If user sets .merge or .dump attributes qemu_madvise() is called with corresponding advice. But it is never checked for failure which may mislead users into thinking the attribute is set correctly. Report an appropriate error.
Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mpriv...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com> --- backends/hostmem.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/backends/hostmem.c b/backends/hostmem.c index eb9682b4a8..012a8c190f 100644 --- a/backends/hostmem.c +++ b/backends/hostmem.c @@ -178,8 +178,14 @@ static void host_memory_backend_set_merge(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp) void *ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&backend->mr); uint64_t sz = memory_region_size(&backend->mr); - qemu_madvise(ptr, sz, - value ? QEMU_MADV_MERGEABLE : QEMU_MADV_UNMERGEABLE); + if (qemu_madvise(ptr, sz, + value ? QEMU_MADV_MERGEABLE : QEMU_MADV_UNMERGEABLE)) { + error_setg_errno(errp, errno, + "Couldn't change property 'merge' on '%s'", + object_get_typename(obj)); + return; + } + backend->merge = value; } } @@ -204,8 +210,14 @@ static void host_memory_backend_set_dump(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp) void *ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&backend->mr); uint64_t sz = memory_region_size(&backend->mr); - qemu_madvise(ptr, sz, - value ? QEMU_MADV_DODUMP : QEMU_MADV_DONTDUMP); + if (qemu_madvise(ptr, sz, + value ? QEMU_MADV_DODUMP : QEMU_MADV_DONTDUMP)) { + error_setg_errno(errp, errno, + "Couldn't change property 'dump' on '%s'", + object_get_typename(obj)); + return; + } + backend->dump = value; } } @@ -337,11 +349,19 @@ host_memory_backend_memory_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp) ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&backend->mr); sz = memory_region_size(&backend->mr); - if (backend->merge) { - qemu_madvise(ptr, sz, QEMU_MADV_MERGEABLE); + if (backend->merge && + qemu_madvise(ptr, sz, QEMU_MADV_MERGEABLE)) { + error_setg_errno(errp, errno, + "Couldn't set property 'merge' on '%s'", + object_get_typename(OBJECT(uc))); + return; } - if (!backend->dump) { - qemu_madvise(ptr, sz, QEMU_MADV_DONTDUMP); + if (!backend->dump && + qemu_madvise(ptr, sz, QEMU_MADV_DONTDUMP)) { + error_setg_errno(errp, errno, + "Couldn't set property 'dump' on '%s'", + object_get_typename(OBJECT(uc))); + return; } #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA unsigned long lastbit = find_last_bit(backend->host_nodes, MAX_NODES); -- 2.44.1