error: Eliminate error_propagate() with Coccinelle, part 1

When all we do with an Error we receive into a local variable is
propagating to somewhere else, we can just as well receive it there
right away.  Convert

    if (!foo(..., &err)) {
        ...
        error_propagate(errp, err);
        ...
        return ...
    }

to

    if (!foo(..., errp)) {
        ...
        ...
        return ...
    }

where nothing else needs @err.  Coccinelle script:

    @rule1 forall@
    identifier fun, err, errp, lbl;
    expression list args, args2;
    binary operator op;
    constant c1, c2;
    symbol false;
    @@
         if (
    (
    -        fun(args, &err, args2)
    +        fun(args, errp, args2)
    |
    -        !fun(args, &err, args2)
    +        !fun(args, errp, args2)
    |
    -        fun(args, &err, args2) op c1
    +        fun(args, errp, args2) op c1
    )
            )
         {
             ... when != err
                 when != lbl:
                 when strict
    -        error_propagate(errp, err);
             ... when != err
    (
             return;
    |
             return c2;
    |
             return false;
    )
         }

    @rule2 forall@
    identifier fun, err, errp, lbl;
    expression list args, args2;
    expression var;
    binary operator op;
    constant c1, c2;
    symbol false;
    @@
    -    var = fun(args, &err, args2);
    +    var = fun(args, errp, args2);
         ... when != err
         if (
    (
             var
    |
             !var
    |
             var op c1
    )
            )
         {
             ... when != err
                 when != lbl:
                 when strict
    -        error_propagate(errp, err);
             ... when != err
    (
             return;
    |
             return c2;
    |
             return false;
    |
             return var;
    )
         }

    @depends on rule1 || rule2@
    identifier err;
    @@
    -    Error *err = NULL;
         ... when != err

Not exactly elegant, I'm afraid.

The "when != lbl:" is necessary to avoid transforming

         if (fun(args, &err)) {
             goto out
         }
         ...
     out:
         error_propagate(errp, err);

even though other paths to label out still need the error_propagate().
For an actual example, see sclp_realize().

Without the "when strict", Coccinelle transforms vfio_msix_setup(),
incorrectly.  I don't know what exactly "when strict" does, only that
it helps here.

The match of return is narrower than what I want, but I can't figure
out how to express "return where the operand doesn't use @err".  For
an example where it's too narrow, see vfio_intx_enable().

Silently fails to convert hw/arm/armsse.c, because Coccinelle gets
confused by ARMSSE being used both as typedef and function-like macro
there.  Converted manually.

Line breaks tidied up manually.  One nested declaration of @local_err
deleted manually.  Preexisting unwanted blank line dropped in
hw/riscv/sifive_e.c.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200707160613.848843-35-armbru@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/hw/ppc/pnv_psi.c b/hw/ppc/pnv_psi.c
index 604788a..5bdeec7 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/pnv_psi.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/pnv_psi.c
@@ -501,17 +501,14 @@ static void pnv_psi_power8_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     PnvPsi *psi = PNV_PSI(dev);
     ICSState *ics = &PNV8_PSI(psi)->ics;
-    Error *err = NULL;
     unsigned int i;
 
     /* Create PSI interrupt control source */
     if (!object_property_set_int(OBJECT(ics), "nr-irqs", PSI_NUM_INTERRUPTS,
-                                 &err)) {
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
+                                 errp)) {
         return;
     }
-    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(ics), NULL, &err)) {
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
+    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(ics), NULL, errp)) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -841,7 +838,6 @@ static void pnv_psi_power9_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     PnvPsi *psi = PNV_PSI(dev);
     XiveSource *xsrc = &PNV9_PSI(psi)->source;
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     int i;
 
     /* This is the only device with 4k ESB pages */
@@ -849,8 +845,7 @@ static void pnv_psi_power9_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(xsrc), "nr-irqs", PSIHB9_NUM_IRQS,
                             &error_fatal);
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(xsrc), "xive", OBJECT(psi), &error_abort);
-    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(xsrc), NULL, &local_err)) {
-        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+    if (!qdev_realize(DEVICE(xsrc), NULL, errp)) {
         return;
     }