Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/9] qmp hmp: Improve error messages when SPICE is not in use

[Eric Blake]

On 01/13/2015 10:50 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Commit 7572150 adopted QERR_DEVICE_NOT_ACTIVE for the purpose,
> probably because adding another error seemed cumbersome overkill.
> Produces "No spice device has been activated", which is awkward.
> 
> We've since abandoned our quest for "rich" error objects.  Time to
> undo the damage to this error message.  Replace it by "SPICE is not in
> use".
> 
> Keep the stupid DeviceNotActive ErrorClass for compatibility, even
> though Libvirt doesn't use it.

Libvirt has a few places that look explicitly for "DeviceNotActive" when
deciding how to handle failure reporting; I didn't audit closely enough
to see if it actually changes behavior if the class were to disappear.
Your approach in this patch is safest, at any rate.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
>  include/ui/qemu-spice.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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