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1 /*
2  * QEMU Error Objects
3  *
4  * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
5  * Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
6  *
7  * Authors:
8  *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
9  *  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
10  *
11  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.  See
12  * the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
13  */
14 
15 /*
16  * Error reporting system loosely patterned after Glib's GError.
17  *
18  * Create an error:
19  *     error_setg(&err, "situation normal, all fouled up");
20  *
21  * Report an error to stderr:
22  *     error_report_err(err);
23  * This frees the error object.
24  *
25  * Report an error somewhere else:
26  *     const char *msg = error_get_pretty(err);
27  *     do with msg what needs to be done...
28  *     error_free(err);
29  *
30  * Handle an error without reporting it (just for completeness):
31  *     error_free(err);
32  *
33  * Assert that an expected error occurred, but clean it up without
34  * reporting it (primarily useful in testsuites):
35  *     error_free_or_abort(&err);
36  *
37  * Pass an existing error to the caller:
38  *     error_propagate(errp, err);
39  * where Error **errp is a parameter, by convention the last one.
40  *
41  * Create a new error and pass it to the caller:
42  *     error_setg(errp, "situation normal, all fouled up");
43  *
44  * Call a function and receive an error from it:
45  *     Error *err = NULL;
46  *     foo(arg, &err);
47  *     if (err) {
48  *         handle the error...
49  *     }
50  *
51  * Call a function ignoring errors:
52  *     foo(arg, NULL);
53  *
54  * Call a function aborting on errors:
55  *     foo(arg, &error_abort);
56  *
57  * Call a function treating errors as fatal:
58  *     foo(arg, &error_fatal);
59  *
60  * Receive an error and pass it on to the caller:
61  *     Error *err = NULL;
62  *     foo(arg, &err);
63  *     if (err) {
64  *         handle the error...
65  *         error_propagate(errp, err);
66  *     }
67  * where Error **errp is a parameter, by convention the last one.
68  *
69  * Do *not* "optimize" this to
70  *     foo(arg, errp);
71  *     if (*errp) { // WRONG!
72  *         handle the error...
73  *     }
74  * because errp may be NULL!
75  *
76  * But when all you do with the error is pass it on, please use
77  *     foo(arg, errp);
78  * for readability.
79  */
80 
81 #ifndef ERROR_H
82 #define ERROR_H
83 
84 #include "qemu/compiler.h"
85 #include "qapi-types.h"
86 #include <stdbool.h>
87 
88 /*
89  * Opaque error object.
90  */
91 typedef struct Error Error;
92 
93 /*
94  * Get @err's human-readable error message.
95  */
96 const char *error_get_pretty(Error *err);
97 
98 /*
99  * Get @err's error class.
100  * Note: use of error classes other than ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR is
101  * strongly discouraged.
102  */
103 ErrorClass error_get_class(const Error *err);
104 
105 /*
106  * Create a new error object and assign it to *@errp.
107  * If @errp is NULL, the error is ignored.  Don't bother creating one
108  * then.
109  * If @errp is &error_abort, print a suitable message and abort().
110  * If @errp is &error_fatal, print a suitable message and exit(1).
111  * If @errp is anything else, *@errp must be NULL.
112  * The new error's class is ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR, and its
113  * human-readable error message is made from printf-style @fmt, ...
114  */
115 #define error_setg(errp, fmt, ...)                              \
116     error_setg_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__,   \
117                         (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
118 void error_setg_internal(Error **errp,
119                          const char *src, int line, const char *func,
120                          const char *fmt, ...)
121     GCC_FMT_ATTR(5, 6);
122 
123 /*
124  * Just like error_setg(), with @os_error info added to the message.
125  * If @os_error is non-zero, ": " + strerror(os_error) is appended to
126  * the human-readable error message.
127  */
128 #define error_setg_errno(errp, os_error, fmt, ...)                      \
129     error_setg_errno_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__,     \
130                               (os_error), (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
131 void error_setg_errno_internal(Error **errp,
132                                const char *fname, int line, const char *func,
133                                int os_error, const char *fmt, ...)
134     GCC_FMT_ATTR(6, 7);
135 
136 #ifdef _WIN32
137 /*
138  * Just like error_setg(), with @win32_error info added to the message.
139  * If @win32_error is non-zero, ": " + g_win32_error_message(win32_err)
140  * is appended to the human-readable error message.
141  */
142 #define error_setg_win32(errp, win32_err, fmt, ...)                     \
143     error_setg_win32_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__,     \
144                               (win32_err), (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
145 void error_setg_win32_internal(Error **errp,
146                                const char *src, int line, const char *func,
147                                int win32_err, const char *fmt, ...)
148     GCC_FMT_ATTR(6, 7);
149 #endif
150 
151 /*
152  * Propagate error object (if any) from @local_err to @dst_errp.
153  * If @local_err is NULL, do nothing (because there's nothing to
154  * propagate).
155  * Else, if @dst_errp is NULL, errors are being ignored.  Free the
156  * error object.
157  * Else, if @dst_errp is &error_abort, print a suitable message and
158  * abort().
159  * Else, if @dst_errp is &error_fatal, print a suitable message and
160  * exit(1).
161  * Else, if @dst_errp already contains an error, ignore this one: free
162  * the error object.
163  * Else, move the error object from @local_err to *@dst_errp.
164  * On return, @local_err is invalid.
165  */
166 void error_propagate(Error **dst_errp, Error *local_err);
167 
168 /**
169  * Append a printf-style human-readable explanation to an existing error.
170  * May be called multiple times, and safe if @errp is NULL.
171  */
172 void error_append_hint(Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
173     GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3);
174 
175 /*
176  * Convenience function to report open() failure.
177  */
178 #define error_setg_file_open(errp, os_errno, filename)                  \
179     error_setg_file_open_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, \
180                                   (os_errno), (filename))
181 void error_setg_file_open_internal(Error **errp,
182                                    const char *src, int line, const char *func,
183                                    int os_errno, const char *filename);
184 
185 /*
186  * Return an exact copy of @err.
187  */
188 Error *error_copy(const Error *err);
189 
190 /*
191  * Free @err.
192  * @err may be NULL.
193  */
194 void error_free(Error *err);
195 
196 /*
197  * Convenience function to assert that *@errp is set, then silently free it.
198  */
199 void error_free_or_abort(Error **errp);
200 
201 /*
202  * Convenience function to error_report() and free @err.
203  */
204 void error_report_err(Error *);
205 
206 /*
207  * Just like error_setg(), except you get to specify the error class.
208  * Note: use of error classes other than ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR is
209  * strongly discouraged.
210  */
211 #define error_set(errp, err_class, fmt, ...)                    \
212     error_set_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__,    \
213                        (err_class), (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
214 void error_set_internal(Error **errp,
215                         const char *src, int line, const char *func,
216                         ErrorClass err_class, const char *fmt, ...)
217     GCC_FMT_ATTR(6, 7);
218 
219 /*
220  * Pass to error_setg() & friends to abort() on error.
221  */
222 extern Error *error_abort;
223 
224 /*
225  * Pass to error_setg() & friends to exit(1) on error.
226  */
227 extern Error *error_fatal;
228 
229 #endif
230