1 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/hw/core/loader.c b/hw/core/loader.c
index e1c3f3a860..b323c0c7b8 100644
--- a/hw/core/loader.c
+++ b/hw/core/loader.c
@@ -284,12 +284,30 @@ static void *load_at(int fd, int offset, int size)
 #define SZ		64
 #include "hw/elf_ops.h"
 
+const char *load_elf_strerror(int error)
+{
+    switch (error) {
+    case 0:
+        return "No error";
+    case ELF_LOAD_FAILED:
+        return "Failed to load ELF";
+    case ELF_LOAD_NOT_ELF:
+        return "The image is not ELF";
+    case ELF_LOAD_WRONG_ARCH:
+        return "The image is from incompatible architecture";
+    case ELF_LOAD_WRONG_ENDIAN:
+        return "The image has incorrect endianness";
+    default:
+        return "Unknown error";
+    }
+}
+
 /* return < 0 if error, otherwise the number of bytes loaded in memory */
 int load_elf(const char *filename, uint64_t (*translate_fn)(void *, uint64_t),
              void *translate_opaque, uint64_t *pentry, uint64_t *lowaddr,
              uint64_t *highaddr, int big_endian, int elf_machine, int clear_lsb)
 {
-    int fd, data_order, target_data_order, must_swab, ret;
+    int fd, data_order, target_data_order, must_swab, ret = ELF_LOAD_FAILED;
     uint8_t e_ident[EI_NIDENT];
 
     fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
@@ -302,8 +320,10 @@ int load_elf(const char *filename, uint64_t (*translate_fn)(void *, uint64_t),
     if (e_ident[0] != ELFMAG0 ||
         e_ident[1] != ELFMAG1 ||
         e_ident[2] != ELFMAG2 ||
-        e_ident[3] != ELFMAG3)
+        e_ident[3] != ELFMAG3) {
+        ret = ELF_LOAD_NOT_ELF;
         goto fail;
+    }
 #ifdef HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
     data_order = ELFDATA2MSB;
 #else
@@ -317,6 +337,7 @@ int load_elf(const char *filename, uint64_t (*translate_fn)(void *, uint64_t),
     }
 
     if (target_data_order != e_ident[EI_DATA]) {
+        ret = ELF_LOAD_WRONG_ENDIAN;
         goto fail;
     }
 
@@ -329,12 +350,9 @@ int load_elf(const char *filename, uint64_t (*translate_fn)(void *, uint64_t),
                          pentry, lowaddr, highaddr, elf_machine, clear_lsb);
     }
 
-    close(fd);
-    return ret;
-
  fail:
     close(fd);
-    return -1;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static void bswap_uboot_header(uboot_image_header_t *hdr)