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-rw-r--r--include/qapi/error.h31
-rw-r--r--util/error.c33
2 files changed, 62 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/qapi/error.h b/include/qapi/error.h
index b18a608..45d6c72 100644
--- a/include/qapi/error.h
+++ b/include/qapi/error.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
* error_report_err(err);
* This frees the error object.
*
+ * Report an error to stderr with additional text prepended:
+ * error_reportf_err(err, "Could not frobnicate '%s': ", name);
+ *
* Report an error somewhere else:
* const char *msg = error_get_pretty(err);
* do with msg what needs to be done...
@@ -48,6 +51,10 @@
* error_propagate(errp, err);
* where Error **errp is a parameter, by convention the last one.
*
+ * Pass an existing error to the caller with the message modified:
+ * error_propagate(errp, err);
+ * error_prepend(errp, "Could not frobnicate '%s': ", name);
+ *
* Create a new error and pass it to the caller:
* error_setg(errp, "situation normal, all fouled up");
*
@@ -108,9 +115,10 @@
#ifndef ERROR_H
#define ERROR_H
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
#include "qemu/compiler.h"
#include "qapi-types.h"
-#include <stdbool.h>
/*
* Opaque error object.
@@ -208,7 +216,20 @@ void error_setg_win32_internal(Error **errp,
*/
void error_propagate(Error **dst_errp, Error *local_err);
-/**
+/*
+ * Prepend some text to @errp's human-readable error message.
+ * The text is made by formatting @fmt, @ap like vprintf().
+ */
+void error_vprepend(Error **errp, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
+
+/*
+ * Prepend some text to @errp's human-readable error message.
+ * The text is made by formatting @fmt, ... like printf().
+ */
+void error_prepend(Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
+ GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3);
+
+/*
* Append a printf-style human-readable explanation to an existing error.
* @errp may be NULL, but not &error_fatal or &error_abort.
* Trivially the case if you call it only after error_setg() or
@@ -251,6 +272,12 @@ void error_free_or_abort(Error **errp);
void error_report_err(Error *err);
/*
+ * Convenience function to error_prepend(), error_report() and free @err.
+ */
+void error_reportf_err(Error *err, const char *fmt, ...)
+ GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3);
+
+/*
* Just like error_setg(), except you get to specify the error class.
* Note: use of error classes other than ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR is
* strongly discouraged.
diff --git a/util/error.c b/util/error.c
index ebfb74b..57303fd 100644
--- a/util/error.c
+++ b/util/error.c
@@ -122,6 +122,29 @@ void error_setg_file_open_internal(Error **errp,
"Could not open '%s'", filename);
}
+void error_vprepend(Error **errp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+ GString *newmsg;
+
+ if (!errp) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ newmsg = g_string_new(NULL);
+ g_string_vprintf(newmsg, fmt, ap);
+ g_string_append(newmsg, (*errp)->msg);
+ (*errp)->msg = g_string_free(newmsg, 0);
+}
+
+void error_prepend(Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+
+ va_start(ap, fmt);
+ error_vprepend(errp, fmt, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+}
+
void error_append_hint(Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
{
va_list ap;
@@ -209,6 +232,16 @@ void error_report_err(Error *err)
error_free(err);
}
+void error_reportf_err(Error *err, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ va_list ap;
+
+ va_start(ap, fmt);
+ error_vprepend(&err, fmt, ap);
+ va_end(ap);
+ error_report_err(err);
+}
+
void error_free(Error *err)
{
if (err) {