[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 10/10] block: print errno on error

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

>> diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
>> index 0c9f2d4..f6c40fb 100644
>> --- a/qemu-img.c
>> +++ b/qemu-img.c
>> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static int img_create(int argc, char **argv)
>>           } else if (ret == -EFBIG) {
>>               error("The image size is too large for file format '%s'", fmt);
>>           } else {
>> -            error("Error while formatting");
>> +            error("Error (%s) while formatting for file format '%s'", strerror(ret), fmt);
>>           }
>>       }
>>       return 0;
>> @@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
>>           } else if (ret == -EFBIG) {
>>               error("The image size is too large for file format '%s'", out_fmt);
>>           } else {
>> -            error("Error while formatting '%s'", out_filename);
>> +            error("Error (%s) while formatting file '%s'", strerror(ret), out_filename);
>>           }
>>       }
>>
>
> I think it should be strerror(-ret) in both cases.

Yes; also, since you are at it, I think that respectively

error("%s: error while creating %s image: %s", filename, fmt,
       strerror(-ret);

error(%s: error while converting to %s: %s", out_filename, fmt,
       strerror(-ret);

would be more consistent with usual error messages:

$ cat fdsfds
cat: fdsfds: No such file or directory

Paolo