[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] vl.c: Fix error messages when parsing maxmem parameters

[Peter Krempa]

Produce more human readable error messages and fix few spelling
mistakes.

Also remove a redundant check for the max memory size.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkre...@redhat.com>
---
 vl.c | 22 +++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 983259b..cdc920c 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2694,29 +2694,21 @@ static void set_memory_options(uint64_t *ram_slots, 
ram_addr_t *maxram_size)
         uint64_t slots;

         sz = qemu_opt_get_size(opts, "maxmem", 0);
-        if (sz < ram_size) {
-            error_report("invalid -m option value: maxmem "
-                    "(0x%" PRIx64 ") <= initial memory (0x"
-                    RAM_ADDR_FMT ")", sz, ram_size);
+        if (sz <= ram_size) {
+            error_report("invalid value of -m option maxmem: "
+                         "maximum memory size (0x%" PRIx64 ") must be greater "
+                         "than initial memory size (0x"  RAM_ADDR_FMT ")",
+                         sz, ram_size);
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }

         slots = qemu_opt_get_number(opts, "slots", 0);
         if ((sz > ram_size) && !slots) {
-            error_report("invalid -m option value: maxmem "
-                    "(0x%" PRIx64 ") more than initial memory (0x"
-                    RAM_ADDR_FMT ") but no hotplug slots where "
-                    "specified", sz, ram_size);
+            error_report("invalid value of -m option: maxmem was specified, "
+                         "but no hotplug slots were specified");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }

-        if ((sz <= ram_size) && slots) {
-            error_report("invalid -m option value:  %"
-                    PRIu64 " hotplug slots where specified but "
-                    "maxmem (0x%" PRIx64 ") <= initial memory (0x"
-                    RAM_ADDR_FMT ")", slots, sz, ram_size);
-            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
         *maxram_size = sz;
         *ram_slots = slots;
     } else if ((!maxmem_str && slots_str) ||
-- 
2.2.1