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Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module
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Kevin Wolf |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom |
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Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:38:51 +0200 |
Am 24.09.2022 um 01:21 hat Claudio Fontana geschrieben:
> improve error handling during module load, by changing:
>
> bool module_load(const char *prefix, const char *lib_name);
> void module_load_qom(const char *type);
>
> to:
>
> int module_load(const char *prefix, const char *name, Error **errp);
> int module_load_qom(const char *type, Error **errp);
>
> where the return value is:
>
> -1 on module load error, and errp is set with the error
> 0 on module or one of its dependencies are not installed
> 1 on module load success
> 2 on module load success (module already loaded or built-in)
>
> module_load_qom_one has been introduced in:
>
> commit 28457744c345 ("module: qom module support"), which built on top of
> module_load_one, but discarded the bool return value. Restore it.
>
> Adapt all callers to emit errors, or ignore them, or fail hard,
> as appropriate in each context.
>
> Some memory leaks also fixed as part of the module_load changes.
>
> audio: when attempting to load an audio module, report module load errors.
> block: when attempting to load a block module, report module load errors.
> console: when attempting to load a display module, report module load errors.
>
> qdev: when creating a new qdev Device object (DeviceState), report load
> errors.
> If a module cannot be loaded to create that device, now abort execution.
>
> qom/object.c: when initializing a QOM object, or looking up class_by_name,
> report module load errors.
>
> qtest: when processing the "module_load" qtest command, report errors
> in the load of the module.
>
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Fontana <cfontana@suse.de>
> diff --git a/block/dmg.c b/block/dmg.c
> index 007b8d9996..a422cf8d5b 100644
> --- a/block/dmg.c
> +++ b/block/dmg.c
> @@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ static int dmg_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options,
> int flags,
> uint64_t plist_xml_offset, plist_xml_length;
> int64_t offset;
> int ret;
> + Error *local_err = NULL;
>
> ret = bdrv_apply_auto_read_only(bs, NULL, errp);
> if (ret < 0) {
> @@ -446,8 +447,15 @@ static int dmg_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict
> *options, int flags,
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> - block_module_load("dmg-bz2");
> - block_module_load("dmg-lzfse");
> + if (block_module_load("dmg-bz2", &local_err) < 0) {
> + error_report_err(local_err);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> + local_err = NULL;
> + if (block_module_load("dmg-lzfse", &local_err) < 0) {
> + error_report_err(local_err);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
Why don't we pass the existing errp instead of adding a new local_err
and printing it locally? If we use error_report_err(local_err) and leave
errp untouched, the caller will print another less specific error
message, which is generally not what we want.
Kevin
- [PATCH v6 0/5] improve error handling for module load, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23
- [PATCH v6 2/5] module: rename module_load_one to module_load, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23
- [PATCH v6 4/5] dmg: warn when opening dmg images containing blocks of unknown type, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23
- [PATCH v6 1/5] module: removed unused function argument "mayfail", Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23
- [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom,
Kevin Wolf <=
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/26
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/26
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Markus Armbruster, 2022/09/27
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/27
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Kevin Wolf, 2022/09/27
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/27
- Re: [PATCH v6 3/5] module: add Error arguments to module_load and module_load_qom, Kevin Wolf, 2022/09/27
[PATCH v6 5/5] accel: abort if we fail to load the accelerator plugin, Claudio Fontana, 2022/09/23