From f6b5319d412cda360695e2005737f91ca8201af0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sascha Silbe Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:44:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] qdev-monitor: improve error message when alias device is unavailable When trying to instantiate an alias that points to a device class that doesn't exist, the error message looks like qemu misunderstood the request: $ s390x-softmmu/qemu-system-s390x -device virtio-gpu qemu-system-s390x: -device virtio-gpu: 'virtio-gpu-ccw' is not a valid device model name Special-case the error message to make it explicit that alias expansion is going on: $ s390x-softmmu/qemu-system-s390x -device virtio-gpu qemu-system-s390x: -device virtio-gpu: 'virtio-gpu' (alias 'virtio-gpu-ccw') is not a valid device model name Suggested-By: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Sascha Silbe Message-Id: <1455831854-49013-2-git-send-email-silbe@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster --- qdev-monitor.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c index 81e3ff34a9..e5136d78e0 100644 --- a/qdev-monitor.c +++ b/qdev-monitor.c @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static DeviceClass *qdev_get_device_class(const char **driver, Error **errp) { ObjectClass *oc; DeviceClass *dc; + const char *original_name = *driver; oc = object_class_by_name(*driver); if (!oc) { @@ -200,7 +201,12 @@ static DeviceClass *qdev_get_device_class(const char **driver, Error **errp) } if (!object_class_dynamic_cast(oc, TYPE_DEVICE)) { - error_setg(errp, "'%s' is not a valid device model name", *driver); + if (*driver != original_name) { + error_setg(errp, "'%s' (alias '%s') is not a valid device model" + " name", original_name, *driver); + } else { + error_setg(errp, "'%s' is not a valid device model name", *driver); + } return NULL; }