardev) {
+ error_report("chardev is required");
+ exit(1);
+ }
chr = qemu_chr_find(chardev);
if (chr == NULL) {
error_report("chardev \"%s\" not found", chardev);