Greg Kurz <gr...@kaod.org> writes: > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:21:03 +0200 > Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote: > >> Greg Kurz <gr...@kaod.org> writes: >> >> > On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:16:17 +0300 >> > Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsement...@virtuozzo.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Introduce a new ERRP_AUTO_PROPAGATE macro, to be used at start of >> >> functions with an errp OUT parameter. >> >> >> >> It has three goals: >> >> >> >> 1. Fix issue with error_fatal and error_prepend/error_append_hint: user >> >> can't see this additional information, because exit() happens in >> >> error_setg earlier than information is added. [Reported by Greg Kurz] >> >> >> > >> > I have more of these coming and I'd really like to use ERRP_AUTO_PROPAGATE. >> > >> > It seems we have a consensus on the macro itself but this series is gated >> > by the conversion of the existing code base. >> > >> > What about merging this patch separately so that people can start using >> > it at least ? >> >> Please give me a few more days to finish the work I feel should go in >> before the conversion. With any luck, Vladimir can then rebase / >> recreate the conversion easily, and you can finally use the macro for >> your own work. >> > > Sure. Thanks.
Just posted "[PATCH 00/46] Less clumsy error checking". The sheer size of the thing and the length of its dependency chain explains why it took me so long. I feel bad about delaying you all the same. Apologies! I hope we can converge quickly enough to get Vladimir's work on top ready in time for the soft freeze.
