Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/12] raven: Mark use of hw_error() in realize() FIXME

[Thomas Huth]

On 10/12/15 11:29, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Device realize() methods aren't supposed to call hw_error(), they
> should set an error and fail cleanly.  Blindly doing that would be
> easy enough, but then realize() would fail without undoing its side
> effects.  Just mark it FIXME for now.
> 
> Cc: "Andreas Färber" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hw/pci-host/prep.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/pci-host/prep.c b/hw/pci-host/prep.c
> index da88cb3..f434596 100644
> --- a/hw/pci-host/prep.c
> +++ b/hw/pci-host/prep.c
> @@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ static void raven_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
>              }
>          }
>          if (bios_size < 0 || bios_size > BIOS_SIZE) {
> +            /* FIXME should error_setg() */
>              hw_error("qemu: could not load bios image '%s'\n", s->bios_name);
>          }
>          g_free(filename);
> @@ -355,8 +356,9 @@ static void raven_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void 
> *data)
>      dc->desc = "PReP Host Bridge - Motorola Raven";
>      dc->vmsd = &vmstate_raven;
>      /*
> -     * PCI-facing part of the host bridge, not usable without the
> -     * host-facing part, which can't be device_add'ed, yet.
> +     * Reason: PCI-facing part of the host bridge, not usable without
> +     * the host-facing part, which can't be device_add'ed, yet.
> +     * Reason: realize() method uses hw_error().
>       */
>      dc->cannot_instantiate_with_device_add_yet = true;
>  }

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>