Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/10] vl: Set errp to &error_abort on machine compat_props

[Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel@redhat.com>]

On 06/15/2016 11:32 PM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> Use the new GlobalProperty.errp field to handle compat_props
> errors.
>
> Example output before this change:
> (with an intentionally broken entry added to PC_COMPAT_1_3 just
> for testing)
>
>    $ qemu-system-x86_64 -machine pc-1.3
>    qemu-system-x86_64: hw/core/qdev-properties.c:1091: qdev_prop_set_globals_for_type: Assertion `prop->user_provided' failed.
>    Aborted (core dumped)
>
> After:
>
>    $ qemu-system-x86_64 -machine pc-1.3
>    Unexpected error in x86_cpuid_set_vendor() at /home/ehabkost/rh/proj/virt/qemu/target-i386/cpu.c:1688:
>    qemu-system-x86_64: can't apply global cpu.vendor=x: Property '.vendor' doesn't take value 'x'
>    Aborted (core dumped)
>
> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
> ---
>   hw/core/machine.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
> index 754a054..d6f6be4 100644
> --- a/hw/core/machine.c
> +++ b/hw/core/machine.c
> @@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ void machine_register_compat_props(MachineState *machine)
>
>       for (i = 0; i < mc->compat_props->len; i++) {
>           p = g_array_index(mc->compat_props, GlobalProperty *, i);
> +        /* Machine compat_props must never cause errors: */
> +        p->errp = &error_abort;
>           qdev_prop_register_global(p);
>       }
>   }
>

Reviewed-by: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel@redhat.com>

Thanks,
Marcel