Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1 8/8] s390x: local error handling in hotplug handler functions

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Thu,  7 Jun 2018 18:52:18 +0200
David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:

> Let's introduce and use local error variables in the hotplug handler
> functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> ---
>  hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
> index 7ae5fb38dd..29ea50a177 100644
> --- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
> +++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
> @@ -434,18 +434,23 @@ static void s390_machine_reset(void)
>  static void s390_machine_device_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
>                                       DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
>  {
> +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> +
>      if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU)) {
> -        s390_cpu_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
> +        s390_cpu_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, &local_err);
>      }
> +    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
>  }
>  
>  static void s390_machine_device_unplug_request(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
>                                                 DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
>  {
> +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> +
>      if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU)) {
> -        error_setg(errp, "CPU hot unplug not supported on this machine");
> -        return;
> +        error_setg(&local_err, "CPU hot unplug not supported on this machine");
>      }
> +    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
>  }
>  
>  static CpuInstanceProperties s390_cpu_index_to_props(MachineState *ms,

Just seeing this patch by itself, it does not really make much sense.
Even if this is a split out clean-up series, I'd prefer this to go
together with a patch that actually adds something more to the
plug/unplug functions.