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Diffstat (limited to 'include/qapi/error.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/qapi/error.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/qapi/error.h b/include/qapi/error.h index 6285cf50d1..1480f59ec5 100644 --- a/include/qapi/error.h +++ b/include/qapi/error.h @@ -76,6 +76,23 @@ * But when all you do with the error is pass it on, please use * foo(arg, errp); * for readability. + * + * Receive and accumulate multiple errors (first one wins): + * Error *err = NULL, *local_err = NULL; + * foo(arg, &err); + * bar(arg, &local_err); + * error_propagate(&err, local_err); + * if (err) { + * handle the error... + * } + * + * Do *not* "optimize" this to + * foo(arg, &err); + * bar(arg, &err); // WRONG! + * if (err) { + * handle the error... + * } + * because this may pass a non-null err to bar(). */ #ifndef ERROR_H |