From: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> Both
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -chardev null,id=chr0,mux=on -mon chardev=chr0 -mon chardev=chr0 -mon chardev=chr0 -mon chardev=chr0 -mon chardev=chr0 and $ qemu-system-x86_64 -chardev null,id=chr0 -mon chardev=chr0 -mon chardev=chr0 fail with qemu-system-x86_64: -mon chardev=chr0: Device 'chr0' is in use Improve to qemu-system-x86_64: -mon chardev=chr0: too many uses of multiplexed chardev 'chr0' (maximum is 4) and qemu-system-x86_64: -mon chardev=chr0: chardev 'chr0' is already in use Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> --- chardev/char-fe.c | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/chardev/char-fe.c b/chardev/char-fe.c index 20222a4cad..66cee8475a 100644 --- a/chardev/char-fe.c +++ b/chardev/char-fe.c @@ -199,13 +199,18 @@ bool qemu_chr_fe_init(CharBackend *b, Chardev *s, Error **errp) MuxChardev *d = MUX_CHARDEV(s); if (d->mux_cnt >= MAX_MUX) { - goto unavailable; + error_setg(errp, + "too many uses of multiplexed chardev '%s'" + " (maximum is " stringify(MAX_MUX) ")", + s->label); + return false; } d->backends[d->mux_cnt] = b; tag = d->mux_cnt++; } else if (s->be) { - goto unavailable; + error_setg(errp, "chardev '%s' is already in use", s->label); + return false; } else { s->be = b; } @@ -215,10 +220,6 @@ bool qemu_chr_fe_init(CharBackend *b, Chardev *s, Error **errp) b->tag = tag; b->chr = s; return true; - -unavailable: - error_setg(errp, QERR_DEVICE_IN_USE, s->label); - return false; } void qemu_chr_fe_deinit(CharBackend *b, bool del) -- 2.39.2