As the comment in qapi/error, passing @errp to error_prepend() requires
ERRP_GUARD():
* = Why, when and how to use ERRP_GUARD() =
*
* Without ERRP_GUARD(), use of the @errp parameter is restricted:
...
* - It should not be passed to error_prepend(), error_vprepend() or
* error_append_hint(), because that doesn't work with &error_fatal.
* ERRP_GUARD() lifts these restrictions.
*
* To use ERRP_GUARD(), add it right at the beginning of the function.
* @errp can then be used without worrying about the argument being
* NULL or &error_fatal.
ERRP_GUARD() could avoid the case when @errp is &error_fatal, the user
can't see this additional information, because exit() happens in
error_setg earlier than information is added [1].
In hw/vfio/pci.c, there are 2 functions passing @errp to error_prepend()
without ERRP_GUARD():
- vfio_add_std_cap()
- vfio_realize()
The @errp of vfio_add_std_cap() is also from vfio_realize(). And
vfio_realize(), as a PCIDeviceClass.realize method, its @errp is from
DeviceClass.realize so that there is no guarantee that the @errp won't
point to @error_fatal.
To avoid the issue like [1] said, add missing ERRP_GUARD() at their
beginning.
[1]: Issue description in the commit message of commit ae7c80a7bd
("error: New macro ERRP_GUARD()").
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Cc: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20240311033822.3142585-24-zhao1.liu@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
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