On 08.06.2018 09:27, Christian Borntraeger wrote: > > > On 06/08/2018 09:25 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote: >> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 18:52:18 +0200 >> David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >>> Let's introduce and use local error variables in the hotplug handler >>> functions. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com> >>> --- >>> hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c | 11 ++++++++--- >>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c >>> index 7ae5fb38dd..29ea50a177 100644 >>> --- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c >>> +++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c >>> @@ -434,18 +434,23 @@ static void s390_machine_reset(void) >>> static void s390_machine_device_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, >>> DeviceState *dev, Error **errp) >>> { >>> + Error *local_err = NULL; >>> + >>> if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU)) { >>> - s390_cpu_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp); >>> + s390_cpu_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, &local_err); >>> } >>> + error_propagate(errp, local_err); >>> } >>> >>> static void s390_machine_device_unplug_request(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, >>> DeviceState *dev, Error >>> **errp) >>> { >>> + Error *local_err = NULL; >>> + >>> if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU)) { >>> - error_setg(errp, "CPU hot unplug not supported on this machine"); >>> - return; >>> + error_setg(&local_err, "CPU hot unplug not supported on this >>> machine"); >>> } >>> + error_propagate(errp, local_err); >>> } >>> >>> static CpuInstanceProperties s390_cpu_index_to_props(MachineState *ms, >> >> Just seeing this patch by itself, it does not really make much sense. >> Even if this is a split out clean-up series, I'd prefer this to go >> together with a patch that actually adds something more to the >> plug/unplug functions. > > +1. It is hard to see the "why". Maybe a better patch description could help > here? >
When checking for an error (*errp) we should make sure that we don't dereference the NULL pointer. I will be doing that in the future (memory devices), but as you both don't seem to like this patch, I'll drop it for now. -- Thanks, David / dhildenb