Re: [PATCH v4 00/31] error: auto propagated local_err

[Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy]

08.10.2019 10:30, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Hi all!
>>
>> Here is a proposal of auto propagation for local_err, to not call
>> error_propagate on every exit point, when we deal with local_err.
>>
>> There are also two issues with errp:
>>
>> 1. error_fatal & error_append_hint/error_prepend: user can't see this
>> additional info, because exit() happens in error_setg earlier than info
>> is added. [Reported by Greg Kurz]
> 
> How is this series related to Greg's "[PATCH 00/17] Fix usage of
> error_append_hint()"?  Do we need both?

These series is a substitution for Greg's. Still, there are problems with
automation, which Greg pointed in 21/31, and I don't know what to do next.

May be, just continue to review patches and fix them by hand. May be try to
improve automation...

> 
>> 2. error_abort & error_propagate: when we wrap
>> error_abort by local_err+error_propagate, resulting coredump will
>> refer to error_propagate and not to the place where error happened.
>> (the macro itself don't fix the issue, but it allows to [3.] drop all
>> local_err+error_propagate pattern, which will definitely fix the issue)
>> [Reported by Kevin Wolf]
>>
>> Still, applying new macro to all errp-functions is a huge task, which is
>> impossible to solve in one series.
>>
>> So, here is a minimum: solve only [1.], by adding new macro to all
>> errp-functions which wants to call error_append_hint.
>>
>> v4;
>> 02: - check errp to be not NULL
>>      - drop Eric's r-b
>> 03: add Eric's r-b
>> 04: - rename macro to ERRP_AUTO_PROPAGATE [Kevin]
>>      - improve comment and commit msg, mention
>>        error_prepend
>> 05: - handle error_prepend too
>>      - use new macro name
>>      - drop empty line at the end
>>
>> commit message for auto-generated commits updated,
>> commits regenerated.
>>
>> I'll use cc-cmd to cc appropriate recipients per patch, still
>> cover-letter together with 04-06 patches should be interesting for
>> all:
> [...]
> 
> Big series; let me guess its structure.
> 
>> Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy (31):
>>    errp: rename errp to errp_in where it is IN-argument
>>    hw/core/loader-fit: fix freeing errp in fit_load_fdt
>>    net/net: fix local variable shadowing in net_client_init
> 
> Preparations.
> 
>>    error: auto propagated local_err
> 
> The new idea.
> 
>>    scripts: add script to fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    python: add commit-per-subsystem.py
> 
> Scripts to help you apply it.
> 
>>    s390: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    ARM TCG CPUs: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    PowerPC TCG CPUs: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    arm: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    SmartFusion2: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    ASPEED BMCs: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    Boston: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    PowerNV (Non-Virtualized): Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    PCI: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    SCSI: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    USB: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    VFIO: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    vhost: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    virtio: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    virtio-9p: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    XIVE: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    block: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    chardev: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    cmdline: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    QOM: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    Migration: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    Sockets: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    nbd: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    PVRDMA: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
>>    ivshmem: Fix error_append_hint/error_prepend usage
> 
> Applying it.
> 
> Correct?
> 

Yes


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Best regards,
Vladimir