Error messages change from

    Can't open /dev/ip (actually /dev/udp)
    Can't open /dev/tap
    Can't open /dev/tap (2)

to

    Could not open '/dev/udp': REASON
    Could not open '/dev/tap': REASON

where REASON is the value of strerror(errno).

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
---
 net/tap-solaris.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tap-solaris.c b/net/tap-solaris.c
index 75397e6c54..faf7922ea8 100644
--- a/net/tap-solaris.c
+++ b/net/tap-solaris.c
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ static int tap_alloc(char *dev, size_t dev_size, Error **errp)
 
     ip_fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open("/dev/udp", O_RDWR, 0));
     if (ip_fd < 0) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Can't open /dev/ip (actually /dev/udp)");
+        error_setg_file_open(errp, errno, "/dev/udp");
         return -1;
     }
 
     tap_fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0));
     if (tap_fd < 0) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Can't open /dev/tap");
+        error_setg_file_open(errp, errno, "/dev/tap");
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int tap_alloc(char *dev, size_t dev_size, Error **errp)
 
     if_fd = RETRY_ON_EINTR(open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0));
     if (if_fd < 0) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Can't open /dev/tap (2)");
+        error_setg_file_open(errp, errno, "/dev/tap");
         return -1;
     }
     if(ioctl(if_fd, I_PUSH, "ip") < 0){
-- 
2.49.0

On 21/11/25 13:14, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Error messages change from
> 
>      Can't open /dev/ip (actually /dev/udp)
>      Can't open /dev/tap
>      Can't open /dev/tap (2)
> 
> to
> 
>      Could not open '/dev/udp': REASON
>      Could not open '/dev/tap': REASON
> 
> where REASON is the value of strerror(errno).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
> ---
>   net/tap-solaris.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>