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From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] hw/usb: Use error_setg_file_open() for a better error message
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:28:14 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <873468rm35.fsf@pond.sub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aR-1jGX4Ck0f69zG@gallifrey> (David Alan Gilbert's message of "Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:42:52 +0000")

"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org> writes:

> * Markus Armbruster (armbru@redhat.com) wrote:
>> The error message changes from
>> 
>>     open FILENAME failed
>> 
>> to
>> 
>>     Could not open 'FILENAME': REASON
>> 
>> where REASON is the value of strerror(errno).
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  hw/usb/bus.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/hw/usb/bus.c b/hw/usb/bus.c
>> index 8dd2ce415e..47d42ca3c1 100644
>> --- a/hw/usb/bus.c
>> +++ b/hw/usb/bus.c
>> @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void usb_qdev_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
>>          int fd = qemu_open_old(dev->pcap_filename,
>>                                 O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, 0666);
>>          if (fd < 0) {
>> -            error_setg(errp, "open %s failed", dev->pcap_filename);
>> +            error_setg_file_open(errp, errno, dev->pcap_filename);
>
> Wouldn't it be easier to flip it to use qemu_open() ?

Mechanical change; I missed the obvious :)

I'll give it a try, along with the call in ui/ui-qmp-cmd.c [PATCH 09].
Thanks!

>
> Dave
>
>>              usb_qdev_unrealize(qdev);
>>              return;
>>          }
>> -- 
>> 2.49.0
>> 


  reply	other threads:[~2025-11-21  5:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-20 19:13 [PATCH 00/14] Error message improvements Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 01/14] error: Strip trailing '\n' from error string arguments (again) Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 02/14] hw/usb: Use error_setg_file_open() for a better error message Markus Armbruster
2025-11-21  0:42   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-11-21  5:28     ` Markus Armbruster [this message]
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 03/14] tap-solaris: Use error_setg_file_open() for better error messages Markus Armbruster
2025-11-21  0:24   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-11-21  5:35     ` Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 04/14] qga: " Markus Armbruster
2025-11-21  1:12   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 05/14] hw/scsi: Use error_setg_file_open() for a better error message Markus Armbruster
2025-11-21  2:05   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 06/14] hw/virtio: " Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 07/14] net/tap: " Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 08/14] blkdebug: " Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 09/14] error: Use error_setg_file_open() for simplicity and consistency Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 23:57   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-11-21  5:45     ` Markus Armbruster
2025-11-21 17:45       ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-11-22  7:36         ` Markus Armbruster
2025-11-22 11:53           ` BALATON Zoltan
2025-11-22 13:58             ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 10/14] net/slirp: Improve file open error message Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 11/14] error: Use error_setg_errno() to improve error messages Markus Armbruster
2025-11-21  0:10   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-11-21  5:46     ` Markus Armbruster
2025-11-21  7:37       ` Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 12/14] error: Use error_setg_errno() for simplicity and consistency Markus Armbruster
2025-11-21  0:15   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2025-11-21  5:47     ` Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 13/14] qga/commands-win32: Use error_setg_win32() for better error messages Markus Armbruster
2025-11-20 19:13 ` [PATCH 14/14] block/file-win32: Improve an error message Markus Armbruster

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