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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH trivial v2] block.c: Add return value for bdrv_a
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH trivial v2] block.c: Add return value for bdrv_append_temp_snapshot() to avoid incorrect failure processing issue |
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Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:46:14 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
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 <address@hidden>
What does this fix?
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.
Kevin