On Monday, 2020-11-16 at 12:23:24 +01, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > On 11/16/20 11:42 AM, David Edmondson wrote: >> If there are problems examining or reading data from the block >> backend, the error messages should include an appropriate identifier >> to assist in diagnoses. >> >> Signed-off-by: David Edmondson <david.edmond...@oracle.com> >> --- >> hw/block/block.c | 14 +++++++------- >> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/hw/block/block.c b/hw/block/block.c >> index 1e34573da7..8b284e1f14 100644 >> --- a/hw/block/block.c >> +++ b/hw/block/block.c >> @@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ >> * BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_BYTES. >> * On success, return true. >> * On failure, store an error through @errp and return false. >> - * Note that the error messages do not identify the block backend. >> - * TODO Since callers don't either, this can result in confusing >> - * errors. >> * This function not intended for actual block devices, which read on >> * demand. It's for things like memory devices that (ab)use a block >> * backend to provide persistence. >> @@ -32,17 +29,19 @@ bool blk_check_size_and_read_all(BlockBackend *blk, void >> *buf, hwaddr size, >> { >> int64_t blk_len; >> int ret; >> + const char *name = blk_name(blk); >> >> blk_len = blk_getlength(blk); >> if (blk_len < 0) { >> error_setg_errno(errp, -blk_len, >> - "can't get size of block backend"); >> + "can't get size of block backend %s", > > Maybe '%s' to notice empty name?
Okay. >> + name); >> return false; >> } >> if (blk_len != size) { >> error_setg(errp, "device requires %" HWADDR_PRIu " bytes, " >> - "block backend provides %" PRIu64 " bytes", >> - size, blk_len); >> + "block backend %s provides %" PRIu64 " bytes", >> + size, name, blk_len); >> return false; >> } >> >> @@ -55,7 +54,8 @@ bool blk_check_size_and_read_all(BlockBackend *blk, void >> *buf, hwaddr size, >> assert(size <= BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_BYTES); >> ret = blk_pread(blk, 0, buf, size); >> if (ret < 0) { >> - error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "can't read block backend"); >> + error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "can't read block backend %s", >> + name); >> return false; >> } >> return true; >> dme. -- She looks like Eve Marie Saint in "On the Waterfront".