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authorMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2022-10-12 17:37:59 +0200
committerMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2022-10-27 07:56:56 +0200
commitff924448849f4fca48df15ecad67dc93854392e5 (patch)
tree73797ff424969e0b3d5a42d57dbdd40d64aaba9f /backends/vhost-user.c
parent3f7febc93785bf0e622072b01f846d2acbcd9c0b (diff)
backends: Improve error messages when property can no longer be set
When you try to set virtio-rng property "filename" after the backend has been completed with user_creatable_complete(), the error message blames "insufficient permission": $ qemu-system-x86_64 -S -display none -nodefaults -monitor stdio -object rng-random,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng,id=vrng0,rng=rng0 QEMU 7.1.50 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) qom-set /objects/rng0 filename /dev/random Error: Insufficient permission to perform this operation This implies it could work with "sufficient permission". It can't. Change the error message to: Error: Property 'filename' can no longer be set Same for cryptodev-vhost-user property "chardev", rng-egd property "chardev", and vhost-user-backend property "chardev". Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20221012153801.2604340-3-armbru@redhat.com> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> [Commit message tidied up]
Diffstat (limited to 'backends/vhost-user.c')
-rw-r--r--backends/vhost-user.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/backends/vhost-user.c b/backends/vhost-user.c
index 10b39992d2..5dedb2d987 100644
--- a/backends/vhost-user.c
+++ b/backends/vhost-user.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static void set_chardev(Object *obj, const char *value, Error **errp)
Chardev *chr;
if (b->completed) {
- error_setg(errp, QERR_PERMISSION_DENIED);
+ error_setg(errp, "Property 'chardev' can no longer be set");
return;
}