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Tsirkin" , Ani Sinha , Xiao Guangrong , Daniel Henrique Barboza , Greg Kurz , Eric Blake , Markus Armbruster , Eduardo Habkost , Mario Casquero Subject: [PATCH v4 11/11] machine: Improve error message when using default RAM backend id Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 14:05:03 +0200 Message-ID: <20230906120503.359863-12-david@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230906120503.359863-1-david@redhat.com> References: <20230906120503.359863-1-david@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.9 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=david@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org For migration purposes, users might want to reuse the default RAM backend id, but specify a different memory backend. For example, to reuse "pc.ram" on q35, one has to set -machine q35,memory-backend=pc.ram Only then, can a memory backend with the id "pc.ram" be created manually. Let's improve the error message by improving the hint. Use error_append_hint() -- which in turn requires ERRP_GUARD(). Suggested-by: ThinerLogoer Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Tested-by: Mario Casquero Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand --- hw/core/machine.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c index da699cf4e1..db0c263ff6 100644 --- a/hw/core/machine.c +++ b/hw/core/machine.c @@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ out: void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine, const char *mem_path, Error **errp) { + ERRP_GUARD(); MachineClass *machine_class = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine); ObjectClass *oc = object_class_by_name(machine->cpu_type); CPUClass *cc; @@ -1383,9 +1384,13 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine, const char *mem_path, Error * numa_uses_legacy_mem()) { if (object_property_find(object_get_objects_root(), machine_class->default_ram_id)) { - error_setg(errp, "object name '%s' is reserved for the default" - " RAM backend, it can't be used for any other purposes." - " Change the object's 'id' to something else", + error_setg(errp, "object's id '%s' is reserved for the default" + " RAM backend, it can't be used for any other purposes", + machine_class->default_ram_id); + error_append_hint(errp, + "Change the object's 'id' to something else or disable" + " automatic creation of the default RAM backend by setting" + " 'memory-backend=%s' with '-machine'.\n", machine_class->default_ram_id); return; }