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Tsirkin" , Ani Sinha , Xiao Guangrong , Daniel Henrique Barboza , Greg Kurz , Eric Blake , Markus Armbruster , Eduardo Habkost Subject: [PATCH v3 11/11] machine: Improve error message when using default RAM backend id Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:34:11 +0200 Message-ID: <20230823153412.832081-12-david@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20230823153412.832081-1-david@redhat.com> References: <20230823153412.832081-1-david@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.3 Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=david@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1692804940333100009 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" For migration purposes, users might want to reuse the default RAM backend id, but specify a different memory backend. For example, to reuse "pc.ram" on q35, one has to set -machine q35,memory-backend=3Dpc.ram Only then, can a memory backend with the id "pc.ram" be created manually. Let's improve the error message. Unfortuantely, we cannot use error_append_hint(), because the caller passes &error_fatal. Suggested-by: ThinerLogoer Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 Tested-by: Mario Casquero --- hw/core/machine.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c index f0d35c6401..dbcd124d45 100644 --- a/hw/core/machine.c +++ b/hw/core/machine.c @@ -1382,7 +1382,9 @@ void machine_run_board_init(MachineState *machine, co= nst char *mem_path, Error * machine_class->default_ram_id)) { error_setg(errp, "object name '%s' is reserved for the default" " RAM backend, it can't be used for any other purposes." - " Change the object's 'id' to something else", + " Change the object's 'id' to something else or disable" + " automatic creation of the default RAM backend by setting" + " the 'memory-backend' machine property", machine_class->default_ram_id); return; } --=20 2.41.0