From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> Report: "Chardev with id 'char2' already exists" Rather than: "Failed to add chardev 'char2': duplicate yank instance"
Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> --- chardev/char.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c index f59a61774b..4595a8d430 100644 --- a/chardev/char.c +++ b/chardev/char.c @@ -1036,6 +1036,11 @@ ChardevReturn *qmp_chardev_add(const char *id, ChardevBackend *backend, ChardevReturn *ret; g_autoptr(Chardev) chr = NULL; + if (qemu_chr_find(id)) { + error_setg(errp, "Chardev with id '%s' already exists", id); + return NULL; + } + cc = char_get_class(ChardevBackendKind_str(backend->type), errp); if (!cc) { goto err; -- 2.32.0.264.g75ae10bc75