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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 1/1] block: clarify error message for qmp-eje


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 1/1] block: clarify error message for qmp-eject
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 16:05:41 -0600
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On 05/18/2016 03:53 PM, John Snow wrote:
> If you use HMP's eject but the CDROM tray is locked, you may get a
> confusing error message informing you that the "tray isn't open."
> 
> As this is the point of eject, we can do a little better and help
> clarify that the tray was locked and that it (might) open up later,
> so try again.
> 
> It's not ideal, but it makes the semantics of the (legacy) eject
> command more understandable to end users when they try to use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <address@hidden>
> ---
>  blockdev.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Still somewhat complicated, but this time the complication is
documented, and the clean <0, 0, and >0 semantics make parsing the
return value a bit easier to understand.  And I don't see any cleaner
way to do it.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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