This error message is missing a space, and has a redundant ":" at the end, currently it produces: You have requested a TAP device, but creation of one hasfailed because:: No such file or directory Add a space to "hasfailed" and remove the extra ":". Don't split the line to improve grepability. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/kvm/virtio/net.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/kvm/virtio/net.c b/tools/kvm/virtio/net.c index 10420ae..8f3735b 100644 --- a/tools/kvm/virtio/net.c +++ b/tools/kvm/virtio/net.c @@ -526,8 +526,7 @@ void virtio_net__init(const struct virtio_net_params *params) ndev->mode = params->mode; if (ndev->mode == NET_MODE_TAP) { if (!virtio_net__tap_init(params, ndev)) - die_perror("You have requested a TAP device, but creation of one has" - "failed because:"); + die_perror("You have requested a TAP device, but creation of one has failed because"); ndev->ops = &tap_ops; } else { ndev->info.host_ip = ntohl(inet_addr(params->host_ip)); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html