On 12.10.22 17:37, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> When you try to set a property that has no setter, the error message
> blames "insufficient permission":
>
> $ qemu-system-x86_64 -S -display none -nodefaults -monitor stdio
> QEMU 7.1.50 monitor - type 'help' for more information
> (qemu) qom-set /machine type q35
> Error: Insufficient permission to perform this operation
>
> This implies it could work with "sufficient permission". It can't.
> Change the error message to:
>
> Error: Property 'pc-i440fx-7.2-machine.type' is not writable
>
> Do the same for getting a property that has no getter.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---
> qom/object.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
> index d34608558e..e5cef30f6d 100644
> --- a/qom/object.c
> +++ b/qom/object.c
> @@ -1383,7 +1383,8 @@ bool object_property_get(Object *obj, const char *name, Visitor *v,
> }
>
> if (!prop->get) {
> - error_setg(errp, QERR_PERMISSION_DENIED);
> + error_setg(errp, "Property '%s.%s' is not readable",
> + object_get_typename(obj), name);
> return false;
> }
> prop->get(obj, v, name, prop->opaque, &err);
> @@ -1402,7 +1403,8 @@ bool object_property_set(Object *obj, const char *name, Visitor *v,
> }
>
> if (!prop->set) {
> - error_setg(errp, QERR_PERMISSION_DENIED);
> + error_setg(errp, "Property '%s.%s' is not writable",
> + object_get_typename(obj), name);
> return false;
> }
> prop->set(obj, v, name, prop->opaque, errp);
Much better!
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb