Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] numa: clarify error message when node index is out of range in -numa dist, ...

[Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>]

On Tue, 15 May 2018 16:24:50 +0200
Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com> wrote:

> Pretty long patch summary line. Do we not try to limit that?
> 
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 12:40:58PM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> > When using following CLI:
> >   -numa dist,src=128,dst=1,val=20
> > user getsi a rather confusing error message:  
> 
> gets
> 
> >    "Invalid node 128, max possible could be 128"
> > 
> > Where 128 is number of nodes that QEMU supports (MAX_NODES),
> > while src/dst is an index up to that limit, so it should be
> > MAX_NODES - 1 in error message.
> > Make error message to explicitly state valid range for node
> > index to be more clear.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  numa.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
> > index a3637cc..dedc149 100644
> > --- a/numa.c
> > +++ b/numa.c
> > @@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ static void parse_numa_distance(NumaDistOptions *dist, Error **errp)
> >  
> >      if (src >= MAX_NODES || dst >= MAX_NODES) {
> >          error_setg(errp,
> > -                   "Invalid node %d, max possible could be %d",
> > -                   MAX(src, dst), MAX_NODES);
> > +                   "Invalid node %d, should be in range [0 - %d]",  
> 
> How about "Invalid node %d. The valid node range is [0, %d]." ?
I'll fix up and resend v2

> 
> > +                   MAX(src, dst), MAX_NODES - 1);
> >          return;
> >      }
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.7.4
> > 
> >  
> 
> Besides the nits
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>
Thanks!

> 
> Thanks,
> drew 
>