Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
---
 backends/hostmem.c     | 22 +++++++---------------
 hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c |  6 ++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backends/hostmem.c b/backends/hostmem.c
index 1b0043a0d9..30f69b2cb5 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem.c
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ static bool host_memory_backend_get_prealloc(Object *obj, Error **errp)
 static void host_memory_backend_set_prealloc(Object *obj, bool value,
                                              Error **errp)
 {
-    Error *local_err = NULL;
     HostMemoryBackend *backend = MEMORY_BACKEND(obj);
 
     if (!backend->reserve && value) {
@@ -237,10 +236,8 @@ static void host_memory_backend_set_prealloc(Object *obj, bool value,
         void *ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&backend->mr);
         uint64_t sz = memory_region_size(&backend->mr);
 
-        qemu_prealloc_mem(fd, ptr, sz, backend->prealloc_threads,
-                          backend->prealloc_context, &local_err);
-        if (local_err) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        if (!qemu_prealloc_mem(fd, ptr, sz, backend->prealloc_threads,
+                               backend->prealloc_context, errp)) {
             return;
         }
         backend->prealloc = true;
@@ -398,16 +395,11 @@ host_memory_backend_memory_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
      * This is necessary to guarantee memory is allocated with
      * specified NUMA policy in place.
      */
-    if (backend->prealloc) {
-        Error *local_err = NULL;
-
-        qemu_prealloc_mem(memory_region_get_fd(&backend->mr), ptr, sz,
-                          backend->prealloc_threads,
-                          backend->prealloc_context, &local_err);
-        if (local_err) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-            return;
-        }
+    if (backend->prealloc && !qemu_prealloc_mem(memory_region_get_fd(&backend->mr),
+                                                ptr, sz,
+                                                backend->prealloc_threads,
+                                                backend->prealloc_context, errp)) {
+        return;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
index 75ee38aa46..12dc39e0b1 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c
@@ -605,8 +605,7 @@ static int virtio_mem_set_block_state(VirtIOMEM *vmem, uint64_t start_gpa,
         int fd = memory_region_get_fd(&vmem->memdev->mr);
         Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-        qemu_prealloc_mem(fd, area, size, 1, NULL, &local_err);
-        if (local_err) {
+        if (!qemu_prealloc_mem(fd, area, size, 1, NULL, &local_err)) {
             static bool warned;
 
             /*
@@ -1249,8 +1248,7 @@ static int virtio_mem_prealloc_range_cb(VirtIOMEM *vmem, void *arg,
     int fd = memory_region_get_fd(&vmem->memdev->mr);
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    qemu_prealloc_mem(fd, area, size, 1, NULL, &local_err);
-    if (local_err) {
+    if (!qemu_prealloc_mem(fd, area, size, 1, NULL, &local_err)) {
         error_report_err(local_err);
         return -ENOMEM;
     }
-- 
2.41.0

On 11/21/23 07:32, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
> ---
>   backends/hostmem.c     | 22 +++++++---------------
>   hw/virtio/virtio-mem.c |  6 ++----
>   2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:32, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> wrote:
>Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
>---

Commit message missing but indeed there's not much to say

Reviewed-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>

On 22/11/23 08:38, Manos Pitsidianakis wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 23:32, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> 
> wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
>> ---
> 
> Commit message missing but indeed there's not much to say

I amended:

   Since qemu_prealloc_mem() returns whether or not an error
   occured, we don't need to check the @errp pointer. Remove
   local_err uses when we can return directly.

> Reviewed-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>

Thanks!