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| -rw-r--r-- | include/qapi/error.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/qapi/error.h b/include/qapi/error.h index ad5b6e896d..e8960eaad5 100644 --- a/include/qapi/error.h +++ b/include/qapi/error.h @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ * "charm, top, bottom.\n"); * * Do *not* contract this to - * error_setg(&err, "invalid quark\n" + * error_setg(&err, "invalid quark\n" // WRONG! * "Valid quarks are up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom."); * * Report an error to the current monitor if we have one, else stderr: @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ * where Error **errp is a parameter, by convention the last one. * * Pass an existing error to the caller with the message modified: - * error_propagate_prepend(errp, err); + * error_propagate_prepend(errp, err, + * "Could not frobnicate '%s': ", name); * * Avoid * error_propagate(errp, err); @@ -108,12 +109,23 @@ * } * * Do *not* "optimize" this to + * Error *err = NULL; * foo(arg, &err); * bar(arg, &err); // WRONG! * if (err) { * handle the error... * } * because this may pass a non-null err to bar(). + * + * Likewise, do *not* + * Error *err = NULL; + * if (cond1) { + * error_setg(&err, ...); + * } + * if (cond2) { + * error_setg(&err, ...); // WRONG! + * } + * because this may pass a non-null err to error_setg(). */ #ifndef ERROR_H |