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From: Robert Reif <reif@earthlink.net>
To: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Cc: Markus Hitter <mah@jump-ing.de>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] fix possible NULL pointer use in hw/ptimer.c
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:14:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <477E778A.8090703@earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200801041744.05953.paul@codesourcery.com>

Paul Brook wrote:

>>What about a meaningful exit message? 
>>    
>>
>
>"Out of memory" is a fairly comprehensive description of the problem.
>In fact I'd say it's much more informative than "<random widget the user 
>doesn't know or care about> failed to initialize".
>  
>
If the user requested a target parameter that is beyond the capabilities
of the host system, a meaningful error message can be generated that
instructs the user on how to possibly correct the problem.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-04 18:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-03  2:29 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] fix possible NULL pointer use in hw/ptimer.c Robert Reif
2008-01-03  2:43 ` Paul Brook
2008-01-03  2:57   ` Robert Reif
2008-01-03 14:02     ` Paul Brook
2008-01-04 17:29       ` Markus Hitter
2008-01-04 17:44         ` Paul Brook
2008-01-04 18:14           ` Robert Reif [this message]
2008-01-05  0:44         ` Rob Landley
2008-01-05  1:07           ` Paul Brook
2008-01-05  2:47             ` Rob Landley
2008-01-05  9:55               ` Markus Hitter
2008-01-06 12:14                 ` Avi Kivity

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