[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/6] spapr: fix error reporting in xics_system_init()

[Greg Kurz]

The xics_system_init() function passes its errp argument to xics_kvm_init().
If the call fails and the user requested in-kernel irqchip, it then ends up
passing a NULL Error * to error_reportf_err() and the error message is
silently dropped.

Passing an errp argument is generally wrong, unless you really just need
to convey an error to the caller.

This patch converts xics_system_init() to *only* pass a pointer to its own
Error * and then to propagate it with error_propagate(), as recommended
in error.h.

The local_err name is used for consistency with the rest of the code.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <address@hidden>
---
 hw/ppc/spapr.c |   17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index f477d7b8a210..44f7dc7f40e9 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -121,29 +121,32 @@ static ICSState *spapr_ics_create(sPAPRMachineState 
*spapr,
 static void xics_system_init(MachineState *machine, int nr_irqs, Error **errp)
 {
     sPAPRMachineState *spapr = SPAPR_MACHINE(machine);
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        Error *err = NULL;
-
         if (machine_kernel_irqchip_allowed(machine) &&
-            !xics_kvm_init(spapr, errp)) {
+            !xics_kvm_init(spapr, &local_err)) {
             spapr->icp_type = TYPE_KVM_ICP;
-            spapr->ics = spapr_ics_create(spapr, TYPE_ICS_KVM, nr_irqs, &err);
+            spapr->ics = spapr_ics_create(spapr, TYPE_ICS_KVM, nr_irqs,
+                                          &local_err);
         }
         if (machine_kernel_irqchip_required(machine) && !spapr->ics) {
-            error_reportf_err(err,
+            error_reportf_err(local_err,
                               "kernel_irqchip requested but unavailable: ");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         } else {
-            error_free(err);
+            error_free(local_err);
         }
     }
 
     if (!spapr->ics) {
         xics_spapr_init(spapr);
         spapr->icp_type = TYPE_ICP;
-        spapr->ics = spapr_ics_create(spapr, TYPE_ICS_SIMPLE, nr_irqs, errp);
+        spapr->ics = spapr_ics_create(spapr, TYPE_ICS_SIMPLE, nr_irqs,
+                                      &local_err);
     }
+
+    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
 static int spapr_fixup_cpu_smt_dt(void *fdt, int offset, PowerPCCPU *cpu,