[PATCH v5 06/12] virtio-gpu-dmabuf: Improve error handling by introducing 'Error **'

Vivek Kasireddy posted 12 patches 3 days, 22 hours ago
Maintainers: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>, "Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>, Akihiko Odaki <odaki@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>, Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>, "Cédric Le Goater" <clg@redhat.com>
[PATCH v5 06/12] virtio-gpu-dmabuf: Improve error handling by introducing 'Error **'
Posted by Vivek Kasireddy 3 days, 22 hours ago
Make the error handling more robust in virtio_gpu_init_udmabuf()
by passing in 'Error **' parameter to capture errors from
virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf() and virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf().
And, since they now take in 'Error **' parameter, have them
return a bool to adhere to best practices.

Cc: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Cc: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Cc: Akihiko Odaki <odaki@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Cc: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
Cc: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Kasireddy <vivek.kasireddy@intel.com>
---
 hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c
index 8d67ef7c2a..22e66fbb12 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 #include "standard-headers/linux/udmabuf.h"
 #include "standard-headers/drm/drm_fourcc.h"
 
-static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
+static bool virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res,
+                                      Error **errp)
 {
     g_autofree struct udmabuf_create_list *list = NULL;
     RAMBlock *rb;
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
 
     udmabuf = udmabuf_fd();
     if (udmabuf < 0) {
-        return;
+        error_setg(errp, "udmabuf device not available");
+        return false;
     }
 
     list = g_malloc0(sizeof(struct udmabuf_create_list) +
@@ -45,7 +47,11 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
     for (i = 0; i < res->iov_cnt; i++) {
         rb = qemu_ram_block_from_host(res->iov[i].iov_base, false, &offset);
         if (!rb || rb->fd < 0) {
-            return;
+            qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+                          "%s: Could not find valid ramblock\n",
+                          __func__);
+            error_setg(errp, "Could not find ramblock for dmabuf segment");
+            return false;
         }
 
         list->list[i].memfd  = rb->fd;
@@ -58,20 +64,26 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
 
     res->dmabuf_fd = ioctl(udmabuf, UDMABUF_CREATE_LIST, list);
     if (res->dmabuf_fd < 0) {
-        warn_report("%s: UDMABUF_CREATE_LIST: %s", __func__,
-                    strerror(errno));
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -res->dmabuf_fd,
+                         "Could not create dmabuf fd via udmabuf driver");
+        return false;
     }
+    return true;
 }
 
-static void virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
+static bool virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res,
+                                    Error **err1)
 {
-    res->remapped = mmap(NULL, res->blob_size, PROT_READ,
-                         MAP_SHARED, res->dmabuf_fd, 0);
-    if (res->remapped == MAP_FAILED) {
-        warn_report("%s: dmabuf mmap failed: %s", __func__,
-                    strerror(errno));
+    void *map;
+
+    map = mmap(NULL, res->blob_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, res->dmabuf_fd, 0);
+    if (map == MAP_FAILED) {
+        error_setg_errno(err1, errno, "dmabuf mmap failed");
         res->remapped = NULL;
+        return false;
     }
+    res->remapped = map;
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void virtio_gpu_destroy_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
@@ -125,6 +137,7 @@ bool virtio_gpu_have_udmabuf(void)
 
 void virtio_gpu_init_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
 {
+    Error *err1 = NULL;
     void *pdata = NULL;
 
     res->dmabuf_fd = -1;
@@ -132,12 +145,13 @@ void virtio_gpu_init_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
         res->iov[0].iov_len < 4096) {
         pdata = res->iov[0].iov_base;
     } else {
-        virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(res);
-        if (res->dmabuf_fd < 0) {
+        if (!virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(res, &err1)) {
+            error_report_err(err1);
             return;
         }
-        virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(res);
-        if (!res->remapped) {
+
+        if (!virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(res, &err1)) {
+            error_report_err(err1);
             return;
         }
         pdata = res->remapped;
-- 
2.50.1


