Re: [PATCH 1/2] util:mdev: Improve the error msg on non-existent mdev prior to VM start

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On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 13:13:41 +0100, Erik Skultety wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 12:08:46PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > missing space in summary
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 11:50:01 +0100, Erik Skultety wrote:
> > > What one currently gets is:
> > > failed to read '/sys/bus/mdev/devices/<UUID>/mdev_type/device_api': No
> > > such file or directory
> > >
> > > This indicates that something is missing within the device's sysfs tree
> > > which likely might be not be the case here because the device simply
> > > doesn't exist yet. So, when creating our internal mdev obj, let's check
> > > whether the device exists first prior to trying to verify the
> > > user-provided model within domain XML.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  src/util/virmdev.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
> > >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/src/util/virmdev.c b/src/util/virmdev.c
> > > index e4816cf20..2e3769aa6 100644
> > > --- a/src/util/virmdev.c
> > > +++ b/src/util/virmdev.c
> > > @@ -150,13 +150,22 @@ virMediatedDeviceNew(const char *uuidstr, virMediatedDeviceModelType model)
> > >  {
> > >      virMediatedDevicePtr ret = NULL;
> > >      virMediatedDevicePtr dev = NULL;
> > > +    char *sysfspath = NULL;
> > > +
> > > +    if (!(sysfspath = virMediatedDeviceGetSysfsPath(uuidstr)))
> > > +        goto cleanup;
> > > +
> > > +    if (!virFileExists(sysfspath)) {
> > > +        virReportSystemError(errno, _("failed to read device '%s'"),
> > > +                             sysfspath);
> >
> > You did not try to read the device at this point. It merely does not
> > exist.
> 
> Would you like "device '%s' not found" better?

How about:

"mediated device '%s' not found", uuidstr ?

I don't think that adding the full sysfs path is any helpful since it's
generated from the uuid anyways.

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