[Qemu-devel] [PULL 2/2] hostmem: add more information in error messages

[Eduardo Habkost]

From: Zhang Yi <address@hidden>

When there are multiple memory backends in use, including the object type
and property name in the error message can help users to locate the error.

Signed-off-by: Haozhong Zhang <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <address@hidden>
Message-Id: <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
[ehabkost: reword commit message]
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
---
 backends/hostmem-file.c | 6 ++++--
 backends/hostmem.c      | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backends/hostmem-file.c b/backends/hostmem-file.c
index 7a34e25c43..ba601ce940 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem-file.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem-file.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ static void set_mem_path(Object *o, const char *str, Error 
**errp)
     HostMemoryBackendFile *fb = MEMORY_BACKEND_FILE(o);
 
     if (host_memory_backend_mr_inited(backend)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "cannot change property value");
+        error_setg(errp, "cannot change property 'mem-path' of %s",
+                   object_get_typename(o));
         return;
     }
     g_free(fb->mem_path);
@@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ static void file_memory_backend_set_align(Object *o, 
Visitor *v,
     uint64_t val;
 
     if (host_memory_backend_mr_inited(backend)) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "cannot change property value");
+        error_setg(&local_err, "cannot change property '%s' of %s",
+                   name, object_get_typename(o));
         goto out;
     }
 
diff --git a/backends/hostmem.c b/backends/hostmem.c
index 0c8ef17653..87b19d2111 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem.c
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ host_memory_backend_set_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const 
char *name,
     uint64_t value;
 
     if (host_memory_backend_mr_inited(backend)) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "cannot change property value");
+        error_setg(&local_err, "cannot change property %s of %s ",
+                   name, object_get_typename(obj));
         goto out;
     }
 
@@ -66,8 +67,9 @@ host_memory_backend_set_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const 
char *name,
         goto out;
     }
     if (!value) {
-        error_setg(&local_err, "Property '%s.%s' doesn't take value '%"
-                   PRIu64 "'", object_get_typename(obj), name, value);
+        error_setg(&local_err,
+                   "property '%s' of %s doesn't take value '%" PRIu64 "'",
+                   name, object_get_typename(obj), value);
         goto out;
     }
     backend->size = value;
-- 
2.18.0.rc1.1.g3f1ff2140