On 06/20/2012 12:48 PM, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
Yet another thread fork.
After talking with Daniel and Markus about QMP errors (which is not just about
QMP, as this affects QEMU as whole), I've put together the proposal below.
I'll discuss three points. First, the error format and classes. Second, the
internal API and third compatibility.
Don't be afraid about the length of this email, only the first section is long
but it mostly contains error classes listings.
1. Error format and classes
We can keep the same error format we have today, which is:
{ "error": { "class": json-string,
"data": json-object,
"desc": json-string }, "id": json-value }
where 'data', 'desc' and 'id' are optional fields.
However, we'd change how we use 'desc' and our error classes. 'desc' would
become a string which is filled by a printf-like function (see section 2) and
we'd replace all error classes we have today by the following ones:
o ParameterError: any error which involves a bad parameter. Replaces
InvalidParameter, InvalidParameterCombination, InvalidParameterType,
InvalidParameterValue, MissingParameter
o SystemError: syscall or library errors. Replaces BufferOverrun,
IOError, OpenFileFailed, PermissionDenied, TooManyFiles,
SockConnectInprogress, SockConnectFailed, SockListenFailed,
SockBindFailed, SockCreateFailed.
This error can include an optional 'os-error' field in the 'data'
member (see section 2).
o QEMUError: errors that are internal to QEMU, like AmbiguousPath,
BadBusForDevice, BusNoHotplug, BusNotFound, CommandDisabled,
CommandNotFound, DuplicateId, FeatureDisabled, JSONParseError,
JSONParsing, KVMMissingCap, MigrationActive, MigrationNotSupported,
MigrationExpected, NoBusForDevice, NotSupported, PropertyValueBad,
PropertyValueInUse, PropertyValueNotFound, PropertyValueNotPowerOf2,
PropertyValueOutOfRange, ResetRequired, SetPasswdFailed, Unsupported,
VirtFSFeatureBlocksMigration, VNCServerFailed
o UndefinedError: the same it's today, undefined :)
Now, there are two important points to be observed:
- We check for DeviceEncrypted in hmp.c and fetch its parameters. This
probably indicates that we might want to create specialized classes
when necessary
- I don't know where to put all the DeviceFoo errors, but they probably fit
in QEMUError or a new class like DeviceError
2. Internal API
This is very straightforward:
o error_set_deprecated();
Current error_set(), case we keep it for compatibility (see section 3).
o error_set(ErrorClass err_class, const char *fmt, ...);
Main function, sets the error classes and allow for a free human-readable
error message.
o error_set_sys_fmt(int err_no, const char *fmt, ...);
o error_set_sys(int err_no);
Helpers for setting SystemError errors. error_set_sys() gets the 'desc'
string from strerror().
Um, why not just do:
#define GENERIC_ERROR "{'class': 'GenericError', 'data': { 'domain': %s, 'msg':
%s}"
And then just use:
error_set(errp, GENERIC_ERROR, SOME_DOMAIN, "This operation failed!");
If you want to make a little wrapper that does:
static void error_set_generic(Error **errp, const char *domain, const char *msg,
...);
That's fine too.
But let's not overdo this and let's absolutely not change existing code!
There's simply no need to go through a convert-everything project here.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
