Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for 2.1 2/2] memory-backend-file: improve error handling

[Eric Blake]

On 07/03/2014 12:10 AM, Hu Tao wrote:
> This patch fixes two problems of memory-backend-file:
> 
> 1. If user adds a memory-backend-file object using object_add command,
>    specifying a non-existing directory for property mem-path, qemu
>    will core dump with message:
> 
>      /nonexistingdir: No such file or directory
>      Bad ram offset fffffffffffff000
>      Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> 2. If user adds a memory-backend-file object using object_add command,
>    specifying a size that is less than huge page size, qemu
>    will core dump with message:
> 
>      Bad ram offset fffffffffffff000
>      Aborted (core dumped)
> 

Might be nice if the commit message also shows the new message issued
for the same cases after the patch is applied.

> Signed-off-by: Hu Tao <address@hidden>
> ---
>  exec.c | 16 +++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

>  
>      if (memory < hpagesize) {
> -        return NULL;
> +        error_setg(errp, "memory size 0x" RAM_ADDR_FMT " should be larger "
> +                   "than huge page size 0x%" PRIx64, memory, hpagesize);
> +        goto error;

Isn't exactly equal also allowed?  Maybe a better wording is "should be
a multiple of the huge page size"

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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