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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  * Receive and accumulate multiple errors (first one wins):
81  *     Error *err = NULL, *local_err = NULL;
82  *     foo(arg, &err);
83  *     bar(arg, &local_err);
84  *     error_propagate(&err, local_err);
85  *     if (err) {
86  *         handle the error...
87  *     }
88  *
89  * Do *not* "optimize" this to
90  *     foo(arg, &err);
91  *     bar(arg, &err); // WRONG!
92  *     if (err) {
93  *         handle the error...
94  *     }
95  * because this may pass a non-null err to bar().
96  */
97 
98 #ifndef ERROR_H
99 #define ERROR_H
100 
101 #include "qemu/compiler.h"
102 #include "qapi-types.h"
103 #include <stdbool.h>
104 
105 /*
106  * Opaque error object.
107  */
108 typedef struct Error Error;
109 
110 /*
111  * Overall category of an error.
112  * Based on the qapi type QapiErrorClass, but reproduced here for nicer
113  * enum names.
114  */
115 typedef enum ErrorClass {
116     ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR = QAPI_ERROR_CLASS_GENERICERROR,
117     ERROR_CLASS_COMMAND_NOT_FOUND = QAPI_ERROR_CLASS_COMMANDNOTFOUND,
118     ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_ENCRYPTED = QAPI_ERROR_CLASS_DEVICEENCRYPTED,
119     ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_ACTIVE = QAPI_ERROR_CLASS_DEVICENOTACTIVE,
120     ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND = QAPI_ERROR_CLASS_DEVICENOTFOUND,
121     ERROR_CLASS_KVM_MISSING_CAP = QAPI_ERROR_CLASS_KVMMISSINGCAP,
122 } ErrorClass;
123 
124 /*
125  * Get @err's human-readable error message.
126  */
127 const char *error_get_pretty(Error *err);
128 
129 /*
130  * Get @err's error class.
131  * Note: use of error classes other than ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR is
132  * strongly discouraged.
133  */
134 ErrorClass error_get_class(const Error *err);
135 
136 /*
137  * Create a new error object and assign it to *@errp.
138  * If @errp is NULL, the error is ignored.  Don't bother creating one
139  * then.
140  * If @errp is &error_abort, print a suitable message and abort().
141  * If @errp is &error_fatal, print a suitable message and exit(1).
142  * If @errp is anything else, *@errp must be NULL.
143  * The new error's class is ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR, and its
144  * human-readable error message is made from printf-style @fmt, ...
145  */
146 #define error_setg(errp, fmt, ...)                              \
147     error_setg_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__,   \
148                         (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
149 void error_setg_internal(Error **errp,
150                          const char *src, int line, const char *func,
151                          const char *fmt, ...)
152     GCC_FMT_ATTR(5, 6);
153 
154 /*
155  * Just like error_setg(), with @os_error info added to the message.
156  * If @os_error is non-zero, ": " + strerror(os_error) is appended to
157  * the human-readable error message.
158  */
159 #define error_setg_errno(errp, os_error, fmt, ...)                      \
160     error_setg_errno_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__,     \
161                               (os_error), (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
162 void error_setg_errno_internal(Error **errp,
163                                const char *fname, int line, const char *func,
164                                int os_error, const char *fmt, ...)
165     GCC_FMT_ATTR(6, 7);
166 
167 #ifdef _WIN32
168 /*
169  * Just like error_setg(), with @win32_error info added to the message.
170  * If @win32_error is non-zero, ": " + g_win32_error_message(win32_err)
171  * is appended to the human-readable error message.
172  */
173 #define error_setg_win32(errp, win32_err, fmt, ...)                     \
174     error_setg_win32_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__,     \
175                               (win32_err), (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
176 void error_setg_win32_internal(Error **errp,
177                                const char *src, int line, const char *func,
178                                int win32_err, const char *fmt, ...)
179     GCC_FMT_ATTR(6, 7);
180 #endif
181 
182 /*
183  * Propagate error object (if any) from @local_err to @dst_errp.
184  * If @local_err is NULL, do nothing (because there's nothing to
185  * propagate).
186  * Else, if @dst_errp is NULL, errors are being ignored.  Free the
187  * error object.
188  * Else, if @dst_errp is &error_abort, print a suitable message and
189  * abort().
190  * Else, if @dst_errp is &error_fatal, print a suitable message and
191  * exit(1).
192  * Else, if @dst_errp already contains an error, ignore this one: free
193  * the error object.
194  * Else, move the error object from @local_err to *@dst_errp.
195  * On return, @local_err is invalid.
196  */
197 void error_propagate(Error **dst_errp, Error *local_err);
198 
199 /**
200  * Append a printf-style human-readable explanation to an existing error.
201  * May be called multiple times, and safe if @errp is NULL.
202  */
203 void error_append_hint(Error **errp, const char *fmt, ...)
204     GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3);
205 
206 /*
207  * Convenience function to report open() failure.
208  */
209 #define error_setg_file_open(errp, os_errno, filename)                  \
210     error_setg_file_open_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, \
211                                   (os_errno), (filename))
212 void error_setg_file_open_internal(Error **errp,
213                                    const char *src, int line, const char *func,
214                                    int os_errno, const char *filename);
215 
216 /*
217  * Return an exact copy of @err.
218  */
219 Error *error_copy(const Error *err);
220 
221 /*
222  * Free @err.
223  * @err may be NULL.
224  */
225 void error_free(Error *err);
226 
227 /*
228  * Convenience function to assert that *@errp is set, then silently free it.
229  */
230 void error_free_or_abort(Error **errp);
231 
232 /*
233  * Convenience function to error_report() and free @err.
234  */
235 void error_report_err(Error *);
236 
237 /*
238  * Just like error_setg(), except you get to specify the error class.
239  * Note: use of error classes other than ERROR_CLASS_GENERIC_ERROR is
240  * strongly discouraged.
241  */
242 #define error_set(errp, err_class, fmt, ...)                    \
243     error_set_internal((errp), __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__,    \
244                        (err_class), (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
245 void error_set_internal(Error **errp,
246                         const char *src, int line, const char *func,
247                         ErrorClass err_class, const char *fmt, ...)
248     GCC_FMT_ATTR(6, 7);
249 
250 /*
251  * Pass to error_setg() & friends to abort() on error.
252  */
253 extern Error *error_abort;
254 
255 /*
256  * Pass to error_setg() & friends to exit(1) on error.
257  */
258 extern Error *error_fatal;
259 
260 #endif
261