Re: [PATCH v5 06/12] virtio-gpu-dmabuf: Improve error handling by introducing 'Error **'
Posted by Akihiko Odaki 3 days, 17 hours ago
On 2026/02/03 16:30, Vivek Kasireddy wrote:
> Make the error handling more robust in virtio_gpu_init_udmabuf()
> by passing in 'Error **' parameter to capture errors from
> virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf() and virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf().
> And, since they now take in 'Error **' parameter, have them
> return a bool to adhere to best practices.
> 
> Cc: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> Cc: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> Cc: Akihiko Odaki <odaki@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
> Cc: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>
> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
> Cc: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Kasireddy <vivek.kasireddy@intel.com>
> ---
>   hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c
> index 8d67ef7c2a..22e66fbb12 100644
> --- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c
> +++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c
> @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
>   #include "standard-headers/linux/udmabuf.h"
>   #include "standard-headers/drm/drm_fourcc.h"
>   
> -static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> +static bool virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res,
> +                                      Error **errp)
>   {
>       g_autofree struct udmabuf_create_list *list = NULL;
>       RAMBlock *rb;
> @@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
>   
>       udmabuf = udmabuf_fd();
>       if (udmabuf < 0) {
> -        return;
> +        error_setg(errp, "udmabuf device not available");
> +        return false;
>       }
>   
>       list = g_malloc0(sizeof(struct udmabuf_create_list) +
> @@ -45,7 +47,11 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
>       for (i = 0; i < res->iov_cnt; i++) {
>           rb = qemu_ram_block_from_host(res->iov[i].iov_base, false, &offset);
>           if (!rb || rb->fd < 0) {
> -            return;
> +            qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
> +                          "%s: Could not find valid ramblock\n",
> +                          __func__);
> +            error_setg(errp, "Could not find ramblock for dmabuf segment");

This should stay LOG_GUEST_ERROR as this may be triggered by the guest.

Regards,
Akihiko Odaki

> +            return false;
>           }
>   
>           list->list[i].memfd  = rb->fd;
> @@ -58,20 +64,26 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
>   
>       res->dmabuf_fd = ioctl(udmabuf, UDMABUF_CREATE_LIST, list);
>       if (res->dmabuf_fd < 0) {
> -        warn_report("%s: UDMABUF_CREATE_LIST: %s", __func__,
> -                    strerror(errno));
> +        error_setg_errno(errp, -res->dmabuf_fd,
> +                         "Could not create dmabuf fd via udmabuf driver");
> +        return false;
>       }
> +    return true;
>   }
>   
> -static void virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> +static bool virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res,
> +                                    Error **err1)
>   {
> -    res->remapped = mmap(NULL, res->blob_size, PROT_READ,
> -                         MAP_SHARED, res->dmabuf_fd, 0);
> -    if (res->remapped == MAP_FAILED) {
> -        warn_report("%s: dmabuf mmap failed: %s", __func__,
> -                    strerror(errno));
> +    void *map;
> +
> +    map = mmap(NULL, res->blob_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, res->dmabuf_fd, 0);
> +    if (map == MAP_FAILED) {
> +        error_setg_errno(err1, errno, "dmabuf mmap failed");
>           res->remapped = NULL;
> +        return false;
>       }
> +    res->remapped = map;
> +    return true;
>   }
>   
>   static void virtio_gpu_destroy_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> @@ -125,6 +137,7 @@ bool virtio_gpu_have_udmabuf(void)
>   
>   void virtio_gpu_init_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
>   {
> +    Error *err1 = NULL;
>       void *pdata = NULL;
>   
>       res->dmabuf_fd = -1;
> @@ -132,12 +145,13 @@ void virtio_gpu_init_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
>           res->iov[0].iov_len < 4096) {
>           pdata = res->iov[0].iov_base;
>       } else {
> -        virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(res);
> -        if (res->dmabuf_fd < 0) {
> +        if (!virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(res, &err1)) {
> +            error_report_err(err1);
>               return;
>           }
> -        virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(res);
> -        if (!res->remapped) {
> +
> +        if (!virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(res, &err1)) {
> +            error_report_err(err1);
>               return;
>           }
>           pdata = res->remapped;


RE: [PATCH v5 06/12] virtio-gpu-dmabuf: Improve error handling by introducing 'Error **'
Posted by Kasireddy, Vivek 3 days ago
Hi Akihiko,

> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 06/12] virtio-gpu-dmabuf: Improve error
> handling by introducing 'Error **'
> 
> On 2026/02/03 16:30, Vivek Kasireddy wrote:
> > Make the error handling more robust in virtio_gpu_init_udmabuf()
> > by passing in 'Error **' parameter to capture errors from
> > virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf() and virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf().
> > And, since they now take in 'Error **' parameter, have them
> > return a bool to adhere to best practices.
> >
> > Cc: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> > Cc: Akihiko Odaki <odaki@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
> > Cc: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>
> > Cc: Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
> > Cc: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Vivek Kasireddy <vivek.kasireddy@intel.com>
> > ---
> >   hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> ----
> >   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-
> dmabuf.c
> > index 8d67ef7c2a..22e66fbb12 100644
> > --- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c
> > +++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-dmabuf.c
> > @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
> >   #include "standard-headers/linux/udmabuf.h"
> >   #include "standard-headers/drm/drm_fourcc.h"
> >
> > -static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct
> virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> > +static bool virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct
> virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res,
> > +                                      Error **errp)
> >   {
> >       g_autofree struct udmabuf_create_list *list = NULL;
> >       RAMBlock *rb;
> > @@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct
> virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> >
> >       udmabuf = udmabuf_fd();
> >       if (udmabuf < 0) {
> > -        return;
> > +        error_setg(errp, "udmabuf device not available");
> > +        return false;
> >       }
> >
> >       list = g_malloc0(sizeof(struct udmabuf_create_list) +
> > @@ -45,7 +47,11 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct
> virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> >       for (i = 0; i < res->iov_cnt; i++) {
> >           rb = qemu_ram_block_from_host(res->iov[i].iov_base, false,
> &offset);
> >           if (!rb || rb->fd < 0) {
> > -            return;
> > +            qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
> > +                          "%s: Could not find valid ramblock\n",
> > +                          __func__);
> > +            error_setg(errp, "Could not find ramblock for dmabuf
> segment");
> 
> This should stay LOG_GUEST_ERROR as this may be triggered by the
> guest.
Ok, I'll drop the error_setg() above.

Thanks,
Vivek

> 
> Regards,
> Akihiko Odaki
> 
> > +            return false;
> >           }
> >
> >           list->list[i].memfd  = rb->fd;
> > @@ -58,20 +64,26 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(struct
> virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> >
> >       res->dmabuf_fd = ioctl(udmabuf, UDMABUF_CREATE_LIST, list);
> >       if (res->dmabuf_fd < 0) {
> > -        warn_report("%s: UDMABUF_CREATE_LIST: %s", __func__,
> > -                    strerror(errno));
> > +        error_setg_errno(errp, -res->dmabuf_fd,
> > +                         "Could not create dmabuf fd via udmabuf driver");
> > +        return false;
> >       }
> > +    return true;
> >   }
> >
> > -static void virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(struct
> virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> > +static bool virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(struct
> virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res,
> > +                                    Error **err1)
> >   {
> > -    res->remapped = mmap(NULL, res->blob_size, PROT_READ,
> > -                         MAP_SHARED, res->dmabuf_fd, 0);
> > -    if (res->remapped == MAP_FAILED) {
> > -        warn_report("%s: dmabuf mmap failed: %s", __func__,
> > -                    strerror(errno));
> > +    void *map;
> > +
> > +    map = mmap(NULL, res->blob_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED,
> res->dmabuf_fd, 0);
> > +    if (map == MAP_FAILED) {
> > +        error_setg_errno(err1, errno, "dmabuf mmap failed");
> >           res->remapped = NULL;
> > +        return false;
> >       }
> > +    res->remapped = map;
> > +    return true;
> >   }
> >
> >   static void virtio_gpu_destroy_dmabuf(struct
> virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> > @@ -125,6 +137,7 @@ bool virtio_gpu_have_udmabuf(void)
> >
> >   void virtio_gpu_init_dmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> >   {
> > +    Error *err1 = NULL;
> >       void *pdata = NULL;
> >
> >       res->dmabuf_fd = -1;
> > @@ -132,12 +145,13 @@ void virtio_gpu_init_dmabuf(struct
> virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
> >           res->iov[0].iov_len < 4096) {
> >           pdata = res->iov[0].iov_base;
> >       } else {
> > -        virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(res);
> > -        if (res->dmabuf_fd < 0) {
> > +        if (!virtio_gpu_create_udmabuf(res, &err1)) {
> > +            error_report_err(err1);
> >               return;
> >           }
> > -        virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(res);
> > -        if (!res->remapped) {
> > +
> > +        if (!virtio_gpu_remap_dmabuf(res, &err1)) {
> > +            error_report_err(err1);
> >               return;
> >           }
> >           pdata = res->remapped;