On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 03:27:53PM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote: > The following errors usually resulted in the same 'Unable to parse link' > message: > > - one of the given entities does not exist > - one of the pads of a given entity does not exist > - No link exists between given pads > - syntax error in link description > > Add more detailed error messages to give the user a clue what is going wrong. > > Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > src/mediactl.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- > 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/src/mediactl.c b/src/mediactl.c > index 4783a58..c65de50 100644 > --- a/src/mediactl.c > +++ b/src/mediactl.c > @@ -537,31 +537,42 @@ struct media_pad *media_parse_pad(struct media_device *media, > > if (*p == '"') { > for (end = (char *)p + 1; *end && *end != '"'; ++end); > - if (*end != '"') > + if (*end != '"') { > + media_dbg(media, "missing matching '\"'\n"); > return NULL; > + } > > entity = media_get_entity_by_name(media, p + 1, end - p - 1); > - if (entity == NULL) > + if (entity == NULL) { > + media_dbg(media, "no such entity \"%.*s\"\n", end - p - 1, p + 1); > return NULL; > + } > > ++end; > } else { > entity_id = strtoul(p, &end, 10); > entity = media_get_entity_by_id(media, entity_id); > - if (entity == NULL) > + if (entity == NULL) { > + media_dbg(media, "no such entity %d\n", entity_id); > return NULL; > + } > } > for (; isspace(*end); ++end); > > - if (*end != ':') > + if (*end != ':') { > + media_dbg(media, "Expected ':'\n", *end); > return NULL; > + } > + > for (p = end + 1; isspace(*p); ++p); > > pad = strtoul(p, &end, 10); > - for (p = end; isspace(*p); ++p); Oops, this maybe should be a separate patch. This is not needed here... > > - if (pad >= entity->info.pads) > + if (pad >= entity->info.pads) { > + media_dbg(media, "No pad '%d' on entity \"%s\". Maximum pad number is %d\n", > + pad, entity->info.name, entity->info.pads - 1); > return NULL; > + } > > for (p = end; isspace(*p); ++p); ... since eating whitespaces once is enough. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html