From: "Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
To: Alessandro Ratti <alessandro@0x65c.net>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, alessandro.ratti@gmail.com, philmd@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: Add function name to error messages
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:35:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a52wqa03.fsf@draig.linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250915100701.224156-2-alessandro@0x65c.net> (Alessandro Ratti's message of "Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:01:07 +0200")
Alessandro Ratti <alessandro@0x65c.net> writes:
> Replace virtio_error() with a macro that automatically prepends the
> calling function name to error messages. This provides better context
> for debugging virtio issues by showing exactly which function
> encountered the error.
>
> Before: "Invalid queue size: 1024"
> After: "virtio_queue_set_num: Invalid queue size: 1024"
>
> The implementation uses a macro to insert __func__ at compile time,
> avoiding any runtime overhead while providing more specific error
> context than a generic "virtio:" prefix.
>
> Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/230
> Buglink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1919021
>
> Signed-off-by: Alessandro Ratti <alessandro@0x65c.net>
> ---
> hw/virtio/virtio.c | 2 +-
> include/hw/virtio/virtio.h | 4 +++-
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
> index 9a81ad912e..44528d7f2b 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
> @@ -3931,7 +3931,7 @@ void virtio_device_set_child_bus_name(VirtIODevice *vdev, char *bus_name)
> vdev->bus_name = g_strdup(bus_name);
> }
>
> -void G_GNUC_PRINTF(2, 3) virtio_error(VirtIODevice *vdev, const char *fmt, ...)
> +void G_GNUC_PRINTF(2, 3) virtio_error_impl(VirtIODevice *vdev, const char *fmt, ...)
> {
> va_list ap;
>
> diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
> index c594764f23..961d021497 100644
> --- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
> +++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
> @@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ void virtio_init(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint16_t device_id, size_t config_size);
>
> void virtio_cleanup(VirtIODevice *vdev);
>
> -void virtio_error(VirtIODevice *vdev, const char *fmt, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(2, 3);
> +#define virtio_error(vdev, fmt, ...) \
> + virtio_error_impl(vdev, "%s: " fmt, __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> +void virtio_error_impl(VirtIODevice *vdev, const char *fmt, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(2, 3);
>
> /* Set the child bus name. */
> void virtio_device_set_child_bus_name(VirtIODevice *vdev, char *bus_name);
For completeness you could also fixup:
virtio_error(vdev, "%s: %d reason unknown", __func__, pnd->reason);
for virtio-ballon. Otherwise:
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
--
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-15 10:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-15 10:01 [PATCH] virtio: Add function name to error messages Alessandro Ratti
2025-09-15 10:01 ` Alessandro Ratti
2025-09-15 10:35 ` Alex Bennée [this message]
2025-09-15 16:19 ` Alessandro Ratti
2025-09-15 16:19 ` [PATCH v2] " Alessandro Ratti
2025-09-22 9:33 ` Alessandro Ratti
2025-09-22 9:33 ` Alessandro Ratti
2025-09-22 10:37 ` Alex Bennée
2025-09-22 10:37 ` Markus Armbruster
2025-09-22 10:47 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-09-22 11:06 ` Alex Bennée
2025-09-22 12:29 ` Markus Armbruster
2025-09-22 13:37 ` Alessandro Ratti
2025-09-22 14:23 ` Markus Armbruster
2025-09-23 9:42 ` Alessandro Ratti
2025-09-23 13:33 ` Markus Armbruster
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