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Re: [Qemu-stable] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/17] block: expect errors fro


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-stable] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/17] block: expect errors from bdrv_co_is_allocated
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 06:57:00 -0600
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On 07/16/2013 10:29 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Some bdrv_is_allocated callers do not expect errors, but the fallback
> in qcow2.c might make other callers trip on assertion failures or
> infinite loops.
> 
> Fix the callers to always look for errors.
> 
> Cc: address@hidden
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
> ---
>         v1->v2: modify error message, add strerror(-ret)

> +++ b/qemu-img.c
> @@ -2073,6 +2073,11 @@ static int img_rebase(int argc, char **argv)
>  
>              /* If the cluster is allocated, we don't need to take action */
>              ret = bdrv_is_allocated(bs, sector, n, &n);
> +            if (ret < 0) {
> +                error_report("error while reading image metadata: %s",
> +                             strerror(-ret));

Hmm, we have error_setg_errno so that callers don't have to use
strerror(); is it time to introduce error_report_errno for the same
convenience factor?  But that's a side question that does not impact
this patch.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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