@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static CharDriverState* create_eventfd_chr_device(void * opaque, EventNotifier *
chr = qemu_chr_open_eventfd(eventfd);
if (chr == NULL) {
- error_report("creating eventfd for eventfd %d failed", eventfd);
+ error_report("creating chardriver for eventfd %d failed", eventfd);
return NULL;
}
qemu_chr_fe_claim_no_fail(chr);
@@ -778,8 +778,12 @@ static void pci_ivshmem_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
attr |= PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_TYPE_64;
}
- if ((s->server_chr != NULL) &&
- (strncmp(s->server_chr->filename, "unix:", 5) == 0)) {
+ if (s->server_chr != NULL) {
+ if (strncmp(s->server_chr->filename, "unix:", 5)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "chardev is not a unix client socket");
+ return;
+ }
+
/* if we get a UNIX socket as the parameter we will talk
* to the ivshmem server to receive the memory region */
The test whether the chardev is an AF_UNIX socket rejects "-chardev socket,id=chr0,path=/tmp/foo,server,nowait -device ivshmem,chardev=chr0", but fails to explain why. Use an explicit error on why a chardev may be rejected. Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@gmail.com> --- hw/misc/ivshmem.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)