From: Zhao Liu <zhao1....@intel.com> As the comment in qapi/error, passing @errp to error_prepend() requires ERRP_GUARD():
* = Why, when and how to use ERRP_GUARD() = * * Without ERRP_GUARD(), use of the @errp parameter is restricted: ... * - It should not be passed to error_prepend(), error_vprepend() or * error_append_hint(), because that doesn't work with &error_fatal. * ERRP_GUARD() lifts these restrictions. * * To use ERRP_GUARD(), add it right at the beginning of the function. * @errp can then be used without worrying about the argument being * NULL or &error_fatal. ERRP_GUARD() could avoid the case when @errp is &error_fatal, the user can't see this additional information, because exit() happens in error_setg earlier than information is added [1]. The vfio_ap_realize() passes @errp to error_prepend(), and as a DeviceClass.realize method, there are too many possible callers to check the impact of this defect; it may or may not be harmless. Thus it is necessary to protect @errp with ERRP_GUARD(). To avoid the issue like [1] said, add missing ERRP_GUARD() at the beginning of this function. [1]: Issue description in the commit message of commit ae7c80a7bd73 ("error: New macro ERRP_GUARD()"). Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.william...@redhat.com> Cc: "Cédric Le Goater" <c...@redhat.com> Cc: Tony Krowiak <akrow...@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Halil Pasic <pa...@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Jason Herne <jjhe...@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> Cc: qemu-s3...@nongnu.org Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1....@intel.com> --- v2: Use Markus' sentence to polish commit message. (Markus) --- hw/vfio/ap.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/hw/vfio/ap.c b/hw/vfio/ap.c index e157aa1ff79c..7c4caa593863 100644 --- a/hw/vfio/ap.c +++ b/hw/vfio/ap.c @@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static void vfio_ap_unregister_irq_notifier(VFIOAPDevice *vapdev, static void vfio_ap_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp) { + ERRP_GUARD(); int ret; Error *err = NULL; VFIOAPDevice *vapdev = VFIO_AP_DEVICE(dev); -- 2.34.1