Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH trivial v2] block.c: Add return value for bdrv_append_temp_snapshot() to avoid incorrect failure processing issue

[Markus Armbruster]

Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> writes:

> Am 23.06.2014 um 17:28 hat Chen Gang geschrieben:
>> When failure occurs, 'ret' need be set, or may return 0 to indicate success.
>> And error_propagate() also need be called only one time within a function.
>> 
>> It is abnormal to prevent bdrv_append_temp_snapshot() return value but still
>> set errp when error occurs -- although it contents return value internally.
>> 
>> So let bdrv_append_temp_snapshot() internal return value outside, and let
>> all things normal, then fix the issue too.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5...@gmail.com>
>
> What does this fix?

It fixes the return value of bdrv_open() when
bdrv_append_temp_snapshot() fails.  Before this patch, it returns a
positive value, which is wrong.  After the patch, it returns the
negative error code bdrv_append_temp_snapshot() now returns.

> Having both a return value and an Error* object is duplication and
> only a sign that a function hasn't been fully converted to the Error
> framework yet. We shouldn't introduce new instances of this without a
> very good reason.

Maybe.  But I very much prefer

        ret = foo(arg, errp);
        if (ret < 0) {
            return ret;
        }

over

        Error *local_err = NULL;

        foo(arg, &local_err);
        if (local_err) {
            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
            return;
        }