From 10303f04b98efa76e638b9ae4632688f56f088fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Armbruster Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 19:03:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] error: Improve documentation some more MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Don't claim error_report_err() always reports to stderr. It actually reports to the current monitor when we have one. Clarify intended use of error_abort and error_fatal. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster Message-Id: <1454522628-28294-2-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Lluís Vilanova --- include/qapi/error.h | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/qapi/error.h b/include/qapi/error.h index 45d6c72dee..e64fe54cf9 100644 --- a/include/qapi/error.h +++ b/include/qapi/error.h @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ * error_setg(&err, "invalid quark\n" * "Valid quarks are up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom."); * - * Report an error to stderr: + * Report an error to the current monitor if we have one, else stderr: * error_report_err(err); * This frees the error object. * - * Report an error to stderr with additional text prepended: + * Likewise, but with additional text prepended: * error_reportf_err(err, "Could not frobnicate '%s': ", name); * * Report an error somewhere else: @@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ ErrorClass error_get_class(const Error *err); * human-readable error message is made from printf-style @fmt, ... * The resulting message should be a single phrase, with no newline or * trailing punctuation. + * Please don't error_setg(&error_fatal, ...), use error_report() and + * exit(), because that's more obvious. + * Likewise, don't error_setg(&error_abort, ...), use assert(). */ #define error_setg(errp, fmt, ...) \ error_setg_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, \ @@ -213,6 +216,8 @@ void error_setg_win32_internal(Error **errp, * the error object. * Else, move the error object from @local_err to *@dst_errp. * On return, @local_err is invalid. + * Please don't error_propagate(&error_fatal, ...), use + * error_report_err() and exit(), because that's more obvious. */ void error_propagate(Error **dst_errp, Error *local_err); @@ -291,12 +296,14 @@ void error_set_internal(Error **errp, GCC_FMT_ATTR(6, 7); /* - * Pass to error_setg() & friends to abort() on error. + * Special error destination to abort on error. + * See error_setg() and error_propagate() for details. */ extern Error *error_abort; /* - * Pass to error_setg() & friends to exit(1) on error. + * Special error destination to exit(1) on error. + * See error_setg() and error_propagate() for details. */ extern Error *error_fatal; -- 2.11.4.GIT