> On Mar 10, 2026, at 2:27 PM, Trieu Huynh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> From: Trieu Huynh <[email protected]>
> 
> Check return value of event_notifier_init() and return early on
> failure instead of continuing with invalid state.
> - Use ret < 0 to handle negative return value.
> - No functional changes.
> 
> Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/413
> Signed-off-by: Trieu Huynh <[email protected]>

LGTM

Reviewed-by: Jagannathan Raman <[email protected]>

Please see note below.

> ---
> hw/hyperv/hyperv.c     |  4 ++--
> hw/hyperv/vmbus.c      |  4 ++--
> hw/remote/proxy.c      | 15 +++++++++++++--
> hw/vfio/ap.c           |  2 +-
> hw/vfio/ccw.c          |  2 +-
> hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c   |  2 +-
> hw/vfio/pci.c          |  2 +-
> hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c |  4 ++--
> 8 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/hyperv/hyperv.c b/hw/hyperv/hyperv.c
> index 27e323a819..aa278b179e 100644
> --- a/hw/hyperv/hyperv.c
> +++ b/hw/hyperv/hyperv.c
> @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ HvSintRoute *hyperv_sint_route_new(uint32_t vp_index, 
> uint32_t sint,
>         sint_route->staged_msg->cb_data = cb_data;
> 
>         r = event_notifier_init(ack_notifier, false);
> -        if (r) {
> +        if (r < 0) {
>             goto cleanup_err_sint;
>         }
>         event_notifier_set_handler(ack_notifier, sint_ack_handler);
> @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ HvSintRoute *hyperv_sint_route_new(uint32_t vp_index, 
> uint32_t sint,
> 
>     /* We need to setup a GSI for this SintRoute */
>     r = event_notifier_init(&sint_route->sint_set_notifier, false);
> -    if (r) {
> +    if (r < 0) {
>         goto cleanup_err_sint;
>     }
> 
> diff --git a/hw/hyperv/vmbus.c b/hw/hyperv/vmbus.c
> index c5bab5d245..2f0d2a03d8 100644
> --- a/hw/hyperv/vmbus.c
> +++ b/hw/hyperv/vmbus.c
> @@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ static void open_channel(VMBusChannel *chan)
>         goto put_gpadl;
>     }
> 
> -    if (event_notifier_init(&chan->notifier, 0)) {
> +    if (event_notifier_init(&chan->notifier, 0) < 0) {
>         goto put_gpadl;
>     }
> 
> @@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ static void vmbus_realize(BusState *bus, Error **errp)
>     }
> 
>     ret = event_notifier_init(&vmbus->notifier, 0);
> -    if (ret != 0) {
> +    if (ret < 0) {
>         error_setg(errp, "event notifier failed to init with %d", ret);
>         goto remove_msg_handler;
>     }
> diff --git a/hw/remote/proxy.c b/hw/remote/proxy.c
> index 5081d67e7f..e91566509f 100644
> --- a/hw/remote/proxy.c
> +++ b/hw/remote/proxy.c
> @@ -52,9 +52,20 @@ static void setup_irqfd(PCIProxyDev *dev)
>     PCIDevice *pci_dev = PCI_DEVICE(dev);
>     MPQemuMsg msg;
>     Error *local_err = NULL;
> +    int ret = 0;
> 
> -    event_notifier_init(&dev->intr, 0);
> -    event_notifier_init(&dev->resample, 0);
> +    ret = event_notifier_init(&dev->intr, 0);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        error_report("Failed to init intr notifier: %s", strerror(-ret));

setup_irqfd() should ideally propagate the error up the stack.
But hw/remote/proxy.c is planned for removal as it is superseded
by vfio-user, so we don’t need to do it.

Thanks,
Jag

> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = event_notifier_init(&dev->resample, 0);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        error_report("Failed to init resample notifier: %s", strerror(-ret));
> +        event_notifier_cleanup(&dev->intr);
> +        return;
> +    }
> 
>     memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(MPQemuMsg));
>     msg.cmd = MPQEMU_CMD_SET_IRQFD;
> diff --git a/hw/vfio/ap.c b/hw/vfio/ap.c
> index e58a0169af..5c8f305653 100644
> --- a/hw/vfio/ap.c
> +++ b/hw/vfio/ap.c
> @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static bool vfio_ap_register_irq_notifier(VFIOAPDevice 
> *vapdev,
>         return false;
>     }
> 
> -    if (event_notifier_init(notifier, 0)) {
> +    if (event_notifier_init(notifier, 0) < 0) {
>         error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
>                          "vfio: Unable to init event notifier for irq (%d)",
>                          irq);
> diff --git a/hw/vfio/ccw.c b/hw/vfio/ccw.c
> index 2251facb35..ce9c014e6a 100644
> --- a/hw/vfio/ccw.c
> +++ b/hw/vfio/ccw.c
> @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static bool vfio_ccw_register_irq_notifier(VFIOCCWDevice 
> *vcdev,
>         return false;
>     }
> 
> -    if (event_notifier_init(notifier, 0)) {
> +    if (event_notifier_init(notifier, 0) < 0) {
>         error_setg_errno(errp, errno,
>                          "vfio: Unable to init event notifier for irq (%d)",
>                          irq);
> diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c b/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c
> index 7b907b9360..66e02b15a4 100644
> --- a/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c
> +++ b/hw/vfio/pci-quirks.c
> @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static VFIOIOEventFD *vfio_ioeventfd_init(VFIOPCIDevice 
> *vdev,
> 
>     ioeventfd = g_malloc0(sizeof(*ioeventfd));
> 
> -    if (event_notifier_init(&ioeventfd->e, 0)) {
> +    if (event_notifier_init(&ioeventfd->e, 0) < 0) {
>         g_free(ioeventfd);
>         return NULL;
>     }
> diff --git a/hw/vfio/pci.c b/hw/vfio/pci.c
> index c89f3fbea3..29bf6511b3 100644
> --- a/hw/vfio/pci.c
> +++ b/hw/vfio/pci.c
> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static bool vfio_notifier_init(VFIOPCIDevice *vdev, 
> EventNotifier *e,
>     }
> 
>     ret = event_notifier_init(e, 0);
> -    if (ret) {
> +    if (ret < 0) {
>         error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "vfio_notifier_init %s failed", name);
>         return false;
>     }
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
> index 2f8f11df86..9c7634e243 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-vdpa.c
> @@ -1075,13 +1075,13 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_svq_set_fds(struct vhost_dev 
> *dev,
>     int r;
> 
>     r = event_notifier_init(&svq->hdev_kick, 0);
> -    if (r != 0) {
> +    if (r < 0) {
>         error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Couldn't create kick event notifier");
>         goto err_init_hdev_kick;
>     }
> 
>     r = event_notifier_init(&svq->hdev_call, 0);
> -    if (r != 0) {
> +    if (r < 0) {
>         error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Couldn't create call event notifier");
>         goto err_init_hdev_call;
>     }
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

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