diff --git a/qemu-improve-error-reporting-on-file-access.patch b/qemu-improve-error-reporting-on-file-access.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9154351 --- /dev/null +++ b/qemu-improve-error-reporting-on-file-access.patch @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +From a40f520f7b94d2a5de04c7ca3a7513a99c84e9ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Justin M. Forbes +Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:13:56 -0500 +Subject: [PATCH] Improve error reporting on file access + +By making the error reporting include strerror(errno), it gives the user +a bit more indication as to why qemu failed. This is particularly +important for people running qemu as a non root user. + +Signed-off-by: Justin M. Forbes +--- + hw/pc.c | 12 ++++++------ + vl.c | 20 ++++++++++---------- + 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) + +diff --git a/hw/pc.c b/hw/pc.c +index 3b226f4..7a184cd 100644 +--- a/hw/pc.c ++++ b/hw/pc.c +@@ -841,8 +841,8 @@ static void load_linux(void *fw_cfg, + if (!f || !(kernel_size = get_file_size(f)) || + fread(header, 1, MIN(ARRAY_SIZE(header), kernel_size), f) != + MIN(ARRAY_SIZE(header), kernel_size)) { +- fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not load kernel '%s'\n", +- kernel_filename); ++ fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not load kernel '%s': %s\n", ++ kernel_filename, strerror(errno)); + exit(1); + } + +@@ -947,8 +947,8 @@ static void load_linux(void *fw_cfg, + + fi = fopen(initrd_filename, "rb"); + if (!fi) { +- fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not load initial ram disk '%s'\n", +- initrd_filename); ++ fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not load initial ram disk '%s': %s\n", ++ initrd_filename, strerror(errno)); + exit(1); + } + +@@ -956,8 +956,8 @@ static void load_linux(void *fw_cfg, + initrd_addr = (initrd_max-initrd_size) & ~4095; + + if (!fread_targphys_ok(initrd_addr, initrd_size, fi)) { +- fprintf(stderr, "qemu: read error on initial ram disk '%s'\n", +- initrd_filename); ++ fprintf(stderr, "qemu: read error on initial ram disk '%s': %s\n", ++ initrd_filename, strerror(errno)); + exit(1); + } + fclose(fi); +diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c +index d7c7ab1..9182d89 100644 +--- a/vl.c ++++ b/vl.c +@@ -2379,8 +2379,8 @@ int drive_init(struct drive_opt *arg, int snapshot, void *opaque) + else if (cache == 2) /* write-back */ + bdrv_flags |= BDRV_O_CACHE_WB; + if (bdrv_open2(bdrv, file, bdrv_flags, drv) < 0) { +- fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open disk image %s\n", +- file); ++ fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open disk image %s: %s\n", ++ file, strerror(errno)); + return -1; + } + if (bdrv_key_required(bdrv)) +@@ -5799,7 +5799,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) + if (len != 1) + exit(1); + else if (status == 1) { +- fprintf(stderr, "Could not acquire pidfile\n"); ++ fprintf(stderr, "Could not acquire pidfile: %s\n", strerror(errno)); + exit(1); + } else + exit(0); +@@ -5826,7 +5826,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) + uint8_t status = 1; + write(fds[1], &status, 1); + } else +- fprintf(stderr, "Could not acquire pid file\n"); ++ fprintf(stderr, "Could not acquire pid file: %s\n", strerror(errno)); + exit(1); + } + #endif +@@ -6031,8 +6031,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) + snprintf(label, sizeof(label), "serial%d", i); + serial_hds[i] = qemu_chr_open(label, devname, NULL); + if (!serial_hds[i]) { +- fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open serial device '%s'\n", +- devname); ++ fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open serial device '%s': %s\n", ++ devname, strerror(errno)); + exit(1); + } + } +@@ -6045,8 +6045,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) + snprintf(label, sizeof(label), "parallel%d", i); + parallel_hds[i] = qemu_chr_open(label, devname, NULL); + if (!parallel_hds[i]) { +- fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open parallel device '%s'\n", +- devname); ++ fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open parallel device '%s': %s\n", ++ devname, strerror(errno)); + exit(1); + } + } +@@ -6059,8 +6059,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) + snprintf(label, sizeof(label), "virtcon%d", i); + virtcon_hds[i] = qemu_chr_open(label, devname, NULL); + if (!virtcon_hds[i]) { +- fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open virtio console '%s'\n", +- devname); ++ fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open virtio console '%s': %s\n", ++ devname, strerror(errno)); + exit(1); + } + } +-- +1.6.2.5 + diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec index bedab05..da60d07 100644 --- a/qemu.spec +++ b/qemu.spec @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Patch05: qemu-correctly-free-nic-info-structure.patch Patch06: qemu-do-not-exit-on-pci-hotplug-invalid-nic1.patch Patch07: qemu-do-not-exit-on-pci-hotplug-invalid-nic2.patch +# Improve error reporting on file access +Patch08: qemu-improve-error-reporting-on-file-access.patch + BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n) BuildRequires: SDL-devel zlib-devel which texi2html gnutls-devel cyrus-sasl-devel BuildRequires: rsync dev86 iasl @@ -233,6 +236,7 @@ such as kvmtrace and kvm_stat. %patch05 -p1 %patch06 -p1 %patch07 -p1 +%patch08 -p1 %build # systems like rhel build system does not have a recent enough linker so @@ -526,6 +530,9 @@ fi %{_mandir}/man1/qemu-img.1* %changelog +* Thu Oct 1 2009 Justin M. Forbes - 2:0.11.0-3 +- Improve error reporting on file access (#524695) + * Mon Sep 28 2009 Mark McLoughlin - 2:0.11.0-2 - Fix pci hotplug to not exit if supplied an invalid NIC model (#524022)