[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] apic: Make APIC ID limit error message clearer

[Eduardo Habkost]

Remove the "apic initialization failed" prefix (it conveys no
useful information), replace "invalid" with "too large", and add
an error hint with two possible solutions for the problem.

Before:

  $ qemu-system-x86_64 -machine q35 -smp 256
  qemu-system-x86_64: apic initialization failed. APIC ID 255 is invalid

After:

  $ qemu-system-x86_64 -machine q35 -smp 256 -display none
  qemu-system-x86_64: APIC ID 255 is too large
  Possible solutions:
  * Lowering the number of VCPUs on the -smp option
  * Using accel=kvm,kernel-irqchip=on or accel=kvm,kernel-irqchip=split

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
---
I'm not sure this is the best way to provide usage hints to the
user.  Any suggestions?
---
 hw/intc/apic.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/intc/apic.c b/hw/intc/apic.c
index 97ffdd820f..f08006334d 100644
--- a/hw/intc/apic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/apic.c
@@ -886,8 +886,11 @@ static void apic_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     APICCommonState *s = APIC(dev);
 
     if (s->id >= MAX_APICS) {
-        error_setg(errp, "%s initialization failed. APIC ID %d is invalid",
-                   object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), s->id);
+        error_setg(errp, "APIC ID %d is too large", s->id);
+        error_append_hint(errp,
+            "Possible solutions:\n"
+            "* Lowering the number of VCPUs on the -smp option\n"
+            "* Using accel=kvm,kernel-irqchip=on or 
accel=kvm,kernel-irqchip=split\n");
         return;
     }
 
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