On 4/28/21 11:32 AM, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 28/04/2021 11.24, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 02:52:56PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: >>> @@ -158,7 +166,11 @@ static void pci_piix_ide_realize(PCIDevice *dev, >>> Error **errp) >>> vmstate_register(VMSTATE_IF(dev), 0, &vmstate_ide_pci, d); >>> - pci_piix_init_ports(d); >>> + rc = pci_piix_init_ports(d); >>> + if (rc) { >>> + error_setg_errno(errp, -rc, "Failed to realize %s", >>> + object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev))); >>> + } >> >> Is there an error message explaining the reason for the failure >> somewhere. I can't see one in the patch and imagine users will be >> puzzled/frustrated by a generic "Failed to realize" error message. Can >> you make it more meaningful? > > Do you have a suggestion for a better message?
At this point it is hard to do better... Else we'd need to propagate a meaningful Error* from ide_init_ioport(), and emit something like "Failed to initialize the ISA bus"?