On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:20:37 +0200
Greg Kurz <gr...@kaod.org> wrote:

> error_setg() and error_propagate(), as well as their variants, cause
> QEMU to terminate when called with &error_fatal or &error_abort. This
> prevents to add hints since error_append_hint() isn't even called in
> this case.
> 
> It means that error_append_hint() should only be used with a local
> error object, and then propagate this local error to the caller.
> 
> Document this in <qapi/error.h> .
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gr...@kaod.org>
> ---
>  include/qapi/error.h |   11 ++++++++++-

It's a bit awkward requiring a local object, but better safe than sorry.

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <coh...@redhat.com>

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